Exposição "Nature as Art, Art as Awareness'

Customs House
Museum & Cultural Center

Clarksville - Tennessee - USA

August 25 - October 4, 2015

Satisfação em participar desta exposição coletiva de artistas do mundo todo, que participam do grupo artístico criado na mídia do facebook por Kitty Harvill, onde a cada semana ela lança um desafio de uma criatividade sobre um animal ou uma paisagem, com um significado especial, através de fotos postadas por ela.

Para esta exibição neste belo Museu de Clarksville, organizada por Terri Jordan em parceria com Kitty Harvill, foram selecionados alguns "momentos" de desafio, como:

Week 4 – Fiddleheads

Week 15 – Sumatran Tiger

Week 16 – Endangered cherry-throated tangier

Week 18 – Germany 

Week 19 - Black-faced Lion Tamarin

Minha participação foi com a obra

Birgitte Tümmler: "Black-faced Lion Tamarin 2015 "- acrylic on paper - 27 x 38 cm

e eis o resultado dessa coletânea através da montagem/colagem feita por Kitty:

 Artistas participantes:

Kitty Harvill
Christoph Hrdina 

Anne Lyon

Nancy Bryant 

Birgitte Tümmler 

Lynne Waters Griffey

Mew Hunt 

Robin Miller Bookhout 

Madeline Mobley 

Sidney Mobley 

Judith MacKay 

Maureen Rousseau

Becky Richardson Senisse

Virginia Potter

Diana L. Andersen

Heather Beckham

Pilan Butts

Terri Jordan

Alli Leitch

Gunya Bhaidva Bhatt

Shari Wallis Williams

Madeleine Schickel


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Declaração de Kitty Harvill  

“Nature as Art, Art as Awareness” in the Customs House Museum. Begun in January of 2014, my idea was simple : To challenge myself and like minded artists to paint from a Nature photo presented each Monday and to complete it within a week’s time. I had challenged myself to daily painting in 2009 and reaped the rewards of such a strict discipline, but wanted to be a little more generous and not as constricting with a commitment every day for 365 days. And so it began with three members ­ myself, my husband and one of my best friends. Soon, it began to grow in membership and by August of 2014 a biologist friend of mine here in Brazil asked if we might feature the endangered species with which she works. That week was a great success with the images being used in educational and awareness­raising opportunities. The work also appeared in an article of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) website. That request was followed by one from the biologist working with the threatened Giant armadillo in Brazil’s Pantanal and funded by the Royal Zoological Society, also resulting in images used in educational slideshow presentations. We have supported organizations promoting awareness for the endangered Barbary Macaque of Morocco, the Wattled Curassow of the Amazon, the critically endangered Northern Brown Howler of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, the Anteater of Brazil’s Cerrado, the Babirusa of Indonesia and the Philippine eagle. We have also partnered with Rainforest Trust in painting the Lemurs of Madagascar and the Sumatran Tiger. Our partnership with SAVE Brasil (Brazilian affiliate of BirdLife International) has given us the opportunity to paint the endangered Jacutinga, or Black­fronted Piping guan and the critically endangered Cherry­throated tanager. We have also painted the Black­faced lion tamarin, Vinaceous­breasted amazon parrot, Maned wolf, Tapirs, Marsh deer, Giant river otter, Australian Koala and Sea turtles in addition to florals and landscapes. Our membership has grown to almost 400 members spanning four continents in less than two year’s time. Members have found a supportive, artistic, online “family”. We also have a complementary 52 WEEKS ­ NPC Critique group for members wanting more in­depth critical analysis of their work from more experienced members. We range from beginners and hobby artists, children and adults to seasoned professionals and are joined together by our love of Nature, the process of creating art and the respect for all artistic expressions produced in the group."

Kitty Harvill, AFC (Artists for Conservation)