Linda Weintraub has produced an excellent series of books on arts and ecology - they are toolkits and learning resources suitable for people who want to know more or engage groups in arts and ecology. The most recent just published by the University of California Press is To Life! The blurb is here Linda Weintraub:... Continue Reading →
TRASH
The New Children's Museum in San Diego is doing a major exhibition on trash. The following is their introductory text. The artists in TRASH, each with differing prerogatives and intentions, share the common desire to draw attention to an invisible issue that increasingly dominates our lives. Did you know that in the United States, annual... Continue Reading →
COAL Prize Art and Environment 2013: Adaptation
CALL FOR ENTRIES Application deadline: February 28th, 2013 http://www.projetcoal.org/coal/category/prix-coal-2013/ The Coal Prize Art and Environment rewards each year a project by a contemporary artist involved in environmental issues. Its goals are to promote and support the vital role which art and creation play in raising awareness, supporting concrete solutions and encouraging a culture of ecology.... Continue Reading →
Carrying the Fire
Dougie Strang of Carrying the Fire emailed to say "...we're launching Dark Mountain Vol 3 in Edinburgh on Friday December 7th 8-11pm at the Forest Cafe. It will be a fine evening of readings, poetry and music with the likes of Paul Kingsnorth, Mairi Campbell and Em Strang. Do come if you can, and please... Continue Reading →
The High Water Line: The New Yorker
In 2007 the artist Eve Mosher, interested in climate change, followed the 10ft elevation above sea level around Brooklyn and then Manhattan. She called the work High Water Line. She used one of those push along carts that are used to mark football, baseball, rugby and other pitches with chalk (in the US called a... Continue Reading →
Year of Natural Scotland
2013 is designated as the Year of Natural Scotland. We know that the Scottish Poetry Library is planning a programme around this theme, and Creative Scotland are partnering up with SNH for a conference. We've listed below some information which we've been able to pull together. Of course, like Homecoming, this is about tourism,... Continue Reading →
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