Embodied Landscapes

Sunday, January 11

You’re invited to the premiere of Embodied Landscapes, a new short art film created by Minnesota artists Jessalyn Finch, Mary Mailand Schlichting, and Laura Sukowatey. Enjoy a curated afternoon of film, art, and conversation: sip a mocktail, explore a pop-up exhibition of sculptures and drawings featured in the film, and hear directly from the creative team during an intimate artist talk.

Film Synopsis

Embodied Landscapes is a short film that blurs the boundaries between dance, sculpture, drawing, and environment. Created by Minnesota artists Jessalyn Finch, Mary Mailand Schlichting, and Laura Sukowatey, the film follows a wanderer through interior worlds made visible. Guided by an otherworldly presence through landscapes of memory, belief, distortion, and release.

Crafted entirely by a three-women creative team, Embodied Landscapes is an excavation of what lies beneath the surface of the self. Through the film’s immersive visual language, each stage becomes an act of feeling, shedding, and moving deeper. What emerges is a study in transformation: part ritual, part confrontation, part rebirth.

Event Itinerary

1:30 PM – Doors open, mocktails + gallery walkthrough of film sculptures, drawings, and installations
2:00 PM – First film screening
2:30 PM – Artist Talk + Q&A
3:15 PM – Second viewing, additional gallery walkthrough, and mingling with the creative team