Drawing From the Land

Presentation Type

Oral and/or Visual Presentation

Presenter Major(s)

Art - Studio Art

Mentor Information

Brett Colley, colleyb@gvsu.edu

Department

Art and Design

Location

Kirkhof Center 2270

Start Date

13-4-2011 4:30 PM

End Date

13-4-2011 5:00 PM

Keywords

Arts, Creativity/ Innovation, Environment, Physical Science, Sustainability, World Perspective

Abstract

Drawing From the Land is a project started during the summer of 2010 at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute in Hastings, MI. Through the Gordon Art Fellowship, I was given the opportunity to complete a body of work while living on the 600 acres of diverse ecosystems managed by the institute. The resulting work is a product of my ongoing observation and meditations on an individual's relationship to land, and the specific environment of the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. As an artist working among scientists, both the immersion in the natural environment, as well as the scientific methods of my peers were unfamiliar and exciting as I tried to establish my role and working practice. My approach uses diverse materials and processes such as drawing, book-making, printmaking, collecting to explore questions related to the artist's relationship to the land, and recognizing humans as part of, rather than separate from natural ecosystems.

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Drawing From the Land

Kirkhof Center 2270

Drawing From the Land is a project started during the summer of 2010 at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute in Hastings, MI. Through the Gordon Art Fellowship, I was given the opportunity to complete a body of work while living on the 600 acres of diverse ecosystems managed by the institute. The resulting work is a product of my ongoing observation and meditations on an individual's relationship to land, and the specific environment of the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. As an artist working among scientists, both the immersion in the natural environment, as well as the scientific methods of my peers were unfamiliar and exciting as I tried to establish my role and working practice. My approach uses diverse materials and processes such as drawing, book-making, printmaking, collecting to explore questions related to the artist's relationship to the land, and recognizing humans as part of, rather than separate from natural ecosystems.