I found that this 10-part series about EARTH speaks to our Champlain overthrusts, questions about erosion along our lakeshores, the stromatopods of Isle Lamotte, and so many more aspects that surround us in our little corner of Earth. Check it out!
Thomas Berry interview by Caroline Webb of Caduceus Magazine
There are so many reason to think of Earth first in this time we are living in, and in so many ways trying to live around and despite. But the Thomas Berry interview from 2002 (embedded below) is a timely gift as it encapsulates much of my intent behind the current GreenTARA Gallery theme EarthFirst. We cannot possibly solve, or as others would say, heal without considering all life. We are not solo players despite our modernist upbringing and mechanistic systems thinking.
While art is both a primordial and a final act, it is dis-valued and made external to ”what matters”. Yet it is thru art that we reach out beyond our own selves and try to touch the Universe. When we breach the space, It is not necessarily the materiality of art that counts, but its transcendence. Art can be beautiful, fearsome, provocative, dangerous — but the ongoing struggle is how to share that emergent connection and bring it into the world.
In this way, the Gallery show moves from the Living Place : Ecological Design Panels which were a result of the 2014 Burlington design competition to Migrations by Sarah Ashe. The connection between the two shows is of course how we live on Earth, from how we think and design for water, food, people , to what we understand about human migrations and peoples desperate search for healthier lives.
To think that we can have a viable human economy
by destroying the Earth economy is absurd
Indigenous people still live in a universe,
but we don’t; we live in an economic system
“Caroline Webb:
As Caduceus is a magazine concerned with healing, transformation and wholeness, I’d like to start with asking how you approach the question of healing – whether for an individual, a community or the planet. What do you see as its essence?
Thomas Berry:
Healing presupposes the integral unity of things. What is the context of healing? Human health is a subsystem of the Earth’s health. You cannot have well humans on a sick planet.
The ecology issue emerges out of the fact that humans have been constructing a government for humans, by humans and with its destiny in developing the human – but that won’t work because if the human is looking for its own benefit rather than the benefit of the larger community, if we become predators on the natural community, then we lose in every way.”
EarthFirst
The new show : EarthFirst is a series of different exhibitions over the course of the fall. Just installed in the Gallery are design panels from a 2014 competition on Ecological Design — Living Place. The concept behind EarthFirst is to weave together a thought process about Earth, and that place where we find ourselves…. Other artists (such as Sarah Ashe and her Migrations pieces) and their art will follow. The ensō image is here to symbolize the universal void that we find ourselves in, the strength and elegance we need, and the forming and un-forming of Earth as we breathe.
““A Prayer Among Friends” from Of EARTH by John Daniel :
”Among other wonders of our lives, we are alive with one another, we walk here in the light of this unlikely world that isn’t ours for long. May we spend generously the time we are given. May we enact our responsibilities as thoroughly as we enjoy our pleasures. May we see with clarity, may we honor the mystery surpassing our sight, and may we hold in our hands the gift of good work and bear it forth whole, as we were borne forth by a power we praise to this one Earth, this homeland of all we love.””
Water Sacred Water
Water and Earth. We live in a time of limbo between the concrete and the ephemeral, not knowing our future nor our collective past!
Please enjoy these photos of the Quarry and visit Hannah’s website for images of the dancers and the whole story.
“We drive by this quarry many times a year. It is so spectacular. In all our wildest dreams, we never thought we would see a dance performance there. This project has truly changed how we see this place.”
Hannah Dennison https://www.thequarryproject2020.com/
Kraemer & Kin - Tasting Room at GreenTARA.
Kraemer & Kin, the first craft brewery in the Champlain Islands now has their Tasting Room in the Gallery of GreenTARA Space. K & K are brewing their botanical-infused craft beer in Grand Isle. It is available in local stores and the new Tasting Room is now part of our COVID-19 Summer 2020 life. Please visit the Gallery art shows and the Kraemer & Kin Tasting Room : Thursday - Sunday; noon to 6pm.
ART KIT boxes for 12 & up!
The ART KIT is created by GreenTARA Space “Education and Outreach Activities” for children aged 12 years and up, in the Champlain Islands region. These high quality items were donated by Jerry’s Artarama and Friends of GreenTARA, Inc. The boxes were donated by Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel and painted by Carolyn Zuaro... who was instrumental in gathering all the materials and putting the boxes together — a total value approx. $50. The Art Kit is free to North Hero families. Any donation should be given to the Town Library. You may get your Art Kit from Caroline Korejko at the Town Library.
Also check out our “Art for Kids” tab on this website for art activity ideas and “Art & Nature” Projects further inspiration. The biggest secret to making art is allowing yourself to make mistakes and to have fun! If you have any questions about the Art Kits or the Art & Nature Activities, please email Carolyn Zuaro at czuaro@gmail.com or contact us thru greentaraspace@gmail.com. Enjoy!
Water, Sacred Water
Water, Sacred Water with work by artist Janet Fredericks and poet Guy Jean OPENS Saturday June 27 and runs thru Sunday August 23, 2020. This show highlights their exploration on the consciousness of water in concert with the discoveries of Masaru Emoto. The artists are not anthropomorphizing water, but rather interpreting waters own nature thru pattern and sound. The water studies occurred in two streams of water: the New Haven, a mountainous river torrent, and the ruisseau de la Brasserie, an urban stream in Gatineau, Québec. Their collaboration is collected into a book entitled “Et l’eau répondit…” 2006.
Yantra Design Workshop w/ Melissa Forbes
Tara Yantra Workshop
GreenTARA Space in North Hero, Vermont is delighted to offer:
Tara Yantra Drawing Meditation Workshop, Sunday July 19th , 12:00- 3:00PM EST
A brilliant visual meditation. Yantra drawing and painting shifts the internal landscape and brings profound healing.
Art supplies to bring : Compass (good one), clear ruler, eraser, pencil, sheet of watercolor paper 140lb. 10”x 14”, Colored pencils, gouache, or watercolor. If painting bring palate, brushes #1 & #2.
Pre-registration required. Cost $42.