"Beauty in the Burn Pile" - VORTEX Spring 2023

Written by Andra Belknap | Photography by Marc Alt

“There’s some really great rotting stuff up here.”

It’s a sunny afternoon at the Taft Gardens after a fresh rain, and artist-in-residence Natasha Wheat is leading me to the burn pile. Wheat is close to the end of her nine-month artist’s residency at the gardens — part of Taft’s Art in Nature Program. She’ll exhibit her work, alongside live performances from fellow artists in residence, on May 6.