[Southern California Permaculture] Wed Aug 6/Get Oil Out Celebrating 45th Anniversary/Art Show & Reception/6 to 8 p.m

[Margie Bushman, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Get Oil Out Celebrating 45th Anniversary
with ‘Reflections of an Oil Spill’ Art Show
<http://www.getoilout.org/index.htm>
Art and Activism  August 1st-30th Faulkner Gallery, 40 E

Reception Wed. August 6, 6-8 pm
Faulkner Gallery, SB Central Library

"Reflections of an Oil Spill: 45 Years of Art and 
Activism" is an art show and benefit to be held 
Aug. 1-30 in the Faulkner Gallery at the Santa Barbara Public Library.

The show will commemorate the 4½ decades of work 
to protect the Santa Barbara Channel by Get Oil 
Out and to honor the efforts of several 
“artivists” who combine passion for the environment with art.

The public is invited to a reception from 6 to 8 
p.m. Wed, Aug. 6. Bud Bottoms, founder of GOO and 
sculptor of the iconic dolphin fountain at the 
base of Sterns Wharf, will participate on a panel 
with other artists and environmentalists. The 
show will also be part of the First Thursday art walk on Aug. 7.

“Art is a way to reach people in a way that 
statistics or hard science just can’t match. It 
can touch to the heart-cords and inspire a deeper 
connection to nature that will hopefully then 
lead people to take action on its behalf,” said 
Hannah Eckberg, past president of Get Oil Out and 
curator of the art show. “Art can make us want to 
protect beautiful areas, or see things in a whole new light.”

Other artists participating in the show include 
Peggy Oki, the Iwerks brothers, Tom DeWalt, 
members of the Oak Group and SCAPE, and a number 
of up-and-coming, next-generation artists.

Mavis Muller of Alaska will feature art 
commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Exxon 
Valdez oil spill, which has left communities 
devastated to this day. Twelve-year-old Kyle 
Erickson of Florida will be featured for his 
display on the oil spill, which won second place 
in the National History Science Fair competition. 
A variety of art mediums and perspectives will make this a unique collection.

Proceeds from sales of the art will help fund the work of Get Oil Out.

­ Hannah Eckberg is a past president of Get Oil Out.
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