# Sarah Leahy: Plain Sense

Sarah Leahy: Plain Sense at The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Thursday 29 October 2026, until 8 Dec.

- Venue: The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, West 39th Street 323, New York
- Go to page: https://www.studios-efanyc.org/exhibition-53

![Sarah Leahy: Plain Sense](https://noky.io/images/ef2ac8ea72dcc4f8bc63aee182bb108fcef5e9c59365869da4d3940d0ae5ee21-1200.webp)

"Sarah Leahy: Plain Sense" is a solo exhibition of an immersive wall painting at EFA Gallery, on view from September 15 to December 8, 2026. The artist Sarah Leahy, a member of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts for 25 years, created this site-specific commission, curated by Deric Carner. Spanning 33 feet across two walls, it is rendered in black India ink directly on the white gallery walls as an image of a beech grove, painted from a collage of photos of trees now sick from a blight. The title, drawn from Wallace Stevens' poem The Plain Sense of Things, points to perceiving things directly, without elaboration or fantasy, inviting quiet viewing and contemplation.

## Dates

- Tuesday 15 September until 8 Dec — The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts

Written by a model, sources: [studios-efanyc.org](https://www.studios-efanyc.org/exhibition-53)

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