May 13th – 15th 2011 in Portland, Oregon The free conference fosters both local, national and international dialogue and partnerships around socially engaged art making. This year’s Open Engagement sets out to discuss various perspectives on art and social practice. Five themes will be in focus of conversations, interviews, open reflection on experiences, and related projects… Continue reading Open Engagement Conference 2011
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GRID + Flow : Philadelphia and Beyond
Mapping and Reimagining Urban Ecologies through the Arts and Humanities An Interdisciplinary Symposium hosted by Temple University, April 7-8, 2011 Kiva Auditorium, Main Campus, Philadelphia (USA) Keynote Speaker: Timothy Morton, author of The Ecological Thought (2010), Ecology without Nature (2007).
Nurturing Nature
There are still some weeks left to visit the exhibition Nurturing Nature which runs through April 16th at OSilas Gallery on the campus of Concordia College in Bronxville NY. Artists in the exhibition include: Eva Bakkeslett, Norway; Vaughn Bell, Seattle; Susan Benarcik, NYC; Michele Brody, NYC; Jackie Brookner NYC; Linda Bryne NYC; Xavier Cortada, Miami… Continue reading Nurturing Nature
Land Arts of the American West
Reposted from the CSPA website Apply: UNM IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2011 FALL PROGRAM. Land Arts of the American West is an ongoing experiment in an interdisciplinary model for an Arts pedagogy based in place. The Land Arts program provides students with direct, physical engagement with a full range of human interventions in the… Continue reading Land Arts of the American West
Environmental Artist in Residence – McColl Center for Visual Art
Reposted from the CSPA website Charlotte, NC (USA) Deadline: Ongoing-May 1, 2011 for first selection Media: Sculpture, Installation Geographic restrictions: None Residency period: From weeks to 3 months Call for established and emerging artists, design professionals and collaborators to create works of environmental art in the public domain. Opportunities for installations that go beyond interacting… Continue reading Environmental Artist in Residence – McColl Center for Visual Art
Oil Spill: Information Gulf exhibition / panel discussion
Santa Fe Art Institute (Tipton Hall), Friday, March 25, 18:00 Panelists: Riki Ott, Aviva Rahmani, and Debbie Fleming Caffery, moderated by Patricia Watts will discuss the spill, its aftermath, and the role of the arts as tellers/revealers of truth. There will be a webcast component and connection to the GULF to GULF project as well… Continue reading Oil Spill: Information Gulf exhibition / panel discussion
Slow Networks – iLAND’s Third Annual Symposium
March 25-26, 2011, hosted by the Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts Slow Networks: Discovering the urban Environment Through Collaborations in Dance and Ecology Slow Networks is an open forum exploring new methods of understanding urban ecosystems through innovative collaborations between practitioners of movement, science, and environmental management. iLAND cultivates a deeper… Continue reading Slow Networks – iLAND’s Third Annual Symposium
Sierra Nevada: An Adaptation
If you are in New York and haven’t already seen it, there’s still some days left to visit a currently running exhibition: Sierra Nevada: An Adaptation, by Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, at the Feldman Gallery in New York (NY, USA) until March 26. Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10-6. Monday by appointment. Gallery… Continue reading Sierra Nevada: An Adaptation
U-n-f-o-l-d. A Cultural Response to Climate Change
Art exhibition and various events at Columbia College Chicago – March 14–April 23, 2011 Museum of Contemporary Photography (600 South Michigan Avenue) – Glass Curtain Gallery (1104 South Wabash Avenue), Chicago, IL (USA) U-n-f-o-l-d. A Cultural Response to Climate Change presents the work of twenty-five artists who participated in Cape Farewell expeditions to the Andes… Continue reading U-n-f-o-l-d. A Cultural Response to Climate Change
Arts and Environment Symposium
March 19-20, 2011, University of Michigan Museum of Art A two-day colloquium to facilitate dialogue about the role of art in environmental education and stewardship. Participants will look at bridges that have been built across the divide of the arts and environment and will imagine others that might be created. More information: click here ;… Continue reading Arts and Environment Symposium