Transcript Taking It Global: Environmental Concerns

Taking It Global:
Environmental
Concerns
Creating Art with a message
EXAMPLES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL ART
 Let’s start by considering
how environmental themes
and environmentally
friendly materials can be
used to make ecological
art.
Environmental artist:
JIM DENEVAN
DO YOU HAVE A GREEN
CONSCIENCE?
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Check this out
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http://www.frankejames.com/debate/?p=955
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http://www.frankejames.com/debate/?p=34
BRAINSTORM
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Come up with images and symbols that represent the
concepts of ecological footprints and climate change
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Name images and or symbols that represent each
concept
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Divide into pairs
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Look at your article
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In your pair read the information given and create a
plan for a work of art that you might create to raise
awareness about the information you read
GROUP TASK
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For this mini project you will incorporate
environmentally friendly materials, an
environmental theme OR both.
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Choice of medium:
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Mixed (pencil crayons, pencil, markers,
watercolour, magazines, etc.) On chart paper
Each group will share their idea with the rest of the
class in a mini presentation
READ NOW!
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Here are 10 easy ways you can reduce your footprint:
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Each time you replace a bulb in your home put an energy efficient bulb in its place.
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Reduce the amount of meat you eat. I love chicken people. But I think I could eat veggies 3 or 4 more times a
week.
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Next car you buy, buy one that gets better gas mileage.
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Next house you buy, downsize. How much space do you really need. We have a guest room AND an office.
Couldn't we just have one room for that?
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Remove one plane trip from your itinerary this year. Cut out a business trip, or take a local trip rather than flying
for vacation.
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Ride your bike. This one is a no-brainer. Ride your bike to work, over to a friends house. Seriously. It's alot of fun.
It's exercise. And it's good for the earth.
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Cancel your newspaper subscription and cut down on junk mail. Don't give your mailing address out unless you
know they won't sell it. This will reduce the amount of junk you get in your mailbox and reduce the number of
trees being cut. And read your news online rather than in print.
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Buy locally. This one is really easy too, and can be a fun process. Visit the local farmers market to buy your
veggies. Look for local products in the grocery and take a trip out into the country and buy produce or baked
goods from the local farmers.
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Recycle. I can't say how easy this is. My household produces one 13 gallon bag of trash per week or less. We
produce double that in recyclced materials. Just call your local recycling company and sign up for pick-up. If you
don't have it, then just save your stuff in big totes and take it in once a month. You'll feel better about yourself.
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And here's one all of us can do. Vote for candidates that want to make real change for the environment. We all
have our political affiliations. But things are getting bad with global warming and we can't stop what's going to
happen in the next 50 years. But for our kids and grandkids sakes, we can at least try to make some policy
changes that force big companies to make more eco-friendly decisions so 100 years from now we don't have
mass famine and drought.
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And here's a bonus tip: Do like I just did, spread the word to your friends.
Individual Task
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http://www.tigweb.org/
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Check out TIG video
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How can we lower our ecological footprint?
(reduce our impact to fight “mitigate” climate
change)
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Center for Sustainable Economy’s Ecological
footprint quiz:
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http://myfootprint.org/en/visitor_information/
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WHAT SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE
DO YOU ENVISION FOR YOUR
COMMUNITY?
What is an Artist’s Statement?
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Artist Statement: Jane Ingram Allen
The making of art installations that change over time and
benefit the environment has become my focus as an artist.
When I began doing outdoor works in 1994, I became
concerned about the environmental impact of my materials
and structures. I also became convinced that nothing could
ever be considered a "permanent" work of art.Everything
changes when placed outdoors because of exposure to the
elements and to the processes of nature. It is also vulnerable
to interaction from people and animals. I decided that I would
go with this flow and make art that consciously used the
natural processes and human and animal interaction as a
positive contribution to the artwork. I began designing pieces
that were meant to change over time and be beautiful and
evocative in all phases as well as contribute positively to the
environment. I am using all natural and biodegradable
materials such as branches, vines, handmade paper and
seeds to produce continually evolving artworks.
Your Statement
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Answer the following questions in 6-8
sentences:
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What is the message you are trying to send
through your art? Explain.
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Do you think it is important for artists to try
and raise awareness about environmental
issues? Explain.
Jane Ingram Allen
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Jane Ingram Allen Originally from Alabama, Jane
Ingram Allen has specialized in decomposable indoor
and outdoor mixed media installations using
handmade paper, found natural materials and native
seeds. Her multi-part structures invite participation
from visitors, schoolchildren, wildlife and the weather
and are designed for museums, parks and
unconventional sites throughout the USA, Japan,
Philippines and Taiwan.Jane Ingram Allen often
works with artists, her son Chris Allen - a jazz
composer and trombonist, and volunteers of all ages
to create her site-specific installations. She often
combines these with workshops to teach participants
how to make handmade paper using locally available
plant materials. Public projects have involved placing
colorful bird sculptures representing a wide variety of
species made from handmade paper pulp for
temporary art installations along buildings in
downtown Schenectady, NY and other locations.
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Jane Ingram Allen, "Blue
River", biodegradable blue
handmade paper pulp
containing blue flower seeds,
Taipei, Taiwan, Earth Day
2004.
REFERENCES:
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1) http://www.greenmuseum.org/
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2) http://www.greenpacks.org/2009/10/06/eco-art-installationshelp-visitors-visualize-u-s-consumption/
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3) http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2008/10/16/eco-art-fromthe-worlds-children/
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4) http://inhabitat.com/2010/01/30/eco-art-brilliantly-intricate-leafcarvings/