The Meredith Fine Craft Gallery invites you in for our September
exhibit, Our Wild Neighbors. This collection features hand-felted pieces by juried artist Katie
Pugliese celebrating New Hampshire’s native wildlife.
From local flowers to bugs, bunnies, raccoons, and reptiles that gather around them, Katie’s
newest work highlights the wonder of the wildlife that surrounds us in New Hampshire. Nature
has always been her inspiration. Listening to the frogs sing their choruses, looking for spring
ephemeral flowers, and watching wildlife go about their day is something too often taken for
granted in her eyes. Our Wild Neighbors captures these small moments of life and the whimsy of
nature’s critters with expertly crafted felt figures.
Every piece in the exhibit tells a story with the local flora and fauna. While working on each
figure, Katie learned more about New Hampshire’s native species and the conservation efforts
done every day to protect them. She describes the amazing feeling of watching a Monarch
Butterfly flutter by her yard, remaking “how incredible is it that this endangered species decided
my yard was a safe place to be?” The Our Wild Neighbors exhibit is a great way to discover
these little wonders of our state’s plants, pollinators, and mammals we often overlook.
The Meredith Fine Craft Gallery invites you to stop by and explore our collection and find the
magic in every piece. For more information, please call the Gallery at 603-279-7920 or visit our
website meredith.nhcrafts.org. The Meredith Fine Craft Gallery is located at 279 DW Hwy.
Meredith, NH.