Earth Day is an annual event created to celebrate the planet’s environment and raise public awareness about pollution. The day, marked on April 22, is observed worldwide with rallies, conferences, outdoor activities and service projects.
Earth Day@6ESQ Axixic – Arte por La Tierra will focus on the transformative power of art and the insights of science to help the local community create a greener and more sustainable future.
This year’s featured Earth Day event is a “teach-in,” consisting of open-air art workshops to be held at Seis Esquinas in Ajijic on the two Saturdays running up to Earth Day and on Earth Day itself.
The workshops are led by local, national and international artists and include drawing, collage, stencils, mural painting, printmaking, environmental sculpture and raku pottery.
There will also be information tables on the environment, art installations made from found waste material, clay making and, on Earth Day itself, the clay artist and participants will be building a raku kiln at the lake for firing the clay. There will be poetry readings, live music, mural painting and films.
The aim is to share and exchange art practices and environmental knowledge with local children, adults, artists, education institutions, collectives, community services and businesses in order to raise environmental awareness through art projects and collective participation.
Visitors and participants will see a group of people beginning a dialogue on current environmental issues, while artists engage with one another to create art works together, picnic and listen to music. This will be a creative experience for all.
All those attending are asked to bring a picnic basket and pick up their trash and deposit it at designated containers throughout the event venue. They should bring cardboard carton to sit on and a bottle or a cup, as water will be provided but cups will not be available. Visitors are encouraged to immerse themselves in the experience, helping the artists collect objects for their installations, join in the building of the kiln and take and share photos on social networks about the event.
The event is being led by Trish Lyons and Luis Pinedo.
Lyons is an artist and educator who has lived and worked in London, England since 1992, practicing and teaching art with a specialization in sculpture and performance. Her work takes the form of drawing, sculpture, writing, and performance. She has exhibited, taught and worked in collaboration with leading institutions such as the Tate Modern, MIT, the Louvre, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is currently artist-in-residence at Art21 Studio sculpture workshops in Guadalajara, where she is producing a new body of work drawing on Mexican biota, wax modeling and her ongoing research into foundry practice. She is a visiting artist at Coxala Gráfica in Ajijic.
Pinedo is the founder and creative director of Coxala Gráfica, a printmaking studio in Ajijic. He is also a multidisciplinary artist whose art collaborations spans across Mexico and the United States. His work portfolio includes collaborations with international artists, art residencies, community organizations as well as collaborations with the Mission Cultural Center, Galeria la Raza, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexican Consulate General of San Francisco, the French Consulate in San Francisco and the French America Cultural Society.
The three events are scheduled at Seis Esquinas, Ajijic, Saturday, April 8, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Saturday, April 15, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and Saturday, April 22, 11:45 a.m.-8 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
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