Anna Von Mertens’ author talk has been cancelled due to scheduling conflict with other community events. Anna is excited to reschedule her talk for a future visit to Brooklin.

Visual artist and author Anna Von Mertens will share the exquisite story behind her book Attention Is Discovery: The Life and Legacy of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt that tells the story of the woman whose discovery founded modern cosmology and how her practice of attention is relevant to science, art, and our everyday lives. Presented will be rich details of the artworks Von Mertens made in response to Leavitt’s legacy alongside examples of the glass plate photographs of the night sky that she studied and historic photos of the unique community of women, now known as the Harvard Computers, who worked at the Harvard College Observatory at the turn of the 20th century.

For more information on Anna and her work, check out her website. We hope to see you at the event!