Trashed nails transformed into a bench
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Paul Fryer’s Peita, installed in a cathedral in the French town of Gap has been raising a few eyebrows among church goers. It shows Christ Electocuted, arms semaphored, looking much like a victim of Abu Ghraib. Parishoners have protested, say repoorts. The statue has been Want to take part in an international eco-art project? The Sachaqa Art Center is building an Eco Art Village in the heart of the Amazon jungle, in Tarapoto, Peru. “The main aim is to build a creative community where painting, music,writing, sculpture, ceramic artists can find inspiration from the natural environment and each My new favorite website: awesometapesfromafrica.blogspot.com What you get: > Awesome Tapes, turned into downloadable Mp3s > Awesome Tape covers > Awesome commentary by a knowledgeable blogger > Awesome insight into African music scene > Awesomeness Suggested starting point: Senegalese Hip Hop Last weekend, I was at the Rising Tide Conference: Art and Ecological Aesthetics, hosted by the California College of the Arts and Stanford University and was on a panel talking about the importance of art in any vision of human sustainability. I emphasized the notion that if we’re going to make art that …like thousands of gallons of paint, enough to cover 2.8 acres of roof! This past week, marine mural artist Wyland updated his Long Beach Convention Center mural and painted a globe on the roof of the circular building. The artist, who worked for free with donated paint, said the mural is Michael Johnson-Chase is a former theatre professor, international program director at the Lark Play Development Center, producer and writer. After a stint as a solar installer, he is currently developing Green Collar Job training programs at Solar One, an environmentally focused arts and education center in NYC soon to feature New York City’s first Michaela Crimmin: “I have just been to the launch of the extraordinary – the wonderful – new work by Jaume Plensa outside Runcorn in Cheshire, part of Channel 4’s Big Art Project.This has been commissioned by a group of ex-miners wanting to commemorate the heritage of their previous Gemma Lloyd is putting the finising touches on the Respond! programme. It’s proving to be an ultra efficient, low budget way to shine a light on some excellent events taking place around the UK. The South West is particularly strongly represented. If you know of any arts events taking place in your area in |
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