VIRTUAL OPEN STUDIOS WINTER 2021: Art 125 Environmental Art Studio
Instructor - Jorgge Menna Barreto
Dalia Aljawad
Dalia Aljawad
The Broken Goddess of Iraq”
Ink on Cardboard
Both my parents grew up in Iraq and have witnessed the physical, cultural, and political landscape transform due to western imperialism. The woman in this drawing is a contemporary representation of the infamous Mesopatamian goddess Ishtar. She, herself and body, represents the landscape of Iraq; past, present, and future. Beautiful, unique, strong, shattered and transforming. This broken goddess encompasses all that has contributed to Iraq’s beauty and demise--she is crying oil from her eyes, has Sumerian Cuneiform tattooed on her body, wildlife growing from her hair, and palm trees where her ovaries rest. There is a hole in her heart, representing the hollowness and pain resulting from the U.S. Invasion. Her limbs are ripped away from her--she is imobile, but slowly growing back...she is regenerating, restoring her beauty whilst not forgetting what has shaped her into what she is and will become.
Eliza Convis
Eliza Convis
“Antarctifauna”
Digital
This piece calls attention to the declining integrity of the polar ice caps, specifically over the continent of Antarctica. Over millions of years, different creatures have inhabited the land we call Antarctica, including the arctic fox, the Tullbergia, and the Plesiosaur, and all in different ways: the arctic fox jumps around in the snow buried mountains, the Plesiosaur would swim in the--then tropical--antarctic oceans, and the Tullbergia would be frozen for millions of years deep in the ice, only to be thawed in our time, alive. All three of these creatures are as different as can be, but they all inhabited and do inhabit the same land, and are all affected by a changing environment and evolving landscape that we are largely to blame for*.
*except the plesiosaur. I'm pretty sure we had nothing to do with that
Jessyka Mitchell
The World Within Kombucha: Fermented In, and Flavored By Santa Cruz. from Jessyka Mitchell on Vimeo.
“The World Within Kombucha: Fermented In and Flavored By Santa Cruz”
Kombucha is a living drink due to the introduction of a SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast) and time. This SCOBY was developed near the beach, and fed a diet of local honey, water, and black tea. After weeks of fermenting the SCOBY was able to acidify its liquid to a nice brew. Blueberry and thyme, handpicked from the bountiful environment around Santa Cruz, flavored the brew to create the perfect seaside refreshment. The cup was made by me, and a local favorite glassblower, Dan Hoffman, to represent a world cultivated inside a lively drink. Here it is enjoyed ceremoniously in small communion to celebrate life within and around us always.
LeeAnna Meza
LeeAnna Meza
“Trash Art stage 1”
Acrylic paint on 28”x36” canvas
This piece was meant to respond to the theme of “excess” in society and its effect on the Earth. It was also a piece that was not just about the final product but should be looked at as a whole process.
LeeAnna Meza
“Trash Art stage 2”
Acrylic paint on 28”x36” canvas
This piece was meant to respond to the theme of “excess” in society and its effect on the Earth. It was also a piece that was not just about the final product but should be looked at as a whole process.
LeeAnna Meza
“Trash Art stage 3”
Acrylic paint on 28”x36” canvas
This piece was meant to respond to the theme of “excess” in society and its effect on the Earth. It was also a piece that was not just about the final product but should be looked at as a whole process.
LeeAnna Meza
“Trash Art stage 4”
Acrylic paint on 28”x36” canvas
This piece was meant to respond to the theme of “excess” in society and its effect on the Earth. It was also a piece that was not just about the final product but should be looked at as a whole process.
Suzanne Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMBjd97uO0Q
“The Ocean Says”
A free verse poem about sea level rise with the sounds of the ocean in rhythm.
Yuqi Ren
