Wendy hauling scavenged materials to the garage.
Opening Event June 9th 2007 (stay tuned)
June 9th - August 15th 2007 / Parque Ninos Unidos, San Francisco (23rd & Treat @ folsom)
August 15th - indefinite / Leonard Flynn Elementary School, San Francisco (Harrison @ Cesar Chavez)
ScrapEden Public Art Installation
Artists team with Community Park Groups to create site specific sculpture with a Pro-Environment Message
Casa de la Imaginacion, Parque Ninos Unidos, San Francisco:
Artist Wendy Testu, in collaboration with students from the Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School and the Mission Parents Group, will create a small open play space, organic in nature, constructed from, among other things, leftover building supplies, tree branch trimmings, rubber bicycle tires, and plastic milk cartons. Casa de la Imaginacion, chosen for Parque Ninos Unidos at 23rd Street & Treat in San Francisco, will be accessible to local residents during its exhibition, and in Testu's words, will encourage local residents of all ages to take notice of their park and consider their own consumption of materials.
The Black Rock Arts Foundation: a non-profit arts organization that promotes civic participation through public art programs, has launched ScrapEden SF a project paring three San Francisco park groups with artists to create temporary public sculptures from reclaimed and recycled materials. Working under a Zero Waste grant from the San Francisco Department of the Environment and in conjunction with the Neighborhood Parks Council, three public art projects intended to inspire people to recycle, reclaim and reuse will be unveiled in SF neighborhood parks in June 2007.
Mayor Gavin Newsom: said of the initiative, "Temporary public art can play an important role in helping San Francisco residents engage with their public parks and with one another. ScrapEden SF is a terrific pilot project of the Black Rock Arts Foundation that brings together artists and public park groups to creatively spread the message of how important it is for people to recycle, reuse and compost. I'm all for it."
"We are thrilled to be working with community groups who are committed to their neighborhood parks and artists who see public art as a way to encourage people to reconsider their role in protecting the environment", said foundation Executive Director Leslie Pritchett. Watching the artists' concepts evolve in response to direct involvement with community has been very exciting."
Neighborhood Parks Council director: Isabel Wade is enthusiastic about the partnership. "We're so excited about this opportunity to support temporary interactive art installations in our City's parks. We are aware from national studies that art installations help draw positive park use and build community connections.
All three collaborative ScrapEden SF projects: will serve as tools to talk about the importance of recycling, reuse, and composting with an ultimate goal of changing residents behaviors around trash in San Francisco. In addition, these pilot efforts will provide a lab for the development of a community arts organizer's toolkit. Installations are expected to open in early June 2007, and will remain in place for approximately three months.
ScrapEden SF is a continuation of the Black Rock Arts Foundation's Civic Participation Program, pairing working artists with communities to inspire positive social change. Past projects of foundation include the installation of public art in Civic Center Plaza, the Hayes Green, Pier 14 on the Embarcadero, and Indian Basin Shoreline Park at Hunter's Point. For more information, please visit www.blackrockarts.org.
The Neighborhood Parks Council advocates for a superior, equitable and sustainable park and recreation system through community-driven stewardship, education, planning and research. Since 1996, the Neighborhood Parks Council has grown to include 120+ park groups and 4,000 park volunteers, establishing itself as San Francisco?s premier park advocacy group.
For more information about ScrapEden:
Contact the Black Rock Arts Foundation
1900 Third St, First Floor
San Francisco, CA 94158
http://blackrockarts.org/projects/scrapeden-sf
scrapeden_sf@blackrockarts.org
415.626.1248
Nunca Máis Retrospective
California Patients Group
Los Angeles, CA
October 1st - November 17th 2006
(sorry, this is a private venue)
Interview about the Exhibition:
http://aids-write.org/?p=262
walking the Montalvo trails, in search of an Installation site
Instructor:
Young Artists in Residence: Fine Arts Day Camp
Environmental / Installation Art on the trails of Montalvo
Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga CA
Monday, July 31 – Friday, August 4, 2006
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Ages: 10 – 13
Create environmental art on Montalvo’s expansive wooded trails! Kids with creative minds will thrive in the 3rd annual Young Artists in Residence: Fine Arts Day Camp. Inspired by Montalvo’s Lucas Artists Programs and housed in the artist residency studios, YAR Camp encourages growth and self-expression through the sharing of ideas, collaborative projects, and self-exploration. Only at Montalvo can one participate in this range of extraordinary experiences in such an extraordinary setting.
Sign up at:http://www.villamontalvo.org/camps.html
Photo of Dancers courtesy of Arne Folkedal
Photo of Birds courtesy of Wendy Testu
Stanford University
Elision (World Premier Dance Performance)
Saturday, May 6
8:30pm
Hope Mohr-Choreographer
Wendy Testu-Video- Artist
"Birds- The After Effects"
Enamel on glassine and paper - a wall installation of ten birds
(see installation page for detailed images)
Space 743
a group show
August 26 - October 9
Gallery hours: wed. - Sat. 12 -5 pm
or by appointment
743 Harrison @ 3rd & 4th streets
415.777.9080
OPEN STUDIOS
once a year studio sale with 20 other artists in the studio.
October, Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th 11- 6pm
743 Harrison @ 3rd & 4th streets
415.710.9588
Birds in Flight Video clip ( this will be projected inside the container)
BAYENNALE
(The Bay Area's First International Biennial)
Installation And Video inside a 20 Ft. container
Jack London Square
Oakland, California USA
July 23rd. - August 7th
Gallery hours: Thursday - Sunday 11am - 4pm.
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 23, 6-9 pm
Closing Reception: Sunday, August 7, 4-9pm (with interactive art, music and celebrity guests)
Embarcadero West. @ Webster & Water St.
(in the very South parking lot, next to the bar "Heinholds First and Last Chance Saloon")
All Bayennale Events are Free
Map Quest directions: http://www.mapquest.co.uk/cgi-bin/share_uk?s5ecm9meaaybv8tu
Oakland festival to emulate Venice's
Oakland Tribune Article
Written by Paul T. Rosynsky
"Oakland — Venice has one. So does London. Paris has been doing it for 46 years and Berlin just started in 1998.
This summer, Oakland will join the club.
For two weeks at the end of July, dozens of artists from around the globe will converge on Oakland for the inaugural Bayennale.
It's like a film festival with art work replacing the films.
"It's like having the Super Bowl in your town but it is all about art," said Gregory Edwards, an Oakland artist who is helping organize the event. "You just don't get a chance to see things like this with your own eyes."
Traditionally called biennales, such festivals began decades ago in major European cities. The first one was in Venice in 1885 and was quickly duplicated across Europe, from London to Prague. The events, held every two years, are usually reserved for only the top artists in the world.
Oakland's Bayennale will be different, starting with its name, a play on words that combines "biennale" with the event's location, the Bay Area..."
Read the rest of the Oakland Tribune article:
http://www.oaklandnet.com/parks/news/042205c.asp
Official Bayennale website:
http://www.bayennale.com/
