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Beyond the Surface
August 13, 2013On May 31, 2013 The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education presented Beyond the Surface: Environmental Art in Action - A conference of ideas and innovative thinking about the relationships between art and nature.
This unique, first time conference brought over 100 professionals from the region and beyond (as far as Maine and North Carolina) to hear from the Advisory Team about their own individual practices, and then to join them in conversations. Below are each team members’ presentations, for those of you who wish to hear from them directly.
The afternoon sessions were titled “Activate,” Integrate” and “Engage.” Undoubtedly, this one-day conference has…
Post Normal Art
March 13, 2013by Frances Whitehead
"All that was ‘normal’ has now evaporated; we have entered postnormal times, the in-between period where old orthodoxies are dying, new ones have not yet emerged, and nothing really makes sense… We will have to imagine ourselves out of postnormal times—with an ethical compass and a broad spectrum of imaginations from the rich diversity of human cultures."
- Ziauddin Sadar, Welcome to Postnormal Times, 2009
So prevalent are the terms “post” and “post-normal” as signifiers for the shifting ground of contemporary thought, that we must ask: “What is post-normal art?”
Thomas Kuhn’s term “paradigm shift” has entered…
March 1, 2013
Below is the information about our upcoming conference, a large part of this planning project. Online registration is available here!
Beyond the Surface: Environmental Art in Action
Hosted by the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
May 31, 2013
[caption id="attachment_803" align="alignleft" width="260"] Stacy Levy, Pier 53[/caption]
Join us for a day of ideas and innovative thinking, investigating relationships between art and nature.
Conference Description
How can environmental art engage the environment and the individual, activate awareness, and integrate perspectives that result in unexpected and innovative approaches to environmental literacy?
While the natural world has captured the imagination of artists for…
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