A ONE-DAY GROUP ART EXHIBITION EXPLORING SUSTAINABILITY
PART OF THE 8TH ANNUAL BALTIMORE GREEN WEEK
Curated by Jason Meyer in partnership with Second Chance
APRIL 14, 2011 5:30-10pm
1400 WARNER ST, BALTIMORE
Featuring: Andi Curran, Christian Donnelly, Annie Farrar, Skye Gilkerson, Liz Guseman, Meaghan Harrison, Lou Joseph, Patrick Joust, Skye McNeill, Jason Meyer, Brandon Nicklas, Aggie Toppins, Adam Weir, May Wilson, Eileen Wold
Sustainability is defined as the capacity to endure. For humans, that requires balancing the needs of people, the economy and the environment. Regeneration will explore this idea through a one-night-only multidisciplinary art exhibition. 15 local artists will present works in various media including sculpture, installation, painting, print, photography, and video.
Regeneration will be held in a large event space at Second Chance, located at 1400 Warner St (south of M&T Bank Stadium). Second Chance is a nonprofit organization whose mission is “to retrain and create employment for displaced and unemployed workers in deconstruction methods,” and “reclaim building material to reduce demolition debris overloading landfills.” Salvaged materials are sold to the public in Second Chance’s warehouses. Some of the exhibition’s participating artists will use these materials in their work.
The exhibition is curated by Jason Meyer, an artist recently transplanted to Baltimore. Working primarily through sculpture, Meyer’s work investigates sustainability and relationships between humans and their environments. He has shown nationally in Chicago, Miami, Michigan, Kentucky and Nebraska. His work has been reviewed in Sculpture, Art Papers and several newspapers.
Regeneration will kick off a week-long series of events, lectures and workshops hosted by Baltimore Green Works to educate and engage the public on issues of sustainability and the environment.
TreeBaltimore will hand out free trees at the exhibition. “TreeBaltimore is a mayoral initiative spearheaded by the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks. This program strives to increase the urban tree canopy through the establishment, management and preservation of trees.”
Refreshments will be served. Admission is free.
