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Margot Stage
Aquaculture Oyster cages (cradles), mirrors, oyster shells, zip ties, steel rods and pins
In the dark of night, light reaches us from stars hundreds of light years away. The Pleiades, also known as The Seven Sisters, is a cluster of stars most easily seen in the winter sky. Astronomers say this cluster of stars condensed out of a cloud of gas and dust some 100 million years ago. The Pleiades lie some 400 light-years away. So we know the cluster’s stars must be very bright for us to see their light across this span of space. These stars are thought to be hundreds of times more luminous than our sun. In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were the seven daughters of Atlas, a Titan who held up the sky, and the Oceanid Pleione, protectress of sailing.
Margot Stage uses a wide variety of materials and methods, and loves nothing better than creating art with things she finds on the beaches of Cape Cod. Her work has been frequently selected for exhibition throughout New England and is held in the collections of several institutions and many individuals. She has been awarded several residencies at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and multiple grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.