Tender Alchemy - Beth Ames Swartz and Julianne Swartz

Tender Alchemy demonstrates the intergenerational dialogue between the artistic practices of Beth Ames Swartz and Julianne Swartz. As mother and daughter, the artists maintain distinct aesthetics while sharing an affinity for investigating the ethereal and spiritual
potential of art. The essays and illustrations featured underscore art’s interconnection with alchemy, spiritualism, physics, animism, and psychology, and contextualize the contemporary artists within the lineage of art movements such as transcendentalism, phenomenology, and participatory art.