The Art of Activism

What picture do you conjure when you think of activism? Prepare to throw your stereotypes out the window and join us for either/both of two events this Thursday 5/10 as we explore the role can the arts play in furthering action.

· Panel Discussion at noon (West Wing Gallery and room TBA)
· Feeding the Writer “Beer-inar” for those interested in art and activism at the Colony Mill Brew Pub starting at 4:30

featuring two of our “Where is Nature?” exhibit artists Mark Dannenhauer and Tim Gaudreau (be sure to check out their bios and web sites below, also do take a look at our co-sponsor's EAOP's "well trained activist" blog at: http://eaop-blog.blogspot.com/)):

Mark Dannenhauer:
My work began with puppetry, primarily performance and international tours with the Bread and Puppet Theater. Then, my wife and I did our own tours, mostly within 20 miles of our then-home on scenic Mission Hill in Boston. Then, Jane become a school librarian and I started doing puppet making workshops. Over time, these workshops became more and more about making puppets of local animals. Thinking it might be good to actually know something about animals and habitats, I entered Antioch in 1998. I emerged from the Individualized Program two years later, self-titled degree in Community Landscape Interpretation in hand. So, that’s what I’m doing, Community Landscape Interpretation. I provide the tools and techniques, shape the design parameters, and assist with necessary problem-solving that community members use to create their own interpretation of local landscapes. My principal media are puppetry and photography, to which I’m hoping to add phonography (work with sound). (http://moncon.greenmuseum.org/papers/dannenhauer1.html)

Tim Gaudreau:
Tim Gaudreau is a native New Hampshire artist who is passionate about the natural world and the preservation of the environment. The recipient of several cultural exchange grants, Gaudreau has exhibited internationally including country-regionIndia and Brazil. A photographic essay, An African Portrait Revisited, exploring Ghana, West Africa on the eve of celebrating 50 years of independence was published in the spring of 2007. His work combines photography with video, new media, graphics and sculpture to create public art advocating awareness of eco-issues. Using a balance of humor and irony as artistic tools, Gaudreau first seeks to provoke public consciousness as an entryway to questioning our relationship to Nature. Through fellowship awards from the New Hampshire State Council on the Art, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and the MacDowell Colony, Gaudreau has been able to produce public works that challenge conventional thinking.
(web sites: http://timgaudreau.com/ and http://www.wake-up.ws/)

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Both events are free and open to the public. For more info, email us at: whole_terrain@antiochne.edu.

Sponsored by: Whole Terrain, the Environmental Advocacy and Organizing program & Feeding the Writer, a student group that supports writers and creative events in the ANE Community