Basia Irland's Visit
Basia's Visit to GCSU and Milledgeville, GA
The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and the Department of Art are co-hosting a week-long visit by environmental artist Basia Irland, Professor Emerita in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of New Mexico. The artist will be on campus March 28-April 1, 2011 to discuss her work and encourage the campus and local community to participate in "Ice Books." Her project emphasizes communal efforts in protecting our beautiful waterways, points of pride to our citizens and one of our valuable, dwindling resources. The event will take place at the Oconee River Greenway on Wednesday, March 30, 4:00-6:00 PM. Irland will be available to meet the public at her illustrated lecture on Tuesday, March 29, 6:00 PM in the GC Arts & Sciences Auditorium. She will also be the featured artist of First Friday in downtown Milledgeville on April 1, on hand at Digital Bridges, 127 West Hancock Street, from 6:00-8:00 PM with video footage of the project "Ice Books and Clay Diatoms Launch: Oconee River" and other examples of her work.
Basia Irland's website: http://www.basiairland.com/
We invite you and your students to let us know if you would like to participate in Irland's visit. For further information or to arrange for bringing the artist to your class, please contact:
Daniel Chamberlain, student assistant (Biology minor and major in Art with a concentration in Art History), 445-4572
Dr. Kalina Manoylov, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, 445-2439
Dr. Caralyn Zehnder, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, 445-2372
Dr. Elissa Auerbach, Department of Art, 445-0808
Basia Irland
March 28-April 1, 2011
Artist's Lecture: "Water Library: Basia Irland's River Projects," March 29, 6:00 PM, A&S Auditorium
"Ice Books and Clay Diatoms Launch: Oconee River": March 30, 4:00-6:00 PM, Oconee River Greenway
Featured Artist, First Friday: April 1, 6:00-8:00 PM, Digital Bridges, 127 West Hancock Street
A presentation of the 2010-2011 GC Visiting Artists and Scholars Program: Land Grant
"Basia Irland is a sculptor and installation artist, a poet and book artist, and an activist in water issues. She is Professor Emerita, Department of Art and Art History, University of New Mexico, where she established the Arts and Ecology Program. In 2009 Basia had five solo exhibitions, four group shows, and a cinema screening of her eight video documentaries. She had images of her work included in Art in America, the Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Examiner. Irland was the first artist honored for her work with the environment by the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance and the Bureau of Land Management. A Harville Award from Evergreen College brought her to Olympia, Washington four times to work across disciplines on projects focused on the Nisqually watershed. In 2010 she will lecture at Stanford University, and the University of California, Davis (sponsored by seven centers, institutes, and departments), and present a weeklong workshop at the University of West Virginia focusing on the pollution of that state's watersheds. She is invited to participate in the international think tank, Foundation for the Future, Bellevue, Washington."
Basia Irland's website: http://www.basiairland.com/
We invite you and your students to let us know if you would like to participate in Irland's visit. For further information or to arrange for bringing the artist to your class, please contact:
Daniel Chamberlain, student assistant (Biology minor and major in Art with a concentration in Art History), 445-4572
Dr. Kalina Manoylov, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, 445-2439
Dr. Caralyn Zehnder, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, 445-2372
Dr. Elissa Auerbach, Department of Art, 445-0808
Basia Irland
March 28-April 1, 2011
Artist's Lecture: "Water Library: Basia Irland's River Projects," March 29, 6:00 PM, A&S Auditorium
"Ice Books and Clay Diatoms Launch: Oconee River": March 30, 4:00-6:00 PM, Oconee River Greenway
Featured Artist, First Friday: April 1, 6:00-8:00 PM, Digital Bridges, 127 West Hancock Street
A presentation of the 2010-2011 GC Visiting Artists and Scholars Program: Land Grant
"Basia Irland is a sculptor and installation artist, a poet and book artist, and an activist in water issues. She is Professor Emerita, Department of Art and Art History, University of New Mexico, where she established the Arts and Ecology Program. In 2009 Basia had five solo exhibitions, four group shows, and a cinema screening of her eight video documentaries. She had images of her work included in Art in America, the Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Examiner. Irland was the first artist honored for her work with the environment by the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance and the Bureau of Land Management. A Harville Award from Evergreen College brought her to Olympia, Washington four times to work across disciplines on projects focused on the Nisqually watershed. In 2010 she will lecture at Stanford University, and the University of California, Davis (sponsored by seven centers, institutes, and departments), and present a weeklong workshop at the University of West Virginia focusing on the pollution of that state's watersheds. She is invited to participate in the international think tank, Foundation for the Future, Bellevue, Washington."