Joel Sackett will present a series of photographs from his forthcoming book on farming in the area, titled “Air, Water, and Soil: Local Farmers on a Changing Environment.” An opening reception will be held at Bainbridge Performing Arts on April 1, and the photographs will be available for viewing in the gallery all month long.
Email-a-tree is a program by Elisabeth Robson and Olaf Ribeiro, in conjunction with the Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District.
Along with Olaf’s presentation about trees (April 23), you will be able to email special trees around the island during April. Each tree has been assigned an email address and will be receiving emails all month long. You might even get a reply!
To see which trees will be receiving emails and where they are located, check out the Email-a-tree page.
To get the email address of a tree, you must visit the tree in person. Please don’t forget to say hello to the tree while you are there.
We will be gathering emails sent to the trees and featuring them on the web site during and after April. If you would like to organize a walking tour of the trees, please contact Olaf Ribeiro.
April is National Poetry Month! In 2016 Arts & Humanities Bainbridge is partnering with Earth Art Bainbridge to explore the theme
Art + Climate = Change. Amateur, student, and professional poets are encouraged to submit their poems for the annual Poetry Corners displays.
The month-long festival is inspiring artists from all genres contribute and encourages residents to participate in and attend events across the island throughout the month of April.
The final selections from the juried poetry competition will be displayed in public windows throughout Bainbridge Island during the month of April and shared aloud at a celebration reading, Poetry Corners LIVE!
A Call for Poets
2016 Poetry Corners Displays
Submission Deadline: 5p.m. Friday, February 19, 2016
For complete eligibility and submission guidelines visit AHbainbridge.org
For more information on Earth Art Bainbridge visit artforclimatechange.org
The Bainbridge Island Photo Club presents images by Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Selgado in the main hall of the BI Community Center during the month of April. Selgado documents the human condition around the world. His high contrast black and white images are rich in the powerful stories they tell, their textural qualities and their composition. The club will discuss how this photographer explores man’s impact on the environment, the raw beauty of our planet, and tells his personal journey in support of healing the planet through his art.
The Photo Club will be showing The Salt of the Earth: The Photo Work of Brazilian Sabastiao Selgado, an Academy Award nominated film about Selgado, on April 27.
By Olaf Ribeiro
Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District
When people talk about technologies that might offset climate change, they often evoke complex and expensive methods that are just too expensive for most cities, or individuals to implement. However, there is a comparatively low cost method with little risk that can effect climate change –one that all of us can easily participate in. It is called Trees! Planting trees remains one of the cheapest and most effective means of removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (Carbon sequestration).
One tree shading a home in the city will save fossil fuel and cut carbon dioxide reducing the “Greenhouse Effect”. A single mature tree can absorb carbon dioxide @ 48 lbs/year and release enough oxygen into the atmosphere to support 2 human beings. If every American family planted just one tree, the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere would be reduced by one billion lbs. annually.
These are just some of the effects of planting trees that will be discussed in this talk as well as what efforts are taking place globally to save trees – and to plant more trees to mitigate climate change.
20 poems honoring 20 endangered species representing 20 biomes of the world read aloud by 20 local scientists.
We believe that the merging of science and art creates a more powerful message about the impact humans are having on the world.
This is a terrific film documenting a couple’s efforts to eat only food that’s been thrown away. It turns out to be surprisingly easy, which is a sad statement about how much food we throw away.
I highly recommend this movie.
This is a Zero Waste sponsored film at the Bainbridge Public Library, April 24 at 1:30pm.
On Monday mornings in April, KiDiMu invites families to celebrate Earth through art. Children and their grown-ups will enjoy a new eco-themed art project each week. Messy experimentation and sensory exploration will not only be allowed but also encouraged. Drop by anytime between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m.
This program is presented in partnership with the island-wide Earth Art Bainbridge event. No registration necessary. Free with admission or membership. Info: (206)855-4650 or www.kidimu.org.
Mondays, April 4, 11, 18, 25, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
The Bainbridge Island Photo Club presents The Salt of the Earth: The Photo Work of Brazilian Sabastiao Selgado. An Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary shows Selgado’s work in documenting the human condition around the world. His high contrast black and white images are rich in the powerful stories they tell, their textural qualities and their composition. This is “A Must See” film. This film will be shown in support of Earth Art Bainbridge, an April 2016 arts festival raising awareness about climate change through art.
The Photo Club will also be showing 16 photos of Selgado’s photography in the main hall of the BI Community Center during the month of April. The club will discuss how this photographer has helped get the ideas across, in his art, of man’s impact on the environment, the raw beauty of our planet, and his personal journey in support of healing the planet.
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This year, Arts & Humanities Bainbridge has partnered with Earth Art Bainbridge to explore themes of ecology and change through the power of verse.
The works of more than 40 island poets are now arrayed in local storefronts, bringing the beauty of verse to passersby — pause and enjoy these “Poetry Corners” as you visit local merchants and services around town.
See the complete list of winning poets and where to find their works at http://ahbainbridge.org/poetry-corners/.
POETRY CORNERS LIVE: Join us at 7 p.m. April 28 for Poetry Corners LIVE! at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. Contributing poets will share their works from the auditorium stage.
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