The Museum of Art-DeLand will host an opening reception for “Carlie Trosclair: All the Lives We Ever Lived” from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, at 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Ms. Trosclair is a sculptor and installation artist who records and reimagines the genealogy of home and its relationship to the natural world. As the daughter of an electrician, Ms. Trosclair spent her formative years in historic residential properties at varying stages of construction and renovation. Reflectively her work creates new topographies and narratives that highlight structural and decorative shifts evolving over a building’s lifespan.

Ms. Trosclair’s site specific installations are powerful artworks that draw the viewer into the vulnerability and memory of a space. In her recent project with Houston’s Project Row Houses, Trosclair addressed ideas of displacement and destruction from her experience of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

While visiting Central Florida for this solo exhibition, Ms. Trosclair will be in residence for three weeks to make a work of art on-site at the historic Dutton House in DeLand. The owners of the home have allowed her access to cast original components of the historic house before it is restored. Ms. Trosclair will turn these castings into a work for public display.

In this solo exhibition, Ms. Trosclair expands on notions of home beyond the built environment, exploring a symbiosis with the broader living landscape. Latex membranes of vines and tree trunks record traces of regenerative cycles. Remnants of the original environment are absorbed into each latex body, crystallizing the textures of place. From the paint, disintegration of wood, or echo of tree rings, these surfaces are connected in the ways they mark time. Her exhibit, “All the Lives We Ever Lived,” explores themes of memory, loss, and renewal through a collective witnessing of architectural and environmental histories.

The exhibition will be open from Jan. 18 to April 6. Admission is free for members and $5 for non-members.

In 2023, Ms.Trosclair was named the Ellis-Beauregard Fellow for the Visual Arts and the South Arts Louisiana State Fellow for Visual Arts.

Ms. Trosclair participated in residencies including the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Nebraska, Loghaven Artist Residency in Tennessee, Santa Fe Art Institute in New Mexico, Joan Mitchell Center in Louisiana, McColl Center in North Carolina, and Vermont Studio Center.

Ms. Trosclair earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Sam Fox School of Design; Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, Bachelor of Fine Arts from Loyola University New Orleans, and is an alumni of the Community Arts Training Institute in St. Louis.

Family Fun Saturday with Ms. Trosclair will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

All visitors enjoy free gallery admission, while Ms. Trosclair instructs a free hands-on art activity for children from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Museum of Art DeLand will host its annual fundraiser gala as they celebrate “Carlie Trosclair: All the Lives We Ever Lived,” from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, in the rotunda of the Volusia County Historic Courthouse, 112 W. Indiana Ave., DeLand.

The evening will feature a meet-and-greet with the artist, a champagne toast, heavy appetizers, music, signature cocktails, and more. Tickets are $100 per person, and all proceeds benefit the Museum’s educational programs.

An artist talk and community panel discussion with Ms. Trosclair will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 at 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Ms. Trosclair will discuss her exhibition at the museum. The evening will feature a panel discussion on the historic Dutton House of DeLand and the art piece Ms. Trosclair created on the property especially for this exhibition. It also will include a community conversation on historic preservation in DeLand.

For information, call (386) 734-4371 or visit moartdeland.org.