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Artist Corner
| Mounir Fatmi, Morocco, Skyline, 2007 |
Antonio Briceno, Venezuela, Botoque, Thief of the Fire, 2006 |
Alison Clouston, New Zealand, Copperhead, 2007 |
NWM art currently on exhibit at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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Whats Happening
Exhibit Launches Today, World Environment Day, Celebrated June 5th
Today the Natural World Museum (NWM) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launch an international art exhibit at Te Papa in New Zealand to commemorate the annual UN World Environment Day. As the host of WED 2008, on the theme of "Kick the Carbon Habit," New Zealand is one of the first countries to pledge a carbon-neutral future.
Moving Towards a Balanced Earth: Kick the Carbon Habit features the works of 27 artists representing 20 countries. The contemporary art pieces in this show, including photographs, paintings, sculpture, video, multimedia and conceptual installations, focus on climate change, while generating awareness of lowering carbon emissions. This thought provoking exhibition helps the public find new visions and new choices for a balanced Earth. More.
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"If, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words the Kick the Carbon Habit exhibition will surely be worth thousands of tonnes in avoided greenhouse gas emissions as a result of visitors inspired to personal action by the powerful art works in the Natural World Museum's exhibit hosted at the Te Papa Museum and eventually at galleries across the world."
Achim Steiner, UN Under Secretary General and Executive Director, UN Environment Programme
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Green Leaf Award Ceremony Celebrates
Artistic Excellence
Artists play a critical role in generating dialogue about particular environmental issues. The Green Leaf Awards, presented each year on World Environment Day (WED), celebrate artistic excellence in inspiring and engaging the public in environmental awareness and action on the WED theme.
View this year's winners in the five categories of
painting and drawing; sculpture; multi-media; photography and video; and conceptual installation. Click here.
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Achim Steiner, UN Under Secretary General and Executive Director, UNEP; Walangari Karntawarra, Artist; Antonio Briceño, Artist; Amy Youngs & Ken Rinaldo, Artists; Heidi Mardon, Ocean Earth; Mia Hanak, Founding Executive Director, Natural World Museum; Randy Jayne Rosenberg, Curator, Natural World Museum
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NWM's Participation in the UNEP Climate Neutral Network Announced today!
The Natural World Museum is proud to be a member of UNEP's Climate Neutral Network, and is committed to being a part of a global warming solution. We strongly believe that each company's actions has an impact on the environment, and it is our responsibility to minimize that impact, individually and as a whole. More.
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Exhibits and Events
NWM Brings International Artists to the
United Nations Headquarters in New York
for a Seminar and Exhibit
Seminar: Unlearning Intolerance – Art Changing Attitudes Towards the Environment
May 8, 2008
Art Exhibit: Unlearning Intolerance – Art, Attitudes & Environment
May 2-31, 2008
United Nations Headquarters, New York
On-demand Video
Seminar Session 1: Art, Action and Human Security
Seminar Session 2: Art for Change: Vehicles for Environmental Action
NWM and the United Nations joined forces for the 6th seminar of the United Nations Department of Public Information's Unlearning Intolerance series. Two panels of international artists, UN experts and environmental experts focused on the issue of humankind's intolerance of the needs of our earth, and the influence of art on the attitudinal and behavioral changes that must be made in order to protect our environment. Utilizing the different and unique perspective of artists through their paintings, photography and sculpture, the goal of the seminars and accompanying art exhibit were to raise awareness of the challenges of climate change. More.
Art in Action Book Drawing Winner!
Erin D. Silva of the Whitney Museum won the Art in Action book drawing at the evening reception on May 8th.
Buy your own copy of this high quality publication showcasing works of art from eighty international artists Click here.
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Un Delegates Room
Photos: Kashish Das Shrestha, Gyamendra Das Shrestha
Panelists in front of art exhibition
Cecilia Paredes, Artist; Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity; Kiyotaka Akasaka, UN Under Secretary General for Communications and Public Information; Mia Hanak, Founding Executive Director, Natural World Museum; Elisabeth Guilbaud-Cox, Executive Director, UNEP RONA; Ichi Ikeda, Artist; Philippe Pastor, Artist; Noor Al-Bastaki, Artist; Subhankar Banerjee, Artist; Randy Jayne Rosenberg, Curator, Natural World Museum
Panelists of session ll
Yvonne Schellerup, Marketing Director, NWM; Philippe Pastor, Artist; Elisabeth Guilbaud-Cox, Executive Director, UNEP RONA; Ramu Damodoran, Chief of Civil Society Service, Outreach Division, UN DPI; Michael Polsky, CEO, Invenergy; Subhankar Banerjee, Artist; Catherine Chalmers, Artist
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Melting Ice / A Hot Topic Launched in Chicago for Earth Day!
Melting Ice / A Hot Topic
April 18th - September 1, 2008
The Field Museum in Chicago is the first American venue to host NWM's traveling exhibit Melting Ice / A Hot Topic. The exhibit bridges the 6 weeks between Earth Day and World Environment Day, celebrated today, as a "call to action" for people to personally commit to living environmentally friendly lives. More.
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Elisabeth Guilbaud-Cox, Executive Director, UNEP; John M. McCarter, Director, Field Museum; Mia Hanak, Founding Executive Director, NWM; Suzanne McKenna, Commissioner for the Chicago Department of the Environment.
Photo: Daisy Roman
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Spotlight
Personal Environmental Pledges by Museum Attendees Videotaped!
NWM launched the Green Action Resource Station at the Field Museum within the exhibit Melting Ice / A Hot Topic. The videobooth is just one of the many ways the NWM captures people's imagination about the environment. The video pledges are a springboard for a "call to action" for people to make personal changes in their lives that affect
the environment. View people's pledges now!
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Education
Planet Art
Planet Art is an environmental art program for children and youth that provides teacher training, art supplies, and educational outreach to thousands of underserved students throughout the entire school year. Works of art from hundreds of students locally and globally come together in an annual art exhibition and into an art book that is distributed to all participating classes around the world. Through the Planet Art outreach program, NWM encourages imagination, creativity, and habitat awareness through the integration of visual and performing arts, creative writing,
and direct experiences in nature. More.
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Publications
Art in Action
Nature, Creativity and our Collective Future
This high quality publication showcases 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 $35.00 – SALE – ORDER NOW!
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For more information on internships with NWM 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.
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