Mary Helsaple has four paintings in the traveling national Exhibit: Environmental Impact II
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT II is a traveling museum exhibition, the purpose of which is 1.) to recognize, document, and share the work of leading contemporary artists who chose to focus their work on global as well as local environmental issues; and 2.) to heighten public awareness and concern about the intentional or unintentional consequences of human action or inaction, through the power of this art.
Traditional art generally depicts nature in all of its glory, often in beautiful, pristine conditions. The sixty or so paintings, photographs, sculptures and film in ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT are different from traditional works of art because they deal with ominous environmental issues. These range from the implications of global warming, unabated resource development, and industrial scale consumption . . . to unintended consequences such as oil spills, nuclear energy contamination, drought and wild fires, biological effects of low frequency electromagnetic field pollution on vulnerable species such as honey bees, impacts of genetic engineering whereby DNA of one species is extracted and artificially forced into the genetic code of other species, and on and on. The list of phenomena that inflict the planet as we enter the third decade of the 21st Century is daunting and sadly, sure to grow in scale and volume in seen and unforeseen ways which will impact and inflict people and the other inhabitants of the planet for years to come. These are the subjects of ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT II.
TOUR ITINERARY
August 24 - December 1, 2019
The James Museum
150 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, Florida
January 25 - May 10, 2020
The North Carolina Arboretum
100 Fredrick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville, North Carolina
June 7 - September 6, 2020
Dennos Museum Center
Northwestern Michigan College
1701 East Front Street, Traverse City, Michigan
October 1, 2020 - January 31, 2021
Sternberg Museum of Natural History
Fort Hays State University
Hays, Kansas
March 1 to June 15, 2021
Alexandria Museum of Art
933 2nd Street, Alexandria, Louisiana
October 9 - December 31, 2021
Museum of The Rockies
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT
February 1 - May 31, 2022
Victoria Harbour Steamship Terminal Building
Victoria, British Columbia
CANADA
