NRDC's Environmental Art Prize
Posted March 16, 2010 in The Media and the Environment
Well, here goes: my first blog post on NRDC's Switchboard!
One of the things I'm MOST excited about right now is NRDC's first Environmental Art Prize. As of right now, 126 pieces have been submitted, and you can see them all on our Flickr stream and in the slideshow below...
Why do I like the art prize so much? Because the environment is, of course, about more than numbers and figures like acres of wilderness saved or tons of carbon pollution prevented. It's about something you can't easily describe in words: something emotional, something spiritual...something that can only be conveyed by art. I'm very impressed by the art that has been submitted so far, and I'm looking forward to seeing a lot more entries posted before the April 6th deadline. For more info about the prize, please click here.
The Prize has also been discussed by a bunch of other sites, including Tonic, MNN, and Ecorazzi.
Finally, we owe a deep debt of gratitude to the NRDC supporters who are making the prize possible: Trustees Susan Crown, Shelly Malkin, and Josie Merck, President's Circle Member Christopher Rothko, New York Council Member Carrie Elston, and, especially, President's Circle Member Val Schaffner. Val has been so generous to donate what amounts to the grand prize for our Art Prize winner (and possibly some of the finalists as well): a chance to exhibit at his gallery, the Nabi Gallery, here in Manhattan.
If you're an artist, I hope you will submit your work!
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Noah Hoffman — Mar 17 2010 01:15 PM
Glad to hear Christopher Rothko is involved with this. I am writing a book on his father's unknown ties to American Indians which go back to 1938. At that time Mark Rothko visited the First Mesa which is at the epicenter of environmental issues.The project is called "Rothko with Reservations."