McColl Open Studio on the Lawn - Friday June 10th, 6 to 9 PM

 

McColl Open Studio on the Lawn - Friday June 10th, 6 to 9 PM

P O T L U C K - Exhibtion

In times like these, we find comfort in the humble tradition of POTLUCK, a meal in which members of a community offer what resources they have to be shared by all. This tradition, which grew popular during the Great Depression, feels necessary today, not only as an act of self-care but as an act of radical compassion for our neighbors.

McColl Studio Artists Emily Berger, Wil Bosbyshell, Tamara Conrad, Christopher Holston, Doris Kapner, Taylor Lee Nicholson, Emily Nuñez, Lauren Puckett, Samantha Rosado, and Nill Smith offer up works of art that explore how to survive in an increasingly hostile society.

Welcome to our POTLUCK. You are welcome here.

Above: Insolent Boy, Acrylic on Paper, 7 x 7 feet 

Data Science meets Art!

 

  

Data Analysis: The Memory Tree at the 

Climate Conversations Art Experience

Summary of responses by Maura Bosbyshell

A key part of the Climate Conversations art experience is the Memory Tree. We ask participants questions such as those below, and they hang their response on the Memory Tree.

• Do you have a favorite tree or tree memory from your child hood?
• When was the last time you climbed a tree?
• How has climate change impacted your life?

We’ve collected nearly 200 responses at past Climate Conversations events. We estimate the age range of responders to be children as young as 4 or 5, to adults in their eighties. Trees most commonly mentioned trees are weeping willow, magnolia, and apple tree, as well as cherry, pine, pecan, maple, and mango. The most common location of responders’ favorite tree or tree memory are childhood home, grandparent's home, neighbor's yard, at school, or in a playground or park. Several specific streets and neighborhoods in Charlotte are mentioned. In addition, responses reference the following cities and states:

• Athens, GA
• Carolina Avenue in Roanoke, VA
• Colorado
• Decatur, GA
• Detroit
• Longfellow Park in Cambridge. MA
• Louisville, KY
• Madison, WS
• Maine
• Ocracoke Island, NC
• Palo Alto, CA
• Sequoia National Park
• VT farmhouse
• Hawaii

The following locales outside the US are mentioned:

• Jamaica
• Japan
• Kenya
• Morocco
• Trinidad

Many responses describe at least one activity involving trees. Categories of primary activities or functions include:

• Trees for climbing/recreation 77
• Trees for soul-building 28
• Food/shelter/benefits provided by trees 20
• Care of trees 18
• Miscellaneous 3

5-11-22 (includes fall, 2021 event at McColl Center and Earth Day 2022)

Panorama!

 Great image of the Climate Conversation Exhibit! 

Climate Conversations: Creation Care at Gallery 206

The Climate Conversations: Creation Care at Holy Comforter exhibit in Gallery 206 has gotten off to a great start. Maura and I lead an artist talk and tour of the exhibit. Maura put on her Data Scientist hat and shared the Memory Tree data we have gathered from the previous exhibits. The most mentioned tree for the Memory Tree installation is Willow. This has been a great exhibit to curate. 

 

A Prayer for Mother Earth on Mother's Day

A prayer for Mother Earth on Mother's Day

God by whom our fragile earth is blessed,
make us servants of your creation,
respecting and protecting all that you have made.

Teach us the joy of field and flower,
the splendour of forest and tree,
the grandeur of ocean and river.

Make us yearn for a world where all may flourish.
Show us how to walk gently on the earth and
hold all in trust for future generations.

Watercolor on paper, 8 x 10, Mountain to Sea Trail Misty Morning

Climate Conversations: Artists Talk & Guided Tour

 

Climate Conversations: Creation Care Artists talk and guided tour.

This Sunday morning May 8 at 11:30 Wil Bosbyshell will lead a tour of the Holy Comforter Climate art exhibition during the adult program.

Room 206 in Van Every is now Gallery 206 with Climate Conversations: An art experience featuring works by Wil and Maura Bosbyshell and others, including Caroline C. Brown, Tom Cooke, Mary W. Cox and Holli Adams.

The exhibit invites us to see and value God’s endangered creation in new ways. The adult forum after the 10 a.m. service will feature speakers on ways we can address the climate crisis and protect “this fragile earth, our island home.”

The exhibit features drawings, acrylic painting, watercolor paintings, floral prints, photographs and table runners.

The exhibit runs to the end of May at 2701 Park Road in Charlotte.

The Latest Tree Drawings!

I have finished these drawings and I am in the process of getting them framed. They really came out well. The one above is 40 x 36...Big! Compositionally, no branches on one side. 

36 x 36 on rice paper! I really weighted the branches to one side in this drawing. 

30 x 22 on parchment! No small delicate branches in this one. 

24 x 18 on color textured paper. The detailed texture is high contrast in the center of the tree, then less detail and contrast toward the edges. 

14 x 11 in watercolor paper.