Exhibition: “An Opening” by Andrew Grum Carr

View An Opening, a new exhibition by Lakewood’s Artist in Residence Andrew Grum Carr, whose poetic approach to both painting and writing invites viewers into moments of quiet reflection. This exhibition marks the culmination of a deeply personal, nine-month creative journey through grief, memory, and the natural rhythms of Lakewood Cemetery. 

The centerpiece of the exhibition is a narrative essay inspired by Andrew’s visit to Lakewood with his students following the death of a classmate—an experience that sparked a profound meditation on loss, teaching, and community. Alongside the essay are nine large-scale watercolor paintings, each capturing Lakewood in a different season. Influenced by the aesthetics of Japanese woodblock prints, these meditative landscapes evoke the passage of time and the healing found in nature’s cycles. 

Throughout his residency, Andrew could often be found sketching and painting on the cemetery grounds, letting Lakewood’s serene atmosphere shape his creative process. An Opening invites guests to experience that same atmosphere—through words, through color, and through a quiet honoring of life’s impermanence. 

An Opening will be on display in the Welcome Center February 2 – March 10.

About the artist

Andrew Grum Carr is a Twin Cities painter, writer and teacher. Whether in pictures or in words, his work seeks out quiet, restful corners and unhurried rhythms: from an arrangement of leaves at the conservatory, to the unexpected dignity in a freeway overpass.

The Lakewood Welcome Center

This event takes place in the Community Room in the Welcome Center at Lakewood. This beautiful, state-of-the-art building provides a warm and sunny backdrop for community events, in addition to offering quiet space for families to gather and make arrangements for end-of-life.

About the Lakewood Heritage Foundation

The Lakewood Heritage Foundation is a proud sponsor of the Lakewood Artist in Residence program. The Lakewood Heritage Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization created to sustain Lakewood as a local treasure by supporting educational programming and the preservation and restoration of Lakewood’s landscape, art, architecture and public spaces—for the benefit of all.

Questions? Email us at events@lakewoodcemetery.org