ART PLAY. It's all about EXPERIMENTS. CARVING OUT creative space & time for yourself feels good. Join Artist & Art Educator, Juliet Whitsett, in this FREE ECO-ART PLAY CLASS. Juliet samples the types classes she teaches via ZOOM weekly. Learn about eco-arts & collage! SUPPLIES: Elmers glue Scissors Paintbrush Sturdy paper 3-4 magazines Water container Washrag ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALL AGES WELCOME.
The first step to protecting endangered and threatened species is to learn how fascinating and essential they are. Join Juliet Whitsett (Artist, Art Educator & Environmental Educator) as she uses her new digital art to discuss color and some of Texas' incredible state-listed threatened species. (Currently, there are officially 147 Threatened & 74 Endangered Species in Texas 2020).
Juliet is an Artist, Art & Environmental Educator with a Master's Degree in Community-Based Arts Education from the University of Texas-Austin and Undergraduate in Art Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has designed arts and environmental education programs for public institutions such as the High Line, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, the Thinkery, Austin Discovery School and private organizations domestically and internationally. She paints Texas' Endangered & Threatened Species and currently teaches private, group & online art classes to children through her business giddyupartstudio.com .
Artist Statement
Humanity will decide our ecological future in the coming decade. This is an emergency not only for humanity, but for every species on planet Earth.
As an Artist, Art Educator & Environmental Educator, I am interested in the intersection of community and creativity. I see ecological connection among species as integral to Earth's comprehensive community. Committed to listening to scientific wisdom and inspired by the rise of the global youth climate movement, my perspectives as mother, cancer survivor and global citizen compel me to use my skills to represent species who have no means of advocating for themselves.
My acrylic on wood paintings bring to mind ways in which people, nature and objects interact and depend upon one another to form a complex whole that operates (often unrecognized by the participants) as a system.
My current work addresses Threatened, Endangered and Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) in Texas. 5% of the sale of these works will be donated to TPWD Nongame Fund.
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