On April 8, 2024 a total solar eclipse will cross North America. Cleveland, Ohio is one of the major cities in its path and there will be many activities and opportunities to experience and learn.

The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) invites visitors to explore their relationship with nature and natural phenomena in its newest exhibition Barbara Bosworth: Sun Light Moon Shadow. Celebrating humans' innate desire to find meaning in light, this exhibition is uniquely timed to coincide with the total solar eclipse Clevelanders will experience on April 8, 2024. The show will be on view in the Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz Photography Galleries beginning on Sunday, February 25, through Sunday, June 30, 2024.

"My love of nature was shaped by my backyard woods and streams while growing up in Novelty, Ohio," says artist Barbara Bosworth. "My love of art and science was shaped by the museums of Cleveland, including art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art. It's an honor to return to the place that was so formative to my experience and imagination, combining my love of nature with my love of Cleveland."

Bosworth grew up going on nighttime walks with her father, gazing up at the sky. Sky gazing became a lifelong passion for her and served as the inspiration for this exhibition, which features eclipses, sunrises, sunsets, and the luminescent glow of fireflies. Nine monumental color images of the sky and heavenly bodies are joined by six intimately scaled black-and-white scenes of life and light on the earth. Seen together, they suggest how we endow astronomical phenomena with personal meaning.

"Light is everything in photography," says Bosworth. "Photographing astronomical bodies fascinates me. Especially when you consider that the light must travel millions of years-an immense, unfathomable distance-to land on my film. My hope is that this exhibition will help visitors connect with nature in new ways, especially given the opportunity to experience the total solar eclipse in Cleveland."

"Day will become night in Cleveland on the afternoon of Monday, April 8," says Barbara Tannenbaum, curator of photography, chair of prints, drawings, and photographs at the CMA. "Imagine how terrifying this rupture in the fabric of everyday reality would be if you did not know that the sudden darkness was due to a total solar eclipse. As we go about our daily lives, our minds consumed by human affairs, rarely do we stop to ponder the immensity, power, and beauty of the celestial bodies. Barbara Bosworth: Sun Light Moon Shadow provides a chance to do just that."