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Alicia Lubowski-Jahn holds a PhD in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She has worked for various museums, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Frick Collection.

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The Working Proof: Art plus (+) Charity equals (=) Positivity (+)

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11/26/10

The Working Proof team of printmakers is proof positive that the 3 Cs of creativity, charity, and community can be powerfully combined through art. Selling limited-edition prints to benefit an array of charities, The Working Proof offers an affordable opportunity to delight in art in service to a charitable mission.

Each artwork is a limited-edition print designed and signed by an artist who has dedicated a percentage of sale proceeds to a designated charity of his or her choice.

Here at Eco Chick, I have selected a few prints carried by The Working Proof that benefit some amazing animal refuge and environmental protection organizations….what could be better than supporting artists and supporting groups that work so hard to keep our world gorgeous, diverse and healthy!

My Secret Self/At Rest, by Olivia Jeffries Print type: giclee Print size: 8.25 in. x 11.75 in. (image is 7 in. x 9.5 in.) Edition of 50 15% of the gross sale of this print goes to: Transportation Alternatives

Wildlife of Vietnam, by Brendan Wenzel Print type: digital Print size: 8.5 in. x 11.5 in. (image is 6.75 in. x 9 in.) Edition of 50 15% of the gross sale of this print goes to: Jane Goodall Institute

Mating Hera Buckmoths, by Gretchen Wagoner Print type: gocco Print size: 8 in. x 10 in. (image is 6 in. x 8 in.) Edition of 50 15% of the gross sale of this print goes to: Jane Goodall Institute

This Land Is Your Land, by Amy Ruppel Print type: digital Print size: 8 in. x 10 in. (image is 5 in. x 7.5 in.) Edition of 100 15% of the gross sale of this print goes to: American Forests

Blue Water, by Sarajo Frieden Print type: giclee Print size: 16 in. x 12.25 in. (image is 14 in. x 10.5 in.) Edition of 50 15% of the gross sale of this print goes to: American Forests

Untitled, by Caitlin Keegan Print type: digital Print size: 8.5 in. x 11 in. (image is 7 in. x 9 in.) Edition of 50 15% of the sale of this print goes to: Farm Sanctuary

Untitled, by Caitlin Keegan Print type: digital Print size: 8.5 in. x 11 in. (image is 7 in. x 9 in.) Edition of 50 15% of the gross sale of this print goes to: Farm Sanctuary

The Bear Trap, by Lauren Gentry Print type: screenprint Print size: 8.25 in. x 11.75 in. (image is 5 in. x 10 in.) Edition of 50 15% of the gross sale of this print goes to: Farm Sanctuary

Optimist Club, by Dan Funderburgh Print type: letterpress Print size:11 in. x 14 in. (image is 8.5 in. x 12 in.) Edition of 75 15% of the gross sale of this print goes to: Transportation Alternatives

art, artists, charity, eco, gifts

Eco Art in Textiles: Liz Burow’s Landscape-Inspired Creations

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09/27/10

Prairie Scene- Golden Perspective (01)
Dimensions: 9”x17”
Materials: Handmade wool felt, industrial felt, upholstery thread, machine sewn

I can’t think of a more perfect time of year to feature the landscape fabric and quilt artist Liz Burow than at this moment when summer is abruptly shifting and transforming itself into fall. Just like the cycle of the four seasons, Burow’s textiles capture an in-between, unfastened environment of transition and movement.

Prospect Park (Green)Topo Quilt
Dimensions: 22”x40”
Materials: Wool and Polyester felt, batting, upholstery thread, machine sewn

Eco Chick: Your artist statement describes how the “Topo-Quilts and Ivy Walls transform our wild landscape into interior décor.” What does that domesticating process mean to you? It seems like there are several steps of abstraction taking place since your textiles render a cartographic and architectural impression of nature (maps, blueprints, and urban plans) rather than a direct visualization of place.
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eco art, Fashion, quilt, textiles

Glassphemy!: A Creative Recycling Center For Glass and More

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06/07/10

Glass broken at Glassphemy is recycled. Image by Chris Mottalini.

David Belt, Creative Director of Macro Sea, is the man who last summer in Brooklyn conjured swimming pools out of dumpsters.

Belt and the team of creative developers at Macro Sea have brought their ingenuity to the fore again with a creative recycling center for glass and, more effusively, human aggression. The visceral energy of type-A New Yorkers invited to hurl and smash truck-loads of empty glass beer bottles from Brooklyn’s breweries make for one massive opportunity to let it all out, I mean, really let it go full-throttle!

Tossing the Bottles. Image by Chris Mottalini

Participants, who are invited to both hurl the glass and be under its direct line of fire, are given the chance to be on both ends of the spectrum of the cathartic glass throwdown. Inside the recycling cage—an artifice of bullet-proof glass and steel circuited with light sensors—colorful bottles whizz through the air, shatter with a glorious fanfare of noise and illumination, and then cascade into an evanescent silence and darkness like a glorious fireworks display.

Check out what goes down at Glassphemy! Video by Alicia Lubowski-Jahn.

Indeed, behind the gritty business of emotional outpouring or the shattered glass of a city street, GLASSPHEMY! reveals the astonishing beauty of fragility and breakage.

Lamps filled with glass recycled on site.

art, Brooklyn, glass, Recycling

Christie’s Green Auction: Ted Danson, Doutzen Kroes, Almudena Fernández, Willie Garson and More Bid for Earth Day

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04/27/10

Lot 13: Damien Hirst, All you need is Jealousy, 2010

Christie’s Green Auction: A Bid to Save the Earth lit up NYC on the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day with a megawattage push to raise funds for four leading American environmental agencies.

Stefanía Fernández of Venezuela, Miss Universe 2009, and Kristen Dalton of North Carolina, Miss USA 2009

The environmental not-for-profits Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, Conservation International, and Central Park Conservancy will be the recipients of the proceeds raised by the April 22, 2010 live auction as well as an April 8-May 6, 2010 online silent auction.

Willie Garson, Actor from Sex and the City

Christie’s CEO, Ed Dolman, jovially boasted that the fine art auction house, founded in 1762, is one of the oldest institutions to be active in recycling! Kidding aside, Christie’s together with leaders in the worlds of art, business, and fashion, and celebrities came together to emphasize the importance of bridging art and science.

art, eco, event

Chug-a Chug-a Choo Choo: EcoLux Shop Pops Up at Grand Central Terminal, NYC

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04/20/10

No commuter wants to add more time to traveling to and fro. But if there ever was a time to get stuck in transit (aside from an ash-cloud shutdown by an Icelandic volcano), then give it up for Earth Day’s 40th Anniversary at Grand Central Terminal.

Grand Central Terminal’s pink-marble Vanderbilt Hall gets a splash of green style as TheGreenShows EcoLux sets up an eco fashion, jewelry, and beauty boutique for EarthFair, Monday, April 19 through Sunday, April 25 (10:00am–7:00pm).

Joann Berman