Artists With Ecology
Using Art to Collaborate with Nature
Inspired by AWE
Artists With Ecology (A.W.E.) is a creative consortium of artists & activists aiming to inspire appreciation and stewardship of Nature through acts of beauty that benefit our ecosystems.
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Floating Wetlands
Chetwoot Restorative Art Installation
Capitol Lake, Olympia WA
Floating Wetlands Sketch
Bioremediation
Guardians of the Salmon
Deschutes River, Tumwater WA
Guardians of the Salmon Prototype
Environmental Education
Hawksbill Turtle
Ceiba, Puerto Rico
On the side of a three story apartment building is the Hawksbill turtle mural, Moonjellies, and bioluminescent plankton, which are endemic to the waters of Puerto Rico and dependent on the quality of water that flows from land to sea.
Orca Web of Life
Gravity Yoga, Olympia WA
With the help of dozens of volunteers is the Orca Web of Life mural in downtown Olympia that illustrates the dynamic ecosystem of the Salish Sea.
Journey of Abundance
Tumwater, WA
Volunteers spent many hours on this Journey of Abundance mural in Tumwater, WA.
Ecovention Art Movement
Although Spaid and Amy Lipton originally blended ecology plus invention to create ecovention, Spaid now defines ecoventions as “artist-initiated practical actions with ecological intent.”
Amy Lipton and Sue Spaid
( Ecovention: Current Art to Transform Ecologies )Ecovention is a term invented by Amy Lipton and Sue Spaid in 1999 to refer to an ecological art intervention in environmental degradation. The term ecovention (ecology + invention) describes an artist initiated project that employs an inventive strategy to physically transform an ecosystem.
Amy Lipton and Sue Spaid
( Ecovention: Current Art to Transform Ecologies )Ecovention Revolutionaries
McGill and Roloff, Isla de Umunnum
Isla de Umunnum (Island of the Hummingbirds) is an environmental art work, designed and built by Heather McGill and John Roloff for the California Arts Commission’s Art in Public Buildings Program.[Read Full…
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Mel Chin, Revival Field
Revival Field began as a conceptual artwork with the intent to sculpt a site’s ecology. 1993 marked a successful conclusion to the first phase of this collaborative effort. The initial experiment, located…
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Patricia Johanson, Reimagining Infrastructure
Municipal flood basin for Dallas’s “Fair Park Lagoon” by Patricia Johanson, 1981 “Although the sculptural structures may look “aesthetic,” they are actually deployed to prevent shoreline erosion by breaking up wave…
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For over forty years, Patricia Johanson has patiently insisted that art can heal the earth. Her designs satisfy deep human needs for beauty, belonging and historical memory, while also answering the needs of birds, insects, fish, animals, and micro-organisms. Her art reclaims degraded ecologies and creates conditions that permit endangered species to thrive in the middle of urban centers.
– Caffyn Kelley, Preface to Art and Survival
Engagement
If your interested in joining A.W.E. for an afternoon or engaging with an A.W.E. project team working on one of our larger bioremediation installations, please reach out to us, we are excited to meet you.
Artists with Ecology works with local environmental organizations, higher education institutions, and government agencies to ensure proper permits and processes are undertaken effectively.
Artists with Ecology often participates in community events involving outreach, education and member engagement. For more information on where A.W.E. will be please see or Events listing and come say Hi.
Your tax deductible donation to AWE helps us provide for the materials needed to support our volunteers and all A.W.E. projects! Artists with Ecology is proud to be fiscally sponsored by Shunpike for it’s 503(c) non-profit status.
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