MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. - Lubeznik Center for the Arts (LCA) will have an Artist Talk with the artists of the current exhibition, LIT! Site-Specific Installations by Maria Burundarena and Luftwerk on Sunday, February 8, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. Central. Meet and hear directly from the artists about their work, inspirations and processes. All are welcome to join in on the engaging discussion. Admission is free, as always.

The artists featured in LIT! display works that challenge viewers' sense of space and place by experimenting with light, color and materials. Both Maria Burundarena and Luftwerk create ephemeral, site-responsive works exploring the phenomena of color and light in relation to architecture, nature, data and historical or political contexts.

Burundarena, an emerging artist based in Chicago, combines photography, print media, collage, reflective materials and light in large-scale installations. She cuts, reassembles and condenses fragments of materials to explore multiple dimensions and challenge perception. Through layered photographic prints, collaged images and reflective surfaces - what she refers to as "supportive skins" - Burundarena constructs immersive environments and distinctive objects that reflect the visual intensity of the digital age.

Luftwerk - the internationally acclaimed Chicago-based duo of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero - has created a new site-specific, immersive painted environment at LCA in which light, color and form merge into a dynamic whole. Once illuminated, the work contracts and expands, continuously reshaping the space. The interplay of light and color generates a harmonious, meditative atmosphere that sharpens or softens spatial perception. To offer further insight into Luftwerk's practice, several sculptural works from their 2023 Light Over Light series are presented in the adjacent gallery.

For more information, contact Jessie Sexton, LCA's Marketing Manager, at (219) 874-4900 or jsexton@lubeznikcenter.org.