Art of Sustainability
Goes to School
This newsletter includes three recent engagements I had at schools, from an Earth Day keynote and art installation in a university in California to an architecture class and mural project at a high school in Vermont. As an alum of Holderness School in New Hampshire, I was also featured in their last magazine. I hope you enjoy the articles, images and video!
I encourage you or your school, organization, or business to invite me to lead a workshop with your group. These focus on expressive mask making, reconnecting to nature, stilt walking and A Little Farm Story, as well as multiple Art of Sustainability workshops. I also encourage you to consider my art pieces - paintings and sculptures - and my book, A Little Farm Story as spring gifts for loved ones.
Warmly,
Jay Mead |
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Earth Day Keynote and "The Waste Stream"
For Earth Day, I was invited to Humboldt State University in Arcata, California to deliver a talk on my "Art of Sustain-ability" approach and to co-create an installation with students to raise awareness about the plastics flowing through our lives (and into the ocean). I am grateful to organizers and to the Humboldt Energy Independence Fund for making my participation possible. Read my reflections, view images and download my presentation. |
Paintings for Sale
Difficult Beginnings combines oil paints and burlap on canvas. It is 72"x54" and framed. |
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Mural and Architecture Classes
I recently had the pleasure of working with 20 high school students at The Sharon Academy here in Vermont. I led an inward-looking mural project called "Humanizing Skin" in which students created colorful, life-sized plywood self-portraits. In my architecture class, students designed both a fantasy treehouse and an artist-in-residence cabin for possible construction at the school. View example mural images and a summary video of the architecture class! |
Sculptures for Sale
Wind Form is carved from laminated mahogany. It is 24"x23"x6" in size.
Contact me at jay [at] jaymead [dot] net to purchase this or other sculptures.
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