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We've now had the chance to decompress from COP15 and the holiday season and are looking ahead to new ventures. We're working on providing a number of workshops for our annual convergence with the Hollywood Fringe here in Southern California. We're already talking about COP16 n Mexico City. The Winter Quarterly, expanded (and a little delayed because of it) is just about out the door. It's a very exciting time for the CSPA! Ian Garrett & Miranda Wright |
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Memembership is our primary source of support and we thank all of our members for helping make the CSPA a reality! We're restructuring our membership to accomodate an online store, so stay tuned for new benefits on reading materials and supplies! |
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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FALMOUTH OFFERS MA IN ART & ENVIRONMENT MA Art & Environment, at University College Falmouth, encourages a focused engagement with ecological and environmental issues. Designed to give students the skills, expertise and confidence to operate as a professional artist in this critical area of practice, the course will also enable them to develop strategies and practices that use art as a cultural agent – as a tool for knowledge, understanding and change. Students on the course have opportunities to benefit from the Universtity’s relationship with Cape Farewell, The Eden Project and University of Exeter’s Environment and Sustainability Institute. |
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THE GREEN ALLOWANCE BETA SITE IS LIVE Green Allowance motivates and empowers children to be leaders in conservation, helping their families to be the most resource-efficient in the industrialized world. Children today list climate change as a top concern, but they are overwhelmed with options for action. Green Allowance is designed to nudge many of them to act by creating a monetary incentive that keeps them involved. For more information on Green Allowance go to www.greenallowance.com or write us at talk2people@greenallowance.com. |
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FEATURED ARTIST: DIANNA COHEN Los Angeles-based multi-media visual artist, painter and curator Dianna Cohen is best known for her two-dimensional and three-dimensional works using recycled plastic bags – sewn together – ranging from small hanging pieces to room-sized installations. Cohen’s work has been applied to surfboards in the acclaimed group show FLOW – fine lines on water, which she also curated. In 2007, Cohen expanded into making wearable art pieces using recycled materials, including stage outfits for alt-rock duo The Ditty Bops and a “green carpet” dress for actress Rachelle Carson. Her “conscious couture” and art were featured on Ed Begley’s environmentally themed HGTV series Living With Ed and on the CBS EcoZone Project with Daisy Fuentes. |
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ART FOR OIL; PROTEST AND DYSTOPIANISM The 2010 Art For Oil Diary is available now, price £5, full of illustrations like Squint Opera’s depiction of a man diving into the flooded ruins of St Paul’s Cathedral in a London flooded by rising waters. It’s a good snapshot of art as agitprop, containing works by Peter Kennard & Cat Picton Phillipps, Beehive Collective, Pedro Inoue and the Ultimate Holding Company. |
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FALLEN FRUIT PRESENTS: EAT LACMA Fusing the richness of LACMA’s permanent collection with the ephemerality of food and the natural growth cycle, EAT LACMA’s projects consider food as a common ground that explores the social role of art and ritual in community and human relationships. EAT LACMA unfolds seasonally, with artist’s gardens planted and harvested on the museum campus, hands-on public events, and a concurrent exhibition, Fallen Fruit Presents The Fruit of LACMA (June 27-November 7, 2010). It culminates in a day-long event (November 7, 2010) in which over fifty artists and collectives will activate, intervene, and re-imagine the entire museum’s campus and galleries. EAT LACMA is curated by Fallen Fruit—David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young—and LACMA curator Michele Urton. |
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IS JOY A SUSTAINABLE FUEL? By Moe Beitiks as published in the CSPA Quarterly/Fall 2009 When you see a big painted bus driving down the highway (a BIG bus, an old school bus, not some passenger van) that says RUNS ON VEGETABLE OIL; when that bus is covered in a thousand brushstrokes of color; is filled with young folk who may or may not have dreadlocks, may or may not play drums, and may or may not flash you a peace sign, what do you do? Do you roll your eyes? Do you smile? Is the joy that seems to sustain them for real? Can it last? Or is it the glory of youth and naïveté? |
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CALL FOR PAPERS: 2ND UNESCO WORLD CONFERENCE ON ARTS EDUCATION Convened at the initiative of UNESCO, in close partnership with the Government of Republic of Korea, the 2nd World Conference on Arts Education will take place in Seoul from 25th to 28th of May, 2010. The Conference will bring together representatives of Ministries of Education and/or Culture from the UNESCO Member States, as well as various experts, researchers and practitioners in the area of Arts Education. |
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CALL FOR PAPERS FOR SPECIAL ISSUE ON CULTURE AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES In the face of growing environmental and economic urgencies, issues of sustainability and resiliency are moving to the forefront of planning, policy, and programs in cities and communities of all sizes. City planning paradigms are mutating from a focus on building ‘creative cities’ to that of achieving ‘sustainable cities.’ Internationally, this shift is evident among local governments adopting sustainability goals for towns, cities, and regions; creating sustainable community plans; and implementing community projects related to ‘sustainable development.’ Yet cultural considerations, while recognized in urban and community planning contexts, are not integrated into sustainability planning in a widespread way. Potential contributors are invited to submit an article by 1 May 2010 to Nancy Duxbury. |
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2010 POWER OF WORDS CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PROPOSALS The 8th Annual Power of Words conference will be held Sept. 23-26, 2010 at Goddard College in Plainfield, VT and we’re looking for workshop proposals! The 8th Annual Power of Words conference brings together writers, storytellers, performers, musicians, educators, activists, healers, health professionals, community leaders, and more. All participants are united in the common exploration of how the written, spoken, and sung word can catalyze individual and communal liberation, celebration, and transformation. |
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THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITIES AND SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE Florida Gulf Coast University’s Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education, and Departments of Language & Literature and Communication & Philosophy are currently accepting individual abstracts and panel proposals for FGCU’s 2nd International Humanities and Sustainability Conference, to be held in Fort Myers, Florida, October 7-9, 2010. Our goal is to encourage interdisciplinary conversations about the role of the humanities in fostering sustainability, however defined, and about the sustainability of the humanities as we move into the second decade of the 21st Century. |
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WATERPOD: AUTONOMY AND ECOLOGY The show is a survey of a five-month voyage around the boroughs of New York by Waterpod, a floating, sculptural structure and community-building space designed as a futuristic habitat and an experimental platform for assessing the design and efficacy of living systems. It visited the five boroughs and Governors Island from June to October 2009. The discussion, February 4, 2010, includes Jennifer McGregor of Wave Hill, a public garden and cultural center in the Bronx; public artist Mary Miss; Mierle Laderman Ukeles, a “maintenance artist” known for her service-oriented artworks; Mary T. Mattingly, Waterpod founder; and members of her team. The exhibition, January 9–February 6, 2010, is part of Exit Art’s SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics) program. Discussion - Thursday, February 4th, 2010 |
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GARBAGE: THE REVOLUTION STARTS AT HOME Fletcher Jones Foundation Auditorium See the trailer at www.garbagerevolution.com |
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INDY CONVERGENCE 2010 The Indy Convergence is a non-profit Indianapolis arts organization dedicated to the growth of artists nationally and locally.Once a year, the Indy Convergence brings together a group of professional artists from around the country. The group and the artistic genres represented vary each year. The only thing that does not vary is the caliber of the artists accepted. We seek out professional artists with a passion for exploration and a unique talent or approach that will contribute to the ensemble. The goal of the Convergence is for working artists to gather, collaborate, learn, share, and teach. Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 - Saturday, March 28th, 2010 |
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