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Message from the Director
| Today the Natural World Museum celebrates its SIX-YEAR anniversary! Our nonprofit organization was founded on July 25, 2001. It has been an incredible journey over the past six years as we have expanded the founding vision from a local arts organization to a mobile and global cultural institution operating internationally! To everyone who has been part of NWM’s evolution, I am deeply grateful to you. Thank you! |
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Here’s a look at what we have been doing this summer:
Envisioning
Change: Melting Ice / A Hot Topic
More than 2,000 attendees celebrated the launch of NWM’s landmark
exhibition Envisioning Change: Melting Ice / A Hot Topic at the Nobel
Peace Center in Oslo, Norway on June 5, UN World Environment Day.
Special guests in attendance featured HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit
of Norway’s Royal Family; Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary
General and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme;
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2004; and Sebastian Copeland
of Global Green. The Director of the Nobel Peace Center, Bente Erichson,
called it a “historic exhibit bridging art, peace, and the environment.”
After Oslo, NWM’s exhibition will tour to the BOZAR Centre for
Fine Arts in Brussels, Belgium in the fall, and onto other international
cities in 2008, including Monaco
and Chicago.
Click here
for more information about UN World Environment Day.
The
“Bottom-Up” Design Approach to Global Climate Change
Coinciding with the opening of the exhibit in Brussels on 5 October,
NWM and UNEP will host their annual “Art for the Environment”
symposium at the BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts. This year we will bring
together international leaders from the worlds of art, environment,
science, government, business and design to generate dialogue from
diverse perspectives about ways the current environmental school of
thought is having an all-encompassing influence on art and design,
and how these unified approaches can help us combat climate change.
Art
in Action: Nature, Creativity, and Our Collective Future
On UN World Environment Day in Oslo, NWM celebrated the global launch
of its groundbreaking book with Achim Steiner, Executive Director
of the United Nations Environment Programme, who wrote the preface
to the book, and an artist signing, featuring Alfio Bonanno, Chris
Jordan, The Icelandic Love Corporation, Nicholas Kahn, and Cecilia
Paredes. NWM will be celebrating its U.S. book launch in San Francisco
this October. Stay tuned for more details about this exciting event
in our fall newsletter!
Purchase
your copy today.
Support Our Groundbreaking Programs
The Natural World Museum is only able to continue offering our pioneering
exhibits and programs that inspire environmental awareness and action
with the support of our local and global communities. Every dollar
goes a long way; you can show your support today by making a tax-deductible
donation designated toward one of NWM’s exhibits or programs.
Click here
to learn how to designate your dollars today!
Donate toward the Envisioning
Change program today!
Enjoy the summer,
and we hope to see you in Brussels or San Francisco
this fall!
Mia Hanak
Founding Executive Director
Natural World Museum
Highlights
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Green Leaf Award Winners
At each UN World Environment Day, NWM and UNEP present five artists with the Green Leaf Award for demonstrating artistic excellence in sparking dialogue about the exhibit’s environmental topic. The goal of the Green Leaf Award is to encourage artists to explore ways that environmentally inspired art can engage the public in environmental awareness and action. And the 2007 winners are: |
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Chris Jordan – United States
Seattle-based
photographer Chris Jordan is committed to raising awareness about
the effects of American consumerism on the course of nature. In
2006, Jordan produced a photographic series called In Katrina's
Wake: Portraits of Loss from an Unnatural Disaster. His current
series, Running the Numbers, An American Self-Portrait is now
touring.. |
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PAINTING
Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick – England
Artists
Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick are collaborators in a body
of work that includes complex narrative photo-novellas, painting
and sculptural installations. Their work is included in many public
collections including the National Portrait Gallery in Washington
D.C., the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum
of Art. |
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MULTI -MEDIA
The Icelandic Love Corporation – Iceland
In
1996, The Icelandic Love Corporation (ILC) was formed by Sigrún
Hrólfsdóttir, Jóní Jónsdóttir,
and Eirún Sigurdardóttir as a performance, video,
photography, and installation art collaborative. They are the
recipients of the Visitors Choice Top Ten award for their work
at the 2001 Palazzo della Triennale in Milan, among other awards. |
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CONCEPTUAL
INSTALLATION
Lucy & Jorge Orta – England & Argentina
Established
in 1991, Paris-based Studio-Orta operates as a research and development
studio for artworks and limited editions by Lucy and Jorge Orta.
Their team investigates crucial themes such as sustainable development,
ecology and recycling. Lucy Orta also holds the first Rootstein
Hopkins Chair of Fashion at London College of Fashion (University
of the Arts London). |
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SCULPTURE
David Trubridge – New Zealand
David
Trubridge graduated from Newcastle University in Northern England
in 1972 with a degree in Naval Architecture (boat design). Since
expanding on his skills as a furniture maker, Trubridge has discovered
the transformative power of technology and implements computer
3D modeling to create his work. |
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Exhibitions
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Envisioning
Change To learn
more about the exhibit: Click
here
to learn more about our exhibit partners and sponsors. |
 Exhibit at City Hall |
Making the Choice NWM’s exhibit helps people reflect on how their daily consumerist habits contribute to seven global environmental issues, and provides inspiring ways people can take personal action to be part of the local and global solutions. |
Visit the Exhibitions
section of our website for more information.
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Events
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Friday,
October 5, 2007 BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts Brussels, Belgium The “Bottom-Up” Design Approach to Global Climate Change International Symposium 11:00am – 1:00pm Click here for more info and tickets. |
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Envisioning Change: Melting
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Visit the Events section of our website for more information.
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Education
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Planet
Art This year, hundreds of students from around the world participated in creating “Seeds of Peace”, made from all recycled materials and adorned with seeds, symbolizing peace, sustainability, creative growth, and relationships across the global community. Each seed—or ornament—upholds its integrity as an example of resourcefulness, as students from Planet Art and their partners Full-Circle Learning, have been asked to create these artistic messages for the launch of NWM’s Envisioning Change exhibition at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway. In the year ahead, NWM will be identifying ways to make the Planet Art program accessible to thousands of students worldwide. We look forward to updating you with our expanded outreach strategy in the fall newsletter. If you would like your child’s school to participate, please email us today. |
To view the children's artwork, visit the Education section of our website.
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Features
Plant
for the Planet: |
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Alfio
Bonanno A pioneer of the site-specific nature installation, Alfio Bonanno uses nature's materials to illuminate social and environmental concerns. Bonanno is also the founder and leader of TICKON (Tranekaer International Center for Art and Nature) in Langeland, Denmark, a venue that has attracted many of the world's leading artists to work on site in natural settings (including Andy Goldsworthy, David Nash, Karen McCoy, Chris Drury, and Alan Sonfist). NWM commissioned Bonanno to create the site-specific piece ARK for the Envisioning Change: Melting Ice/A Hot Topic exhibition in Oslo, Norway. The ARK is a skeleton of a boat anchored on the treetops in the square adjacent to the Nobel Peace Center, bringing new meaning to the ancient story of Noah's Ark in light of the predicted effects of climate change. NWM commends Bonanno for expanding the language of outdoor installation both through his activities with TICKON and as an independent artist. |
 Ark, 2007 On location at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway. |
Publications
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Art
in Action Nature, Creativity, and our Collective Future NWM has released its first major publication, showcasing works of art from eighty international artists, with essays by each artist about nature as their source of inspiration. Featuring Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Edward Burtynsky, Robert Bateman, Alfio Bonanno and more... 11" x 11", 176 pages, trade paper, recycled rubber cover $45.00 – ORDER NOW |
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Global
Community Treasure Book A collection of artwork and creative writing from children around the world including diverse perspectives about our natural world through the eyes of children from seven different countries. 8.5" x 11", 80 pages, recycled paper $35.00 – ORDER NOW |
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Support
How can you
get involved in programs that use art as a catalyst to generate environmental
awareness and action? Support the Natural World Museum!
Donate today!
Make
an online donation or download
a form and mail your contribution to NWM. The Natural World
Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization; all donations are tax-deductible
according to law.
We accept VISA, Mastercard, American Express,
and Discover
We also accept Personal
Check, Cashiers Check, or Money Order
Volunteer
E-mail
us and let us know what projects you would be interested
in working on in 2007. For more information on obtaining an internship,
please download the application
and email
us!
In-Kind Contribution
NWM is always looking for in-kind donations for special events, consulting,
equipment, and marketing. If you feel you can contribute in these ways,
please e-mail
us.
Merchandise
Order
NWM's Book, Art in Action – Nature, Creativity,
and Our Collective Future. Published by Earth Aware Editions, the
first edition will sell out fast, so logon to secure your copy for only
$45. You can also purchase Planet Art's Community Treasure Book by emailing
us directly.
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Connect
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Telephone: (415) 402-0583 Fax: (415) 358-5507 E-mail: info@naturalworldmuseum.org |
Helen Bjornoy
Norway’s Minister of the Environment
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