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What is EcoArt?

What is EcoArt?. EcoArt practice seeks to restore, protect and preserve the world for its own sake, and to mediate human/world relations to this end. (Carruthers, 2006) . TreeLine Aim .

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What is EcoArt?

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  1. What is EcoArt? EcoArt practice seeks to restore, protect and preserve the world for its own sake, and to mediate human/world relations to this end. (Carruthers, 2006)

  2. TreeLine Aim TreeLine aims to raise awareness of and evoke an emotional response to environmental issues through inter-disciplinary art practice.

  3. TreeLine projects will… 1.Identify and celebrate significant trees 2.Explore an environmental issue 3.Act out for the environment Lantana Wreath, Wendy McGrath

  4. Valued by a school or kindy What is a Significant Tree?

  5. A tree of cultural heritage value Bunya tree

  6. A tree valued by neighbourhood or community Moffat Beach Playground fig tree

  7. A tree that characterises place Cotton Tree, 1918

  8. A commemorative tree or tree planting Tree planting at Coolum, 1933

  9. A tree important as part of an ecosystem

  10. A tree in a significant location

  11. Multi-arts Approach Earth Song opening, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery Marion Gaemers, necklaces, Strand Ephemera

  12. www.treeline.org.au

  13. TreeLine Program Lead Artist Program • Commissioned and invited artists • Art in the environment • Exhibits in regional galleries • Artists in Residence Keith Armstrong and James Muller

  14. TreeLine Program Community Program • Workshops, happenings • Selected community groups • Palmwoods Piccabeen Celebration • Barung Landcare’s Figs in the Forest Project • Library program

  15. TreeLine Program TreeLine @ Program Partnering with other events: • Bunya Festival • Eumundi Markets • SCRUFFFY Film Festival • Maleny Wood Expo • World Environment Day • Bankfoot House Open Day Bunya Dreaming Festival

  16. TreeLine Program TreeLine 4U – Get Involved Projects developed by: • You • Schools • Individual artists • Community, environment and heritage groups Projects presented at treeline.org.au Community Project, Live Oak “Nest” Hill of the Hawk, Big Sur, California

  17. TreeLine Program EcoArt Education • TreeLine website – www.treeline.org.au • EcoArt education materials online • Artists working with schools in and about the environment • Tree Tales at the Book Farm • Artist in Residence – Currimundi Catchment Care Group with schools • TreeMappa 2.0 with CQUniversity

  18. Timeline • Present-January 2010 – fundraising, website, eco-Art education, partnering. • December 2009 – Launch TreeLine Program • January 2010 – Launch at the Bunya Dreaming Festival • February-May 2010 – Education and Community program • 26 May to 4 July 2010 – Art in the environment and projected exhibits in Caloundra and Noosa Regional Galleries and the Butter Factory, Cooroy.

  19. TreeLine Legacy • Online ecoArt education material • Online documentation of TreeLine ecoArt projects • Strengthened local art and environment networks • Template for ecologically, economically and socially sustainable inter-disciplinary art event Armstrong and Muller

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