UPDATE: Due to the extreme weather conditions, the opening reception for this event has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 21.

By Rebecca Danvers

The opening reception for the Nave Gallery’s latest exhibition, Bite: Food as Art, will be taking place on Saturday – Valentine’s Day – February 14, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

According to the gallery, food is a visual, sensory and social experience, like art. Flavors and textures, aromas and taste are all elements that can be explored through artwork. Culture, memories and health are just some themes that can be viewed through the lens of food. Bite is an exploration of art made with food and about food.

Curated by Tori Costa and Sandy McDonald, the exhibition will run from February 14 to March 14 and will feature works by Alice Abrams, Jim Baab, Zeren Badar, Freedom Baird, Heather Balchunas, Rob Bellinger, Nadine Boughton, Sage Brousseau, Cuisine+Colour, Mira Dayal, Joseph DeMonaco, Russell DuPont, Stan Eichner, Stephan Groß, Elisa H. Hamilton, Rebecca Henriksen, Charlotte Ellen Kaplan, Judith Klausner, Susie Kos, David Lancaster, Cameron MacMartin, Amy McGregor-Radin, Dan Meade, Leah Netsky, Marjorie Nichols, Robin Radin, Michele Ridgeway, Amy Rindskopf, Brittany Severance, Melissa Shaak, Margot Stage

Julia Tenney, Mara Trachtenberg, and Maureen Vezina.

The exhibition will also serve as a food drive in support of the Somerville Homeless Coalition’s Project Soup. A full list of their needs can be found here:

https://www.somervillehomelesscoalition.org/how-you-can-help/in-kind-donations/.

A special Coffee Mandala Making Workshop will take place on Sunday, March 1

1:00 – 3:00 p.m., followed by an Artist Talk at 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Location: Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA.

Gallery hours: Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.