I really like this artists way of portraying art and ecology. She goes to different places around the world and draws inspiration from feeling the trees and rocks. Once she has a feeling of the history that was implamented there, she takes rocks, leaves, bark, etc...and grinds them into dust. Once she has the dust particles, she then mixes them with paint, water, and oil, and creates a painting using these mixers. So not only does the painting have meaning, but it also has life in it, and actual hardwork and the inspiration itself is now set in the painting for all to see
The reason I chose this article is because 1.) I love traditional art and paintings, especially landscapes, and 2.) This is such a cool idea, so if I ever did this, I could use ground up rock dust to paint an actual rock, or burnt ashes from a leaf to create a firey wasteland...And there are plenty of inspirations in my neck of the woods for landscape paintings!
Really like this idea of creating your own art in your garden rather than spending money to buy a sculptre and placing it in nature. Use your resources and create nature within nature
And what does the public think of all these projects? Of those surveyed,a strong majority confirmed that art enhanced public appreciation of the trail environment (86%) as well as attracted positive public attention and increased trail use (82%). About half saw art serving as a catalyst for other trail-related projects and increasing cultural/ environmental tourism.…the growing positive impact environmental art is having on public spaces, ecosystems and park visitors.At times humorous, educational and unexpected, the environmental art movement combines the metaphors and visual impact of art with the practicalities of today's environmental needs.I like where this is heading; people coming together to create a more visually dynamic world. This is really a good thing because it’s voluntarily based and no work money was handed out. Donations, private and public funds from a lot of people to show they really care and want to help as much as they can.It
s also nice to see that their work was well appreciated, due to the results of the survey that was taken after all their hard work had been done.
Reading Questions
I knew the old coal company-town culture was not inclined to civic engagement and I knew the financial resources in this impoverished region were not plentiful.
..it had to be done with minimal overhead costs if the project was to be a model that others could reasonably follow
Ten years later, we've raised nearly a million dollars, transformed an abandoned colliery site into a lush park that includes an AMD treatment system, seven acres of new wetlands and a large active recreation area. We've won multiple awards and enriched the town and all of us that worked on the project as well.
..usually in a project developed by someone else who was able to get the funding necessary to bring in an artist and engage them in some specific work. “
Teams are not easy to hold together and good ones are harder to pull apart.
Understand this is a slow and listening-rich process.
…we will continue to create the kind of sustainable, supportable and interesting new places…
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s attention by knocking door to door to get people involved…so what are some ways you could advertise the collaboration team?
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