Calendar

Apr
1
Fri
Air, Water, and Soil: Local Farmers on a Changing Environment @ Bainbridge Performing Arts
Apr 1 – Apr 30 all-day

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.

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Email-a-tree @ Winslow, Bainbridge Island, WA
Apr 1 – Apr 30 all-day

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.

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Poetry Corners @ Downtown Winslow
Apr 1 – Apr 30 all-day

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 Salt of the Earth Photography Show @ Bainbridge Island Community Center
Apr 1 – Apr 30 all-day
The Salt of the Earth Photography Show @ Bainbridge Island Community Center | Bainbridge Island | Washington | United States

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.

Apr
30
Sat
Artifact Pattern: A performance prose poem @ Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Apr 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Janet Norman Knox’s performance prose poem, Artifact Pattern, examines the Alaskan Way Viaduct as a way to observe humanity’s take on climate change. In collaboration with musician Tom McDonald, Knox uses the humor and heaviness of a viaduct and climate in flux to weigh in on what both tell us about ourselves. Built on giant carbon feet, the viaduct’s very cement is a massive carbon sink. The viaduct is our Roman aqueduct, sending carbon like water to quench the empire’s power thirst. The viaduct is lodged in geologic history like a receding glacier. It occupies the same footprint as the fingers of glaciers that retreated, dropping their erratics, sands, and gravels. There are many facts to connect and our very human brains want to recognize the patterns in poetry, in music, in the quandaries of a society speeding headlong into an uncertainty where we may find ourselves.

Artifact Pattern