CARBON 13

The exhibition will run from 31st August 2012 – 17th February 2013. Opening: 31 August, 6–8pm “With Carbon 13 and the Marfa Dialogues, Ballroom Marfa continues its mission of presenting art as a transforming media capable of addressing the most pressing issues of our time: The exhibition consists of newly commissioned work by eight international artists who… Continue reading CARBON 13

Dorsky Museum announces programs for Dear Mother Nature, Hudson Valley Artists 2012

The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art announces the programs they have organized in conjunction with the exhibition Dear Mother Nature, Hudson Valley Artists 2012, on display in the Alice and Horace Chandler Gallery through November 4. The program, developed by curator Linda Weintraub and the exhibiting artists, seeks to increase audience understanding of individual artworks… Continue reading Dorsky Museum announces programs for Dear Mother Nature, Hudson Valley Artists 2012

10 Days of Climate Action – Call for Artists

10 Days of Climate Action is an initiative of the Human Impacts Institute  to bring together artists, musicians and performers to install climate-inspired public works throughout New York City. In an effort to inspire New Yorkers to think more critically about our actions and their impacts, each day of 10 Days of Climate Action will… Continue reading 10 Days of Climate Action – Call for Artists

Recycling Games – TerraCycle

TerraCycle creates national recycling systems for previously non-recyclable or hard-to-recycle waste. Anyone can sign up for these programs, called the Brigades, and send them waste. Then, the collected waste is turned into different products and materials available at major retailers. Terracycle encourages teams from the 21 countries where their Brigades operate in to beat their… Continue reading Recycling Games – TerraCycle

Land Art Generator Initiative

Saturday 28th August 2012. Staten Island, NY. LAGI invites the general public to join them for an anonymous preview of the submissions to the 2012 LAGI NYC design competition for Freshkills Park. They will also be providing free copies of  the new version of A Field Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies, a book that details… Continue reading Land Art Generator Initiative

2012 iLAB Resident – Follow the Water Walks

July 13-15, 2012 Spend time and explore the natural and man-made landscapes that lead from the top of the watershed to the Bronx River. You will play games, dance, draw, write, envision and interact with the communities that call East Tremont home. There will be walking, building, gardening, story-gathering and dancing! The plan is to… Continue reading 2012 iLAB Resident – Follow the Water Walks

Bug Cinema USA – An ecological forest art project

Bug Cinema’s work-in-progress is located in the Siuslaw Model Forest, from 25 June to 9 July Bug Cinema is a new ecological forest art commission for the Whale Oil to Whole Foods summer eco-arts festival in Greene County (Hudson Valley), on the edge of the Catskill Mountains, upper New York State. The eco-arts festival consists… Continue reading Bug Cinema USA – An ecological forest art project

Dear Mother Nature: Hudson Valley Artists 2012

The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art presents its annual exhibition of work by artists from the mid Hudson Valley. The exhibition will run from June 23 to November 4, 2012 in the museum’s Alice and Horace Chandler Gallery and North Gallery. This year’s exhibition titled Dear Mother Nature: Hudson Valley Artists 2012 is organized by… Continue reading Dear Mother Nature: Hudson Valley Artists 2012

Walker Art Center to present Super Nature

Full of artifice and animal appetites, Super Nature will engage the wild, the domestic, and the civilized aspects of human nature to create a radical ecological melodrama. It will premiere at the Walker Art Center October 25-27th 2012.  In Super Nature directors Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad will be joined by Bessie award winning composer… Continue reading Walker Art Center to present Super Nature

Nature’s Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art, and Invention

May 22 – December 02, 2012 The Field Museum, Chicago  Harnessing technology and inspired by nature’s amazing design concepts, Nature’s Toolbox features innovative, eye-capturing contemporary art which helps visitors understand and appreciate the life-or-death interdependence between the 10-20 million species on earth – including humans – and the quality of the environment we share.  … Continue reading Nature’s Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art, and Invention