Janet Orselli creates art with objects and space. The objects she assembles are leftovers from the past. Old baby carriage frames, bird’s nests, chairs, shoe soles, roller skates; broken bits of the discarded stuff of everyday life. These things are survivors. Orselli finds them in dark attic corners, in boxes hidden in the basement, or in the trash pile down the street. She uses these objects to create a language, tell a story and build a world.

Orselli invites you to bring your imagination and sense of humor as you browse her work. As her installations are best experienced in person, here are the details for her upcoming shows: