Chosen artist/ stipend recipient for: STAND in the Place Where you Live
| 08 April, 2011 09:02
Stand in the Place Where you Live: A creative enterprise/exhibition celebrating the Legacy Land Conservancy's 40 Anniversary.
I am very happy to be the recipient of a stipend and part of this wonderful project.
"Over the last 40 years, Legacy Land Conservancy (formerly Washtenaw Land Trust) has helped protect over 4579 acres of forests, praries, farms, wetlands and waters. To celebrate this achievement and inspire future conservation efforts, a creative enterprise/exhibition has been commissioned.
In a joint venture the Chelsea Center for the Arts and Legacy, a small group of artists will be chosen to create works about specific local public and private lands preserved through the Conservancy. Artists interpret and bring insight to our connection with the landscape and the relationship between humans and how we inhabit and change natural sites around us. Art helps us understand the idea of place and illuminates how our sense of place is connected to our ideals and identity."
Each artist will be assigned to a particular site and will create works relating to that site which will be exhibited at the Chelsea Center for the Arts November 13, 2011- January 8, 2012.
I am so thrilled to paint and be outside- many of the sites are not open to the public.
This is so me-!
I hope to get permission to document and blog about my work on my assigned site.
Warmest thoughts, Birgit
in
the
Place
Where
you
Live:
A
creative
enterprise/exhibition
celebrating
the
Legacy
Land
Conservancy's
40th
Anniversary.
Over
the
last
40
years,
Legacy
Land
Conservancy
(formerly
Washtenaw
Land
Trust)
has
helped
protect
over
4579
acres
of
forests,
prairies,
farms,
wetlands
and
waters.
To
celebrate
this
achievement
and
inspire
future
conservation
efforts,
a
creative
enterprise/exhibition
has
been
commissioned.
In
a
joint
venture
between
the
Chelsea
Center
for
the
Arts
and
Legacy,
a
small
group
of
artists
will
be
chosen
to
create
works
about
specific
local
public
and
private
lands
preserved
through
the
Conservancy.
Artists
interpret
and
bring
insight
to
our
connection
with
the
landscape
and
the
relationship
between
humans
and
how
we
inhabit
and
change
the
natural
sites
around
us.
Art
helps
us
understand
the
idea
of
place
and
illuminates
how
our
sense
of
place
is
connected
to
our
ideals
and
our
identity.
Artists
will
be
chosen
based
on
submitted
works
and
a
statement
of
interest
in
the
project.
Each
chosen
artist
will
be
assigned
to
a
particular
site
and
will
create
works
relating
to
that
site
which
will
be
exhibited
according
to
the
guidelines.
Assignments
will
take
into
account
the
artist’s
interests
and
preferences.
All
finished
work
will
be
related
to
and
inspired
by
the
artist’s
direct
experience
of
these
properties.
It
is
expected
that
the
artist
will
visit
and
may
spend
considerable
time
at
the
assigned
site.
Many
of
the
sites
are
not
open
to
the
public.
All
areas
are
within
30
miles
of
Ann
Arbor.
The
exhibition
will
be
held
at
the
Chelsea
Center
for
the
Arts
(CCA)
November
13,
2011-
January
8,
2012.Stand
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