We are excited to share these interviews with some of the artists featured in our 2019 exhibition, Human/Nature.
Read more about the exhibition here.
"As an artist I feel it’s not only great to paint the beauty of nature, but to bring attention to the perils of what is happening all around us with the recent environmental rules being rolled back by the current administration..."
Lylanne Musselman is an award winning visual artist and poet. Read her interview here.
"...I selectively combine natural materials and salvaged materials intended, in part, to call attention to our over consumption/throw-away culture. I "re-present" objects that have been discarded or abandoned, with locally harvested, often overlooked, natural materials."
Bonnie Zimmer is a lifelong artist, teacher, arts activist, and resident of northwest Indiana. Read her interview here.
"Our symbiotic relationship with trees flows into every breath and beat of our hearts. Humans cannot truly separate themselves from nature..."
Addie Hirschten is a contemporary visionary expressionist painter, author, and public speaker. Read her interview here.
"I hope people will be inspired to study nature, to discover the hidden beauty. To want to have a better understanding of the reckless way our environment is being treated by those we have put into office to protect it..."
Read the interview with artist Mark Warpenburg, here.
"Often when we think about our relationship to nature we think about isolation and introspection, but nature can be a stage for all kinds of plays..."
Read the interview with artist Angela DeCamp, here.
"When we look at natural forms and objects, we almost reflexively project our image of humanness upon it. We rarely flip that around, and project the natural world on to ourselves..."
Read the interview with artist Larry North, here.
"Photographers often use nature to enhance their portraiture. If trees could talk, they'd likely beg for a break from graduates and newly engaged couples climbing all up on 'em whilst someone instructs them to smile. I knew I wanted to flip that script..."
Read the interview with photographer Substantia Jones, here.
Human/Nature artist Allen Bannister, whose work Garfield Park at Dusk also features on the cover of our chapbook, talks about his feelings about being out in nature and the influence it has on his work- "nature has always been an infleunce... you can learn a lot from nature. It's a very calm place to be."
Human/Nature artist Rochelle Cohen speaks on her work and the wonders of the natural world- "look at these things... if they no longer existed, how depleted our world would be"
Read more about the exhibition here.
Below you can read interviews with some of the artists featured in our 2018 exhibition, Environmental Justice in Indiana.
"My biggest inspiration as an artist is the plethora of art that doesn’t exist yet that I can make and fill that need." Read our interview with Indianapolis-based visual/audio/sensory/performance artist Justin Brown here.
"As the 2020 deadline set by the Paris Accords to decrease global CO2 emissions by 20% of 1990 levels approaches, I have found myself compelled as an artist and human being to address what is possibly the most important cause of this century." Stefan Petranek is an image-based artist and associate professor of Photography and Intermedia at Herron School of Art & Design. Read his interview here.
"Now is the time for a new generation of “greens-keepers” to pay attention!" Award-winning artist and entrepreneur Ann Johnson AKA F.B.Fogg's interview can be read here.
"I believe artists have a unique opportunity to help others reimagine a world that is equitable, habitable, and sustainable." Christina Clark is a local painter, photographer, and visual artist, working largely with recycled materials to create 3D art and fashion. Read her interview here.
(Image - Justin Brown)