Women Environmental Artists Directory

Charmaine Spencer

Charmaine Spencer — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:29:02 +0000

I left my hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan to attend the Cleveland Institute of Art, where I presented my BFA exhibition in 2005. While there, I was recipient of the William McVey Award for Excellence in Sculpture and was one of two students selected to finish posthumously, the last sculpture of David E. Davis, the founder of the Sculpture
Center.

In February 2011, I presented my work at PechaKucha Night Cleveland and was guest speaker for the Cleveland Institute of Art’s next program. I am the recipient of a 2010 Ingenuity Project Award, the 2009 Creative Workforce Fellowship, and The Sculpture Center 2008 Emerging Artist Award. My first solo exhibition (Rising Bound) was with Groop Gallery in 2004. My work has been exhibited at Cleveland State University Gallery, Spaces, the Gallery at Lakeland, the Cleveland Public Theatre, and the Maltz Museum. In addition, I participated in “The Painted Village” a rally and exhibition on the National Mall in Washington DC in solidarity of the Refugees of Darfur, Sudan

As a Cleveland artist and community advocate, my artistic career has evolved by balancing aesthetic sensibilities while confronting social and environmental issues.
The main influences in my work are my personal heritage, the social conditioning in contemporary culture and environmental issues. Exploring how an individual adapts to social, economic and environmental change is the consistent conceptual theme of my work. The works fiscal composition represents the struggles and growth in the reinvention of self and place.

Favoring readily accessible utilitarian materials, made available by consumer-discarders. Disassembled and reformed accumulation of driftwood, lath, hair, electrical conduit, paper, dirt and steel creates bold sculptural works that are green in the making and greener in the message.

Eco-artist Restores the Coral Reefs!

Deanna Pindell — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:32:40 +0000

Please consider an investment in Colleen Flanigans’ kickstarter to install BIO-ROCK Sculpture in Cancun, which will rebuild coral refuge.

The “kickstart rewards” are great, too … but the best reward will be knowing that we can save the corals.

Kickstarter Video link below:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/958753974/from-the-shore-to-the-seafloor-living-sea-sculptur

A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945 – by Isao Hashimoto

Marian Osher — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:26:08 +0000

If you haven’t seen Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto’s beautiful, undeniably scary time-lapse map of the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998, beginning with the Manhattan Project’s “Trinity” test near Los Alamos and concluding with Pakistan’s nuclear tests in May of 1998, do it now. It takes 15 minutes, but we owe it to our planet to at least watch.

This haiku of the nuclear havoc we have unleashed definitely uses the power of art to bring home a reality otherwise lost in facts and figures…..

A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945 – by Isao Hashimoto – YouTube

Feb 12: Partnering for the Climate: An Artist/Scientist Mixer

Aviva Rahmani — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:14:55 +0000

Partnering for the Climate: An Artist/Scientist Mixer

Sunday, February 12, 2012 3:00 pm The Noguchi Museum

How can individuals and communities make sense of fragmented, confusing and often overwhelming news and data about climate change? The nervous system that interweaves artists, researchers, and the concerned public is largely disconnected. How can we make a difference and spark new relationships in the process?

Now more than ever, the climate needs artists and scientists to partner up and marry hard science with interpretive media. PositiveFeedback and The Noguchi Museum invite you to a pre-Valentine’s-Day event to initiate new and meaningful relationships, before celebrating romantic partnerships.

“Partnering for the Climate: An Artist/Scientist Mixer,” on Sunday, February 12, 2012, will provide stimulating discussion and ample time for mixing with fellow artists, scientists, and community members active in climate change issues in New York City. It’s also the perfect follow-up to last month’s Speed Dating Event for Artists and Scientists- if you were matched with a fellow participant, invite them to be your “date”!

“Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City” artist Mary Miss and leading scientist Eric Sanderson will discuss how interpretive media and collaboration between artists and scientists can help us to better understand and respond to global warming. Wine and refreshments will be provided.

Getting there: Use the N,Q, or F subway lines, or the museum’s shuttle, which leaves at 2:30 pm from Park Avenue and 70^th in Manhattan. Full information here.

The Noguchi Museum is collaborating with PositiveFeedback to present this program as a complement to the exhibition Civic Action. PositiveFeedback is an initiative of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, the Center for Creative Research at NYU, and the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities.

Feb 29: Earth Education: Art Education as if the Environment Matters

Krystle Ahmadyar — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:07:10 +0000

NAEA Pre-conference:

Earth Education: Art Education as if the Environment Matters

Date:         Wednesday February 29, 2012, 1-6PM
Location:     Education Center at the Rubin Museum of Art
132 W. 17 St. NYC
212-620-5000, www.rmanyc.org

Room: Raymond G. Chambers Family Seminar Room

Agenda:
1:00    Introductions/Logistics
1:15    Peter London (Keynote Talk)
2:00    Respondents Virginia Freyermuth, Rhode Island College, Providence RI Richard Mills, Professor of Art, Long Island University, New York, and Director, Hackensack River (Restoration) Project
Jane Kunzman, Holistic art educator, Chair, Visual Art Department, Gill St. Bernard’s School, Gladstone NJ Ruth Beer, PI on a SSHRC Creation/Research Project “Catch and Release: Mapping stories of geographic and cultural transition” General audience participation/discussion
2:45    Refreshment break and Posters (poster presenters will not be attendance)  Amy Ruopp, art teacher, Midland MI public schools and Mae DeBruyn, Science teacher, Midland MI public schools, Andrea Mathieson, Artist, Educator, Environmentalist, Owner/Director,
Raven Essences, Ontario. Canada, Dr. Heather Anderson, Artist, Educator, Environmentalist, author of Art and Eco Awareness: A Teachers Guide to Art and the Natural Environment, Fresno, CA
Erica Hansen, Artist in Residence, The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
Lisa Lipsett, Artist, Educator, Environmentalist, Author, Beauty Muse.
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
3:15    Programs and Practicalities: Florida State University: Tom Anderson, Anniina Suominen Guyas, Kristie Moore, Sunny Spillane.
University of British Columbia: Rita Irwin, Valerie Triggs. Aalto University Finland, Pirkko Pohjakallio, Jan van Boeckel. Questions/discussion.
5:00    Summary discussion and future plans.
6:00    Adjourn
6-7     Optional wine and cheese reception at the museum

This pre-conference is free of charge thanks to the generosity of the Rubin Museum, but is limited to the first 35 participants who register. Please register by sending an email of intent to Kristie Moore at smilingmavis@hotmail.com.