In what ways are artists informing and shaping sustainability in Northeast Ohio? Are sustainability implementors engaging artists, designers, sculptors, landscape architects, etc. sufficiently in the discussion and the projects that promise transformation or regeneration of the built environment?
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Marc Lefkowitz Says:I checked out the FutureFarmers and the Not a Cornfield site -these are two excellent examples of artists rolling up their sleeves and working on innovative ideas outside of the gallery walls.
As you mention, SPACES Gallery has an artist in residence program right now that is focusing an artistic, physical response to environmental issues and regeneration in the Cuyahoga Valley. This could be a connecting point for a more permanent effort. We started a page for SPACES' program, called superorg.net, here.
Also, Amy Franceschini is speaking this week at Kent State University. See event detail here.
An Artist Residency Program in Cleveland
James Voorhies Says:I am an independent curator and exhibitions manager currently living in San Francisco where I oversee an artist-in-residence program at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. I am an Ohio native and graduate of OSU and would like to return to Ohio to establish an artist residency program in Cleveland.
This non-profit organization would invite emerging and mid-career, local, national and international contemporary artists and designers currently working with issues related to sustainability, reuse or restoration, to conceive and create works of art specific to eco-friendly initiatives in Cleveland. The organization would provide a means for artists to experiment, create and exhibit their work as a testing ground devoted to process and chance.
Artist residency programs provide artists and designers with uninterrupted time, place and materials to work independently. Visiting residents are supplied a budget for materials, weekly stipend, a furnished apartment, and studio space for conceptualizing and producing site-specific installations. The artist residency program at SPACES is an excellent example.
In the organization I propose to establish in Cleveland, two to four residencies would be awarded each year to artists working in disciplines including painting, sculpture, design, architecture, performance, video, aural, conceptual and installation art. About fifty percent of the residencies would be dedicated to artists or designers working in topics of sustainable or eco-friendly design.
Each residency would conclude with an exhibition, fully documented and accompanied by a publication.
I want to use this discussion forum at GCBL to invite your suggestions and comments about a Cleveland artist-in-residence program to support artists for sustainability. If you have any recommendations for people to contact, real estate to consider, neighborhoods, funding---I would certainly like to hear from you.
artists in the valley
Susan Miller Says:Here's the valley program I was looking for. Check it out. Maybe they are ready to expand.
Artists and the Environment
James Voorhies Says:Today many artists and designers are working to reconcile problems of over-consumption, waste and pollution with solutions of sustainability, recycling, and renewable resources. Supporting artists actively engaged in issues related to the environment is crucial for helping to raise awareness and generate community interest for eco-friendly living.
Artists such as Amy Franceschini and the multi-disciplinary artist-collective Futurefarmers, based in San Francisco, and Lauren Bon’s project Not A Cornfield, which just recently transformed 32 acres of industrial land in Los Angeles to a fertile ground for a future park, are two examples of the impact, inspiration and influence that artists and designers can generate with regard to subjects related to the environment.
By supporting artists interested in issues of sustainability, Cleveland too can raise awareness and initiate change for a greener Northeast Ohio.
sustainable art residencies
Susan Miller Says:A while ago (several years now) I had a dance company. We stumbled upon a wonderful place in the Cuyahoga Valley near Peninsula, Ohio where they have an education program, mostly for kids. We did a residency where one of our dancers encouraged the students to recreate the waggle dance of bees. I did then hear that they had an artist residency program there and a few years later noted that a long time colleague of mine was "in residence” there.
Three weeks in a green valley. A cabin in the woods. No deadlines. No pressure to produce work. Here's a review of the work she made there.
So since I can no longer find discussion of the artist residency program there, you may want to contact them and ask about it.
Also, the Girl Scouts of Lake Erie Council have a beautiful camp property that goes unused often enough. I would contact them, too to see if they are amenable to renting their space.
Of course, we have many colleges and arts organizations some of which may be intrigued enough to partner with you. I hope to see it all come to fruition. I began an artists residency program here in dance at Cleveland State University in 1982. It was an uphill battle, but well worth the trouble. Let me know if I can be of any assistance. Good luck!