Collective: "Our Fragile Earth"
Show Dates: August 5th, 2023 - September 2nd, 2023
Opening Reception: August 12th, 2023 4:00pm-7:00pm
Escondido's Arts Event, 2nd Saturday: August 12th, 2023 0pen until 8:00pm
Director's Statement:
OUR FRAGILE EARTH
Man has done quite a number on our pale blue dot. So much of our earthly paradise has been lost forever. Most folks credit the industrial revolution as the beginning; the invention of machines, combustible engines and plastics. Their subsequent impact has quite literally warmed the Earth and changed our environment.
So, what does that mean on a personal level for artists? How do we communicate our compassionate relationship to our surroundings amongst the continuing and messy changes?
In this exhibition you will see myriad ways our photographers have expressed their concern.
It begins with our sun. Stephen Davis has recorded the path of the sun with pinhole cameras over many weeks. Keiko Yamasaki spent time at Mono Lake, a lake with a rough history and only now is beginning to recover. Wayne Swanson’s work encompasses non-native Palm Trees and their battle with the Palm Weevil. Another tree that is having a rough time is the California Live Oak. Tom Vancisin documents the forlorn beauty of Oak trees weakened and left lifeless by drought and invasive bugs. Carla DeDominicis has photographed nature around the globe. Here she shows images of ocean-dependent creatures that are threatened by rising seas, loss of ice and diminishing numbers. In 2020, lightning started the Dome Fire in the East Mojave Preserve. Because all resources were sent to life-threatening fires in Northern California, this fire was allowed to burn. My photographs show this sad devastation. Seventy square miles were burned. 1.3 million healthy Joshua Trees were lost.
There is much more to see within this exhibition. I believe our folks have earnestly worked to create photographs that connect, and more than that, speak to Our Fragile Earth.
Donna Cosentino, Director
OUR COLLECTIVE IS:
TERRY SCOTT ALLEN ï ROBERT BARRY ï BARBARA BECK ï GRANT BRITTAIN ï JOHN CLARK ïDONNA COSENTINO ï STEPHEN DAVIS ï CARLA De DOMINICIS ï DEB HELLMAN ï JODIE HULDEN ï EMILY KIM ï WAYNE SWANSON ï TOM VANCISIN ï KEIKO YAMASAKI ï BOB YOUNGER
Show Dates: August 5th, 2023 - September 2nd, 2023
Opening Reception: August 12th, 2023 4:00pm-7:00pm
Escondido's Arts Event, 2nd Saturday: August 12th, 2023 0pen until 8:00pm
Director's Statement:
OUR FRAGILE EARTH
Man has done quite a number on our pale blue dot. So much of our earthly paradise has been lost forever. Most folks credit the industrial revolution as the beginning; the invention of machines, combustible engines and plastics. Their subsequent impact has quite literally warmed the Earth and changed our environment.
So, what does that mean on a personal level for artists? How do we communicate our compassionate relationship to our surroundings amongst the continuing and messy changes?
In this exhibition you will see myriad ways our photographers have expressed their concern.
It begins with our sun. Stephen Davis has recorded the path of the sun with pinhole cameras over many weeks. Keiko Yamasaki spent time at Mono Lake, a lake with a rough history and only now is beginning to recover. Wayne Swanson’s work encompasses non-native Palm Trees and their battle with the Palm Weevil. Another tree that is having a rough time is the California Live Oak. Tom Vancisin documents the forlorn beauty of Oak trees weakened and left lifeless by drought and invasive bugs. Carla DeDominicis has photographed nature around the globe. Here she shows images of ocean-dependent creatures that are threatened by rising seas, loss of ice and diminishing numbers. In 2020, lightning started the Dome Fire in the East Mojave Preserve. Because all resources were sent to life-threatening fires in Northern California, this fire was allowed to burn. My photographs show this sad devastation. Seventy square miles were burned. 1.3 million healthy Joshua Trees were lost.
There is much more to see within this exhibition. I believe our folks have earnestly worked to create photographs that connect, and more than that, speak to Our Fragile Earth.
Donna Cosentino, Director
OUR COLLECTIVE IS:
TERRY SCOTT ALLEN ï ROBERT BARRY ï BARBARA BECK ï GRANT BRITTAIN ï JOHN CLARK ïDONNA COSENTINO ï STEPHEN DAVIS ï CARLA De DOMINICIS ï DEB HELLMAN ï JODIE HULDEN ï EMILY KIM ï WAYNE SWANSON ï TOM VANCISIN ï KEIKO YAMASAKI ï BOB YOUNGER
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