Rural Culture & Urban Arts: Terroir Wrap
Philip Krohn with Paul Reffell The Kindling (2009) 11’ X 8’ diameter misc firewood (cypress, douglas fir, eucalyptus, monterey pine) Mark Brest van Kempen Lineaus Line 2009 approximately 600 ft (500 tags) Jessica Resmond Jorge Bachman Shipped Global Terroir (2009) 58” X 130” 4 inkjet prints/sound component Lewis de Soto APPELLATION: Napa 4 (10.12.07) K3 [...]
San Francisco from Eugene
Our little blog has recently recovered from a little death and a little upgrade. Right now I’m in the middle of the Earth Matters on Stage EcoDrama Symposium (and working on plans to build an eco-art-blogger treehouse with my buddies Ian Garrett and Mike Lawler. You’re invited, Matt Merkel-Hess!). There’s a lot to cover, including [...]
San Francisco Bay Area Exhibitions and Happenings
There’s been a buzz of eco-art activity out here in the SF Bay Area that I’ve been meaning to shout-out, Matt Merkel-Hess-style. It’s good work, and yes. Here we go. First off: the amazing ladies at ecoartspace put together an inaugural exhibit for Art at the Cheese Factory, Terrior: A sense of place. Curated by [...]
Sonja Hinrichsen in residence at the Marin French Cheese Company (Art at the Cheese Factory), Northern California June 1-6th
Bay Area artist Sonja Hinrichsen will be in residence at the the cheese factory for the first week of June to create a site-specific installation based on previous work where she sews words on leaves of plants and trees which reflect the place. She will also give a presentation of this site work and other [...]
Terroir at the Cheese Factory, Northern California
Finding a venue for both indoor and outdoor art installations, where foot traffic is high, is an art and nature curator’s dream. Last fall, a start up organization called Art at the Cheese Factory, invited me to guest curator the inaugural show at an historic cheese factory in Marin County, 45 minutes North of the [...]
