"Communities, Disaster & Change" is a traveling exhibition coordinated by the Valdez Museum and Historical Archive, in Valdez, Alaska. It provides a twist on the fiftieth anniversary of the Good Friday Earthquake commemoration through its connection with other communities and other disasters. The exhibit will travel around the state as well as to Oregon, and Hawaii. The full travel schedule and complete online gallery of the exhibit can be seen here.

This blog serves as a place to host a global conversation about the indomitable nature of the human spirit and communities' reactions to change, how they survive disaster and how they rebuild for the future. We hope this can be a tool for people like you, all across the world, to reach out and share your stories on survival and the will to carry on.

If you have seen the exhibit whether online or in person we want to know your reaction to the work of these twenty-eight Alaskan artists. Please join us in an ongoing conversation, and chime in with your thoughts, views and your personal stories of your community, disaster, and change.

23 September 2014

How Art Can Help Us Understand Natural Disaster

 By: Laura Johnston    Tuesday, September 23, 2014     No comments




Below is a link to an article asking the question "Can Art Help Understand Natural Disaster?" The article is by Jessica Lack. She mentions artists HeHe and Tania Kovats who create "Eco Art" using materials that have been discarded by us. If you look up HeHe on google images you will find large scale art installations. One such piece, "Green Cloud," casts a green circular light across the Helinski sky in Finland. HeHe uses lasers to project colored light into emissions from the nearby Salmisaari power plant. The intention is to draw attention to the electrical consumption of neighboring communities. 

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/mar/21/art-environmental-disaster-oil

Does HeHe's "Eco Art" help you better understand natural disasters?
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