via nytimes, Dot Earth blog:
February 15, 2010, 9:22 am
What Matters Most?
By ANDREW C. REVKINEcoartspace,
an organization that focuses on addressing environmental issues through
the visual arts (the image below, from a 2009 exhibition, is by
Nils-Udo), got in touch with me recently about a planned spring
exhibition of small works on paper devoted to a simple question: What matters most?
I brainstormed a bit with Amy Lipton, one of the founders of the
nonprofit group, and proposed that the effort get a kick-start by
posing that question to an array of people who are involved in
examining the human journey — including Dot Earth readers, of course.
(This blog has periodically explored the role of the arts in fostering public engagement
on the human relationship with the home planet). The responses could
provide inspiration or provocation to the artists in their work.
I sent the question to a wide variety of people, from Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon to the author Terry Tempest Williams. The initial
batch of answers is posted below. What’s your answer?
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via ecoartspace blog:
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ecoartspace 2010 Benefit and Open Call to Artists:
ecoartspace invites you to participate in our first NYC benefit exhibition titled What Matters Most? The show and benefit party will be hosted by Exit Art in NYC from April 15 – 28th, 2010.
What Matters Most? will begin with responses to this question posted on Monday February 15th on Andrew Revkin’s NY Times blog, Dot Earth
by leading environmental experts, writers and readers. Participating
artists will have the option of creating an original artwork related to
the blog entry of their choice or donating an existing work.
All proceeds from this fundraiser will support ecoartspace
activities and programs. ecoartspace has been operating as a bicoastal
nonprofit platform for artists addressing environmental issues since
1999. In our ten years of programming we have worked with over 400
artists, curated 38 exhibitions, 70 programs and collaborated with over
140 organizations. To celebrate our achievements as well as raise money
for future programs we recently held our first benefit auction at Mina
Dresden Gallery in San Francisco on December 4th, 2009.
What Matters Most?
begins Thurs April 15, 2010 and ends with our Benefit Sale: Thursday,
April 28th , 2010. Please click on the image above for more detailed
information.
Artists participating as of 2.13.10 include:
Joan
Bankemper, Andrea Reynosa, Joy Garnett, Chrysanne Stathacos, Mierle
Laderman Ukeles, Diane Burko, Sandy Gellis, Fritz Haeg, Steven Siegel,
Joanne Greenbaum, Lisa Hoke, Dove Bradshaw, Jaanika Peerna, Chris
Kennedy, Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky, Teri Hackett, Elizabeth Demaray,
Robert Lobe, Kathleen Gilje, David Schafer, Claudia Hart, Lori Nozick,
Christy Rupp, Kathe Burkhart, Joanne Howard, Abigail Doan, Alan Wexler,
Charles Goldman, Marion Wilson, Emily Brown, Katie Holten, Robin Kahn,
Nina Yankowitz, Carter Hodgkin, Geoffrey Hendricks, Nina Katchadourian,
Hunter Reynolds, Erik Hanson, Janet Pihlblad, Kunie Suguira, J.J.
L’Hereux, Austin Thomas, Mikael Levin, Rhona Bitner, Michael Somoroff,
Sandi Sloane, Jill Levine, Steve Keister, Alison Moritsugu, LC
Armstrong, Stacy Levy, Jan Harrison, David Webster, Simon Draper, Mary
Mattingly, Susan Leibovitz Steinman, Ann Rosenthal, Steffi Domike, Mary
Ann Strandell.
We give thanks to Exit Art for their support. This event is a continuation of our relationship with the Social-Environmental Aesthetic (SEA) program including our participation in The Drop exhibition in 2006 and EPA in 2008.
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