LIFE ON EARTH Open Call

Open Call to Artists
LIFE ON EARTH
Curated by Cornelia Jensen
        
Saturday, May 20th  – Sunday, June 11th
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 20th
Deadline to Apply: Monday, May 8th

 
When we think of “environment” what do we think of? THE Environment? Or OUR Environment? Everything we create as humans is derived from materials whose sources originate in nature. When I use the word “Nature” I am referring to the world that exists free from human design. It creates itself according to laws undetermined by human beings. But are we actually part of nature? Is our existence the result of these natural laws? Has evolution itself evolved to include human activity as a factor in our development as a species?
 
Here in New York City, we are miles from any undeveloped land. Our “environment” is a colossal construction born from the imagination and the will of human endeavor. Our lives in this metropolis bear a constant reckoning of who we are and what we do. Now we also inhabit many places at once via cyber space. As we swim into the future are we abandoning and marginalizing our origins? Is our primal relationship to nature no longer part of our unconscious? Is “Nature” part of the past, or does it maintain a permanent place in our world? Is it lost, far away, or right around us?  Is it possible to conjure this relationship via human will? This is the purpose of art.
 
Let us explore in this exhibition how “design” from human craft interacts with what is “natural”. Where do humans respond to nature and where do we live counter to it? What role does nature play in our unconscious?  Where does beauty cross over between the worlds with and without humans?
 
The WAH Center presents LIFE ON EARTH– a group art exhibition exploring the many artistic explorations of nature and our environment. Artists are encouraged to submit both two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and installation works including painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture and mixed media with a special focus on artwork using detritus and recycled materials.
 
In this spirit, our open call provides an opportunity for outstanding artists to showcase work to new audiences in the prominent art community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, and to national and international visitors.

We are now accepting submissions for the LIFE ON EARTH show.

Eligibility: Artists exploring themes of nature/our environment or working with detritus/recycled materials
Deadline: Monday, May 8th 2017

Please see the Entry Materials HERE
 

For more information or questions, please email lifeonearthshow@gmail.com
About the Curator:

Cornelia Jensen (www.corneliajensen.com) is an artist who practices in a range of media including: found-object assemblage, light sculpture and landscape painting. She is a salon member of the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in Brooklyn. She was an artist in residence at Taliesin West Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture School as well as the Petrified Forest National Park both in Arizona. Jensen received her MFA from California College of the Arts in 2009. In San Francisco, she was co-creator and resident artist of The Lola Gallery. She also co-created the multimedia venue, The Werepad. She received a BA in Philosophy from Haverford College and also studied at the Studio Art Program of Syracuse University in Florence, Italy. Jensen graduated with honors in Art from The Masters School where she also received the Linda Wyatt Chissell Art Award. Jensen has curated numerous exhibitions in San Francisco and New York and has exhibited her work in the United States, Europe and Asia. Jensen recently relocated to Tucson, Arizona.

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