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7 Events to Check Out During the 10th Annual Climate Week NYC

7 Events to Check Out During the 10th Annual Climate Week NYC

Monday marks the start of the 10th annual Climate Week NYC. From Sept. 24 to the 30, non-profit The Climate Group has invited businesses, governments, nonprofit organizations, universities and art and music organizations to host a wide variety of affiliated events devoted to raising awareness and prompting action around climate change. “Climate Week NYC is […]

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    These Sculptures Help Heal the Planet

    These Sculptures Help Heal the Planet

    By Patrick Rogers Sky Opening, a new sculpture embedded in the woods of northern Michigan, is as stark and dramatic as its name sounds. A visitor approaching from an old logging road that leads through pine trees as tall and straight as telephone poles is suddenly confronted by a stab of light and air that […]

    A Montana Artist Makes Objects of Beauty Inspired by Natural Disasters

    A Montana Artist Makes Objects of Beauty Inspired by Natural Disasters

    By Ingrid Abramovitch Last summer, when wildfires burned out of control in Montana and other western states, Richard M. Parrish responded the best way he knows how: by creating artwork to document the devastation. Parrish, an internationally acclaimed glass artist, ascended over the parched landscape near his studio in Bozeman, Montana, in a small propeller […]

    Haunting Views of a Planet Declining Faster for Some Communities Than for Others

    Haunting Views of a Planet Declining Faster for Some Communities Than for Others

    By Ingrid Abramovitch Carolina Caycedo’s nets hang and sway from the ceiling of the Whitney Museum of American Art, each one distinct in shape, color and composition. They range from softly rounded to elongated and geometric; some are white, while others have been dyed in bright oranges and reds. Caught in their knotted structures are […]

    Liza Ryan’s Altered Images Summon the Terrible Beauty of Antarctica

    Liza Ryan’s Altered Images Summon the Terrible Beauty of Antarctica

    By Patrick Rogers Liza Ryan’s trip to Antarctica for her 50th birthday was the journey of a lifetime, a dream she had been working toward for years. In preparation for the two-week visit in 2016, the Los Angeles–based artist did her homework, reading Peter Matthiessen’s End of the World and a book about British explorer […]

    Artist Invents Record Player to Listen to Music From Tree Rings

    Artist Invents Record Player to Listen to Music From Tree Rings

    It’s common knowledge that tree rings provide insight to the Earth’s history, but now they can also provide music. Artist Bartholomaus Traubeck invented a record player that reads the texture and color variations of a cross section of a tree trunk and interprets them as music. Each tree has its own unique rings, and, therefore, […]

    See America’s Natural Beauty Through the Eyes of 180+ Artists

    See America’s Natural Beauty Through the Eyes of 180+ Artists

    Do you have an affinity for vintage travel posters, the bold, graphic kind with silhouetted palm trees and snow capped mountains? Do you enjoy national parks and monuments? I know I do. So it’s a pleasant surprise to discover the Creative Action Network’s (CAN) See America crowdsourced art campaign. Original See America posters from the […]