[Sosfbay-discuss] EcoArt

[Wes Rolley]

I received this today from the Bay Area Ceramic Art Forum.

Interesting idea... I don't know anything about the instructor.

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INTERESTED IN ART???
INTERESTED IN THE ENVIRONMENT????
JOIN US IN 2008

LANEY COLLEGE
ECOART MATTERS CLASS
*141  L1706  TUESDAYS  9 to 3
LEARN AND MAKE ART ABOUT
 URGENT ENVIRONMENTAL & COMMUNITY ISSUES
COMBINING CREATIVE AESTHETICS WITH SCIENCE



THIS UNIQUE COURSE COVERS A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND 
COMMUNITYART, WITH DISTINGUISHED GUEST ARTIST AND SCIENCE LECTURERS.

STUDENTS CREATE ART WORKS, INSTALLATIONS OR VISUAL, ORAL
PRESENTATIONS BASED ON AN IMPORTANT "MATTER" OF THEIR CHOOSING.  THIS 
WORK IS THEN DISPLAYED IN AN EXHIBIT ON
CAMPUS OR IN THE COMMUNITY. PAST SHOWS HAVE BEEN AT
THE OAKLAND MUSEUM, JUNE STEINGART GALLERY, OAKLAND ZOO EDUCATIONAL 
CENTER,THE NEW ART CENTERGALLERY,  THE BERKELEY CITY ADDISON STREET 
WINDOWSAND THE BERKELEY GREENGALLERY.

IN VIEW OF DISTURBING REPORTS ON GLOBAL WARMING,
EMPHASIS WILL BE ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, WITH SCIENCE CLASSES AT 
THEOAKLAND MUSEUM SCIENCE CENTER AND SEVERAL FIELD TRIPS FOR HANDS ON 
EXPERIENCE.

STUDENTS INTERESTED IN TEACHING OR DOING COMMUNITY
OUTREACH, CAN GET EXPERIENCE AND CREDIT BY VOLUNTEERING IN LOCAL 
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE ELLA  BAKER CENTER, CENTER FOR A BETTER 
ENVIRONMENT,CREATIVE GROWTH, LOCAL
SCHOOLS, SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTERS AND MUSEUMS. 

FINAL PROJECTS WILL CONSIST OF EXAMPLES, DEMONSTRATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS, 
AND/OR ORAL PRESENTATIONS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Andrée Thompson 510 841 0588 andreest at yahoo.com <mailto:andreest at yahoo.com>

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"I find I have a great lot to learn – or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Wesley C. Rolley
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