The Art of Recycling
– Doug McConnell
Our good friend, Jodie Chase, has brought to our attention an extraordinary new environmental art program headed for the San Francisco Bay Area. Get ready to see some amazing and massive works of art along our roadways, and if you’re between 12 and 18 years-of-age with a statement to make and a flair for the visual, start drawing. You can get involved right now.
ReVisions/SF is a project of the Eco-LogicalART Gallery in Los Angeles. Nine original works of art painted on recycled billboard vinyl will be displayed on billboards, 14′x48′ in size, where millions of us will see them as we motor by. Smaller works on vinyl will be on display at the Thoreau Center for Sustainability in the Presidio. It will all begin on Earth Day, April 22nd, and continue through May 21.
There’s also an open call to middle and high school students to send their works right away to “Gimme Shelter,” an Eco Art event. Submissions are sought for the heme: “The World as I See It/World as I Hope It Would Be.”
According to a press release Jodie passed along to us: “The project begins with an initial 11X17 inch vertical submission created in pencil, pastel, markers or paint, on paper or illustration board.” Please send or deliver your work along with all your contact information (name, address, email and phone number) to:
Thoreau Center (The Presidio)
Building 1014 (Lincoln Blvd and Torney Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94129
Attn: Bruce DeMartini
Gimme Shelter Art!
The public is invited to the opening of the gallery show at the Thoreau Center on April 22, 2008 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM.
Should be fun….and the results will be fascinating. But get moving. All submissions are due no later than this Friday at 5PM. Good luck, and I look forward to seeing the submissions and the perfect use of billboards to encourage us to pass a beautiful and sustainable world to coming generations.
April 13th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
But wait, there’s more! The public is invited to the opening of the Revisions/SF exhibition at the Thoreau Center for Sustainability in the Presidio on Earth Day, April 22, 5-8pm.
The festivities will include a chance for folks to vote for five of the “Gimme Shelter Art!” student winners. Twenty other winners will be selected by an art jury.
Then in June, the 25 winning student entries will be painted on recycled billboard vinyl and displayed on bus shelters throughout the Bay Area.
For more details, go to http://www.eco-la.org. Hope to see you there.
April 13th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Wow…that’s great! Thanks for passing this along, Jodie. It’s a terrific project and I hope lots of people get involved.