tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946700848544964532024-03-13T01:41:32.677-08:00Communities, Disaster, and ChangeLaura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-41415337217696429722015-11-04T15:18:00.002-09:002015-11-04T15:23:35.659-09:00Earthquake Account by Diane Ferrier, CDC at Juneau-Douglas City Museum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong>Juneau-Douglas City Museum is hosting CDC!</strong><br />
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Twenty-eight, talented Alaskan artists featured in this exhibition will be on display for a First Friday reception on November 6, from 4:30 to 7 pm through November 28, 2015. <br />
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Simultaneously, Juneau-Douglas will be featuring historical photographs documenting local disasters. This exhibit coinciding with "Communities, Disaster & Change" is aptly titled "Disasters at Home." These intriguing pictures depict devastation to people's homes caused by a landslide, avalanche, flooding and fires. The exhibit opens October 2nd, 2015 and closes November, 2016.<br />
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Lives are forever changed after enduring disasters such as those mentioned above. The excerpt below is a personal account told through a Valdez High School student's eyes. She was a senior. Her name is Diane Ferrier. <br />
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"On Friday, the 27th, at 530 in the evening I was walking home from work. It was a rather quiet day, but really quite ordinary. I had walked about two blocks and had just started toward the Post Office. I noticed an elderly woman that had gone into the Post Office. All at once, and very unexpectedly, the ground started shaking and the buildings that I could see started to crack. Many flooded and fell off their foundations. All around me the roads were cracking and water was spurting up from the cracks. The first thing I did was to help the woman out of the Post Office. I tried to comfort two little boys that were near by.</div>
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After the shaking let up I tried to get home to my family, but there was no way to get home. Water was rushing in on the streets and I could not see the cracks underneath. As I was trying to get down to the street where I lived I caught up to some girls that were trying to get home that way, too. We walked together for awhile before a man in a pick-up stopped and let us crawl in the back.</div>
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I was worried about my family and I wanted to get back to see if they were still home, but there was no way to get home. As we were driving past the grade school, I spotted my mother and sister in a car with some friends, so they stopped and let me in with them.</div>
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My biggest worry was about my father and brother. They had gone out on the water to another bay to so some logging and were not back yet. There was no way I could find out how they were, so all I could do was hope. I really thought there would be no hope for them, because of the tidal wave that followed the earthquake.</div>
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We sat in the car for about an hour at the edge of town until everything died down, and then we went home with the people whose car we were in. We were there about three or four hours when my father and brother came in the door. My family was finally all together! It was really a miracle that my father and brother made it safely back from down the bay. They had been on shore, logging, when the earthquake happened and land slides started all around them. They rushed to a skiff, which was taken off with a big wave and swept back in. They jumped out of the skiff onto their boat and the skiff and motor were smashed into little pieces. They headed off in the opposite direction from Valdez because the wave was in front of them. When it was safe for them, they stopped and turned on the radio. The first thing they heard was that Valdez had been wiped out, so they steered the boat straight for home driving the boat as fast as it would go. When they got to Valdez there was no dock left, and they had a hard time getting off the boat.</div>
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After we had been sitting around the table for an hour or so I happened to look out of the window. I noticed that there was a fire in the downtown area. My dad told us to run out towards the airport because we had no car, and there was danger of the oil tanks exploding. The airport is only a mile and a half from our house and the closest way out of town on our side of town. Before we had gone too far some people stopped and picked us up. To get to the airport we had to drive over two cracks in the road between 18 and 20 inches wide. We ended up with a flat tire and a bent tie rod. We spent the night at the airport and from there we could see the town burning.</div>
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Laura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-26101319302074148872015-10-23T10:39:00.000-08:002015-10-23T10:47:12.629-08:00CDC at the Juneau-Douglas Museum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"> CDC is back in Alaska after it's long journey to Gallery Iolani, Winward College in Honolulu and Coos Bay Museum, Oregon!! Communities, Disaster & Change, our traveling exhibition, has one final stop in Juneau, AK. CDC has been traveling for a year! The show will be featured at the Juneau-Douglas Museum October 18th to October 30th. Please, check it out! This is your last opportunity to experience this amazing show. Stay tuned for more pictures of Juneau-Douglas opening reception.</span></div>
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Laura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-66548524720149556952015-08-25T12:41:00.000-08:002015-08-25T13:40:22.084-08:00Art Therapy Working in Saudi Arabia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dr. Awad Al-Yami, an art therapist trained at the University of Pennsylvania, dedicates his life to rehabilitating terrorists through art therapy, counseling, and religion. The therapeutic center is called Mohammad Bin Naif Counseling Center located in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh. The compound, once a holiday resort, is home to a golf course and swimming pool. </div>
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Since 2008, the center boasts 3,000 Saudi men have graduated from the program. 120 of these graduates are from Guantanamo Day Prison. This terrorism rehab center claims to have a success rate of 80 percent. Prisoners with only non violent crime convictions are allowed at the rehabilitation center. Dr. Awad Al-Yami has pioneered a program so unique to such a conservative country where some say drawing is a sin. The inmates wall of paintings and drawings are evidence enough that this type of therapy can work for some young, non-violent prisoners. <br />
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Dr. Awad Al-Yami says about twenty percent leave the center to return to fighting but that is still far less than do not. He prepares himself for the new generation of ISIS terrorists that are more extreme than Al Qaeda. Members of ISIS currently serving time will attend the center after their sentences. Dr. Awad Al -Yami wonders what he will do with this new generation? Will he be successful? Are these tactics not tough enough for young ISIS? Can programs involving art therapy really help rehabilitate such extreme criminals?</div>
Laura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-19915208085287323612015-08-03T11:13:00.004-08:002015-08-05T10:09:23.210-08:00Valdez Museum Intern and Natural Disaster in Chile!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Valdez Museum welcomes Juliana Larroza, our new intern
for the 2015 summer season!! She has come to us through a grant from the Alaska
State Museum. Ms. Larroza is working towards her master’s in Museum Studies at
New York University. She has interned at museums in Italy, Coast Rica, Brazil
and Argentina. The Valdez Museum has many ongoing preservation projects of
which Juliana is hard at work on. She is currently building proper housing for a
set of mammoth teeth found in Esther, Alaska. The teeth were donated by Leroy
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I asked Ms. Larroza if she has ever experienced natural
disaster? She said she had not but her family volunteered their time in Los Angeles, their home, to raise money for the victims of the 2010, 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile. Ms. Larroza is first generation Columbian with family
in Argentina, Chile, Columbia and Miami. Ms. Larroza’s Aunt and Chilean husband live
in L.A. but have loved ones who suffered the 2010 earthquake in Chile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">The earthquake in central Chile was the sixth </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">largest ever to be recorded by a seismograph. The quake triggered a tsunami that destroyed several coastal towns in south-central Chile. Chileans
were devastated as their belongings and loved ones were ripped away from them. Juliana
Larroza’s family gathered to organize “Unidos Por Chile,” a non-profit
organization dedicated to raising money and collecting emergency supplies for
victims of the Chilean disaster. Local artists, dancers, businesses and community members
gathered for the “Unidos Por Chile” festival in LA, California. </span></span></div>
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from the fund raising festival depicting community support through traditional dance, art, music and national pride! Has anyone else experienced this kind
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This video about Ron Senungetuk, created for the Alaska State Council on the Arts by Alaskan artist Michael Walsh, highlights the life and work of the 2014 Governor's Awardee for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts & Humanities.</h3>
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Ron Senungetuk is an Alaskan Inupiat who grew up along the Bering Sea in Wales, the most western point on the American mainland. Retired from academics, he continues to be an active, vibrant artist living in picturesque Homer, Alaska. Ron is regarded as Alaska's foremost living Native artist and founded the Native Arts Center while he was chair of the art department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for 30 years. His pieces are carved and colored wood that build on the traditions if the Bering Sea people. Ron is the major force behind the resurgence of contemporary native art in Alaska. He has stimulated & supported the careers of numerous native artists who have gained renown in their own right. </h3>
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The Valdez Museum is grateful to the Rasmuson Foundation for the 2014 award of its annual Art Acquisition Initiative grant for the purchase of five new acquisitions of contemporary art to the collection. One of which was Ron Senungutuk's "Extreme's." The vimeo above shows Senungetuk's skilled craftsmanship in wood carving.</h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Another haunting story of a community’s
struggle as a result of disaster began April 26, 1986 when nuclear reactor
No. 4 exploded in Chernobyl, Ukraine. The following day, in <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto;"><span aria-haspopup="true" id=":10.1" role="menuitem" style="background-color: #444444;" tabindex="-1">Pripyat</span></span>, a
small town built for Chernobyl nuclear reactor workers and their families,
people were forced to abandon the life they once knew for fear of radiation
poisoning. The nuclear explosion created a radioactive cloud that blanketed
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The Chernobyl nuclear reactor fire burned for thirty days.
Some would describe it as a glowing orb, almost beautiful. At first, there was
no mention of the explosion from the Soviet government. It wasn’t until the
following day that 1,100 buses were ordered to evacuate Pripyat. 100,000 workers and their families left their personal belongings, no matter how valuable, for fear of contamination.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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going on in the minds of these victims after the explosion.
Many feared disease and painful death through radiation poisoning.
Those that worked to clean up the reactors died agonizing deaths. It was
reported in some cases organs disintegrated, limbs developed sores and body
parts just became separated from the victim’s bodies.</span> </span></span><br />
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belongings were left untouched for nearly twenty years. The modern day visitor can capture a glimpse of how life was before the nuclear
meltdown. Unknown Ukrainian artists have painted dark silhouettes of
children on these abandoned buildings. The black figures haunt the old
buildings of Chernobyl. Jan Smith captures these ghostly memories through her
photographic images. Check
them out here: </span><a href="http://www.smithjan.com/portfolio.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www<span style="background-color: #444444;">.<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto;">smithjan</span>.com</span>/portfolio.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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how these victims fair today after enduring such a sudden catastrophe. Those that are alive
today retell their stories. “</span><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of the Nuclear
Disaster”</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> by <span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto;">Svetlana</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto;">Alexievich</span></span>
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researching the events surrounding Chernobyl I came across an article
discussing the effects of radiation on the surrounding forests. Insects,
microbes and fungi are among some of the vital ingredients in forest decomposition. Twenty years later, environmentalists have found
trees in forests around Chernobyl have not properly decayed. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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people so drastically effected by the nuclear explosion. It was the natural
environment and the soviet economy that suffered, as well. The effects have
lasted twenty years and will continue. Retelling stories and connecting with
other survivors has helped victims of Chernobyl cope. What can we do
for the natural environment that was also a victim to radiation poisoning? Do we let
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<o:p>On display at the “Remembering Old Valdez Exhibit" in the Valdez Museum Annex is “The
Chena Display.” The SS Chena was tied to the Valdez city dock at the time of the 1964 Good Friday earthquake. Twenty-eight excited adults and children, as tradition, waited patiently on the city dock to receive fruits and candy from the Chena. As the earthquake struck, the city dock buckled due to a large underwater mudslide eventually swallowing the dock. Those on the SS Chena survived as the ship bucked and rolled 180 degrees resulting in it's eventual push back out to sea, unscathed. The Chena display houses a life vest worn by a Bernard Whalen, a crew
member on the SS Chena, two diagrams of how the Chena miraculously survived, a black and white picture of the Chena in 1964 and a first hand account of
the experience by Captain M.D. Stewart, Master of the SS Chena. The life vest on display was graciously donated to the
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p>In addition, on display at the Valdez Museum is an aviator jacket believed to be owned by Owen Meals. The Christenson's, Mike and LeAnn, donated the aviator's jacket. Bernard Whalen, who wore the Chena life vest, mentioned above, is LeAnn's uncle. The Valdez Museum received
a grant from the Museum’s Alaska Collection Management fund to restore the
aviator’s jacket, as it was torn and crumbling apart. Owen Meals, a Valdez pioneer, is
said to have brought flight to Alaska. He moved to Alaska in 1904 during the
Gold Rush. As an avid engineer and mechanic he opened the first Ford car dealership
in Valdez, started an electric utility plant and flew planes transporting
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From across the world individuals have come together forming a strong community of volunteers to aid in the earthquake aftermath in Nepal. More than 8,000 people have been reported dead in late April after a 7.3-7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated Nepal. In Chautara, one of the worst hit communities, 2,600 people have perished and millions are struggling to rebuild. Many are digging out what is left of their homes. People, chickens and personal belongings are some of the items found amongst the rubble. 190,000 homes were toppled by the 7.8-7.3 magnitude quake. Amrit Shrestha, a former Chautara clothing store owner, has taken it upon himself to collect essential items from the Red Cross and aid camps to deliver to the neediest of earthquake survivors all over Nepal.<br />
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Belonging to the community of volunteers, such as Amrit Shrestha, are international, virtual bloggers. Hundreds of internet users from around the world are creating and updating maps and blogs for local and international aid workers in Nepal. This includes vital information on the whereabouts of missing and stranded people, communities with the most need for aid and directions and GPS coordinates for ground volunteers.<br />
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The Red Cross, aid camps, people like Amrit Shrestha and virtual volunteers have come together to create a community of aid relief. In the wake of devastation every bit of help counts whether it be on the ground or from across the world. What can you do to help?Laura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-43963674312325293682015-05-01T13:09:00.002-08:002015-05-01T13:45:37.310-08:001912 Eruption of Mt. Katmai in Kodiak<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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“Communities, Disaster and Change” blogs have touched on the subject of art
therapy as a means to cope with a traumatic event. Local
Valdez resident, Meg McKinney, one day a month facilitates an art therapy
session called “Women’s Windows.” People join her to express themselves through
artistic and verbal communication. Meg leads each session while taking part
herself. She conveys that an artist can embody many types of art. Having
practiced yoga for years Meg shows her artistic side through her practice. All forms of art are welcome at "Women's Windows" including poetry, painting,
photography, dance, yoga and much more. Meg’s art therapy sessions are open to
the public to make art any way they please. Her last session coincided with the
Sexual Violence Awareness month of April. The next session will be held on May 6th. Please contact Meg McKinney at the
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people in need after disaster strikes. In the impoverished nation of Haiti there was little hope of rebuilding without international aid after the devastating 2010 earthquake hit. 250,000 Haitian people died
and 1.5 million people became homeless. Compassion’s team worked to build
thirty new schools, they offered loans to individuals starting small businesses, donated countless volunteer hours and rallied to find
more sponsors for Haitian children in need.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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find support for impoverished children through sponsorship not only in Haiti, but, across the world. Advocates donate
monthly while exchanging letters of love and support with their sponsored
children. It is a true joy to receive a child’s letter. The letters are filled with
information sharing a child's favorite color, their best friend, a favorite subject in
school and pencil drawings. Many of these children are from non-English speaking countries so there is often a language barrier between child and sponsor. These drawings are a way to communicate through a universal language. Sheri Beck, a Valdez local and compassion advocate writes, “One of the great blessings to me in receiving
letters from our Compassion kids is looking at their drawings. Almost every
letter we get has a drawing on it and they tell us little details about the
child's life. The one I'm looking at now shows a beautiful sunshine,
rolling hills and trees with fruit on them. It makes me wonder if this is
what Noni sees or if it is what she wishes for. Francis's letter features
a beautifully drawn car. Underneath the car it says, "A CAB". Sheri’s efforts as a child advocate and compassion leader
in the Valdez community should not go unoticed. She organizes community races to raise
money for Compassion families, attends festivals and bazaars raising money and informing
the community of ways to help children all over the world. She
and her family sponsor multiple children of their own. It is a true inspiration
to meet Sheri and become an child sponsor. For more information on Compassion
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Please check out the University of Hawai'i Windward Community College news article about our very own "Communities, Disaster & Change" traveling exhibition. The exhibition is currently being features at Gallery Iolani at Windward Community College. The link is below.<br />
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Laura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-39867006915719391672015-03-30T12:01:00.000-08:002015-03-30T12:01:45.953-08:00Disaster Preparedness Through the Arts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Americans For the Arts organization launched a new communities initiative to be part of a vision to restore communities through the arts. "The New Community Visions Initiative will explore the future of local arts in America and the role of community-based arts that enable organizations, funders, cultural institutions, and artists to shape healthier communities over time. More and more emergencies can happen unexpectedly in communities just like yours, to people like you. Often, the arts are one of the first things people turn to in times of need. Make sure you’re able to support your community in these tough times," exclaims Americans for the Arts.<br />
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The communities of Fargo, ND, New Orleans, LA and Monmouth County, NJ have used the arts to support their community in collaboration with Americans for the Arts. Two massive floods effected Monmouth County between 2009 and 2011. During the second flood the community banned together by filling and stacking sandbags to fend off encroaching water. Those that were too young, ill, had children to care for, etc. decorated sand bags with words of encouragement and drawings for disaster workers. Each new bag pulled from the pile expressed gratitude and encouragement for those working endless hours to stop the flooding. <br />
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Eighteen thousand New Orleans residents utilized emergency evacuation routes during Hurricane Katrina. After, the city sought out to make new signs indicating new evacuation routes to replace the small pre-existing signs. The city commissioned artists to create sculptures to indicate fifteen to seventeen evacuation spots around the city. The sculptures have become recognizable to the public. Small figurines representing the sculptures were fashioned into decorative pins for the public to wear.<br />
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The Monmouth County, NJ Arts Council campaigned to support community based art projects in towns greatly effected by Hurricane Katrina. The Middletown Arts Center created new art programs for students while schools remained closed. County Basie Theatre and Two River Theatre became charging stations throughout and after the disaster. <br />
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Using the arts to positively effect your community in times of need can create a stronger community. Involving the community in disaster preparedness by using all resources available, including the arts, could ensure a faster recovery from the often devastating effects brought on by natural disasters. What pre-existing art programs are in place in your community's disaster preparedness plans? What are some ideas for community based art projects?Laura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-69432656047233520882015-03-10T11:48:00.003-08:002015-03-10T11:48:23.124-08:0050 Year Earthquake Anniversary, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The 1964 earthquake that made a lifelong impact on many local Valdez residents was not forgotten. On March 27th, 2014 Alaskans gathered to commemorate this tragic event. Guests were invited to view and chat over the Old Town Valdez Model in the Museum's auxiliary building. After an event filled with joy and tears visitors moved onto the city dock to pay their respects to those that passed on during the earthquake. Flowers were tossed thoughtfully into the Port of Valdez. They floated off carrying the memories of lost loved ones.</h4>
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<br />Laura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-51291173672897845642015-03-02T14:54:00.001-09:002015-03-02T14:56:45.640-09:00Account of 1964 Earthquake <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This essay is an artifact in the Valdez Museum Historical Archive. It was generously donated by Merlyn Paine, James Rhode's wife. James Rhode donated numerous photographs in 1999, prior to his death. He worked as a State Engineer in the Aviation Division, based in Valdez, and was a commercial fisherman. Jim and a small cadre of skilled men stayed behind, following the 1964 earthquake, to assess damages in old town Valdez, AK. This essay was among Jim's personal items. In Merlyn's donation letter to the museum she writes "This essay is extremely moving and reminds me of the many stories my husband told me. He lost most of his staff and many friends in the Good Friday event."<br />
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"Here is what happened to us on Good Friday, March 27, 1964"<br />
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"It was 5:35pm and time to get dinner ready, as Joe would be coming home for dinner around 6:00pm. He was down working as a longshoreman, unloading freight from the freighter, Chena. The ship comes in every other week with freight - this was the 4th time he had worked the ship."<br />
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"Now for Joe's story. He was told by Bill Schmidt (who was killed on dock) to go work the ship - therefore he is alive today. He and 8 other men were working, 2 on the main deck - 7 below in the hold. Their job was to place the freight onto pallets (base forms) so the wench could raise it to the deck of the Chena and dock. During the earthquake Joe's boss, Mr. Geigeroff was killed, Jack King (was an arms length from Joe) had both feet amputated later and Joe had a chipped heel and instep bones. This was caused by the hatch breaking loose from above and catching the men. Asphalt barrels rolled over Harlod Kreigor who was crushed. The men scrambled up the rope ladder and were checking for injuries. When they reached the main deck, Joe said "The wave was returning to the bay and all the debris, he was certain Valdez was wiped off the map."...when the bay calmed down the tops of the buildings began to show, then he knew that I (his wife) might be alright. We were about 5 blocks from the bay. The Chena took to deeper water as soon as it could get power. The dock, warehouses and cars all disappeared. Our car,.....camper and all the camping equipment disappeared too. About 8:30pm the captain of the Chena asked Joe if he wished to go to Cordova with Mr. King who was injured, along with the other 2 killed. He said "No." But they lowered him in the life boat (due to his broken foot) and 5 others scrambled down the side into the life boat. Joe was expressing a thought, while being lowered in the boat he said "God don't let them dunk me!" Then arriving at the Chilkat (ferry landing) they proceeded on foot through knee deep debris laden oil slick water. It was 5 blocks to the dry land. The stores were closed due to high water and no lights. A fellow who was working on the light line saw Joe and his brother so he brought him home. How lucky we are to have Joe with us."<br />
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"Now I'll try to describe what it was like at our trailers. Trailers (two together) rocked and rolled, (5 foot of snow all around saved us, I am sure) moved 1" apart. I was deep frying fish, shut off the stove, put everything in the sink, turned the oil heater off and the oil line. I went across the street (Glacier Bar) to check on what to do and where I could call to see if Joe was alright. What a sight and smell. Whisky all over the place - the bar tender and two customers still sitting there laughing. I asked "Couldn't you have gotten behind the counter and held some of the bottles on the shelf. They couldn't do anything but stand there and watch. I ran out then discovered I had left the radio going, I went through the trailers, grabbed our suitcase, guns and various other items, put at the door as the alarm was to evacuate "Tidal Wave" expected. I was not going until I knew were Joe was. I did call Mrs. Schmidt, she had gone downtown twice and on the last trip found the dock was gone, and someone told her all the men were saved as they got them from the dock to the boat then took for deeper water. This was false as no one on the dock was able to get to the boat as it was being thrown up and down and on it's side. How the ship ever survived the quake is more than anyone can say."<br />
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"Around 9:00om Joe came home, limping. Told me the sad story about the men. I had to tell Mrs. Schmidt as we had promised which ever husband came in first we would notify the other one. We knew all that perished, 31 including the families (sight seeing). Then we went to the hospital to have the Doctor look at Joe's foot. Dr. was trying to get to the ship to help with the injured. So, we waited then the fire broke out, told to evacuate immediately. Our good neighbors, bar owners, took us out the road and stayed with us for 4 days. We took Joe to the hospital in Glen Allen and there they put on the cast. Back home within 4 days then a trip to Fairbanks as soon as Joe could drive to get a new car. We now have a 1964 Ford Falcon Club Wagon, not as good as the Chevy pickup but will do."<br />
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<br />Laura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-1441488445019144262015-02-27T09:34:00.002-09:002015-02-27T09:34:19.983-09:00Village of Bardeku
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I believe art can heal in powerful ways when used
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, how important is art when a society’s basic needs
have not been met. By basic we mean eating and drinking clean water every day. While
researching this morning I came across an interactive slide show about the
village of Bardeku, in northeast Liberia, on the National Public Radio website.
Effectively, it explains how the Ebola outbreak in Bardeku may have been eradicated,
but the community is traumatized. Some families have been left with one,
or no parent at all, to care for children survivors. Farms have been neglected.
There are many hungry children without parents. Even single parents struggle
to feed their own children. Some members of the community intially shunned the
survivors out of fear of contracting Ebola. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">How did the outbreak spread so fast? The people of Bardeku
are Muslim. It is important to carry out rituals such as washing the deceased
before carrying the body to a burial. Many people gathered to bathe the first
Ebola victim. All the bathers contracted the virus. Over one hundred and fifty
people died in Bardeku from contracting Ebola. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the writing this blog I hope to encourage readers to
inform themselves of the devastation that still exists from the Ebola outbreak in west Africa.
As a country we were fortunate enough to avoid that fate. How important is art
therapy to a village such as Bardeku? Not very important. After basic needs
have been met it could be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p>Above hyperlink for NPR "Life After Death: NPR"</o:p></span></div>
Laura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-41755213584179575912015-02-23T14:45:00.003-09:002015-02-23T14:45:49.186-09:00CDC & The Art of Hula Dancing
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">CDC is on the move once again. On March 20<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>,
Windward Community College will host CDC in Gallery ‘Iolani, located on Hawaii’s
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Like Alaska, Hawaii is continuously threatened by natural
disasters. Hurricanes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions are among the many.
Pele, the ancient goddess of volcanoes, is a common thread woven into the
large blanket of Hawaii’s oral history. Pele is a figure of power, passion and jealousy.
In Hawaiian mythology her home is the summit of Kilauea, one of the most active
volcanoes on earth. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">How do the people of Hawaii cope with the continuous threat from active volcanoes? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Through the art of Hula dancing, stories are told of eruptions. They preserve history and bind the community together. These eruptions have
been a natural part of life from ancient to present times. Hawaii’s big island
is constructed of five major volcanoes<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span>Kilauea, Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea, Hualalai and Kohala<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">. </span>Volcanic rock, called basalt,
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The beauty and power behind these volcanoes can be felt and
seen in the fluidity of Hula dancing. The dance is said to communicate storytelling
through smooth, fluid gestures that represent lava, water, wind and other
natural occurrences. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The art of hula dancing is deeply embedded within the cultural
history that explains, honors and preserves these events.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Laura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-36273329952906750442015-01-28T13:20:00.001-09:002015-01-28T13:20:21.074-09:00CDC Moves Again!<br />
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Communities, Disaster and Change has once again changed locations. The exhibition will now be featured at Well Street Art Company in Fairbanks, Alaska! David Mollett, participating artist and owner of Well Street, will start installing the show. Not only has David invested his time and energy as an artist and a host of CDC he also experienced the quake when he was just fourteen years old. <br />
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On March 27, 1964 David Mollett and his sister were at a local grocery store in Fairbanks when the ground started shaking. They ran outside. He exclaims, "the ground was coming in three foot high standing waves...phone poles were swaying back and forth in wide arcs." It is surprising, after reading his story, that he did not choose to paint this imagery for the CDC exhibition. Instead, he chose a peaceful scene in Growden Memorial Park located in Fairbanks. He chose this park in memory of his sixth grade teacher who was tragically killed in the earthquake. <br />
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Please check back to hear more about Daivd Mollett as he installs the Communities, Disaster and Change exhibition at Well Street Art Company. The exhibition will be on display for a month before traveling to Winward Community College in Wailoa, HI.<br />
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Laura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-48743955211327294902015-01-14T14:51:00.002-09:002015-01-14T14:54:46.112-09:001964 Retold Through the Eyes of S.S. Chena Crew Members<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The VMHA received a donation retelling the events
surrounding the Good Friday 1964 earthquake that struck old town Valdez. The
account is retold through the perspective of crew members aboard the S.S. Chena,
the 441ft Alaska Steamship Freighter. The S.S. Chena was tied to the Valdez
dock at the time of the earthquake. Often families would go out to the pier
when the steamships arrived to receive candy and fruit. During the
earthquake there where approximately 33 people on the dock greeting the Chena.
All of them died. A large tsunami wave crashed over the S.S. Chena, the Valdez
dock and the town of Valdez following the earthquake contributing to their
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">March 27<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, 1964, aboard the Chena looking back
at town from the water, one crew member, Dorney, recalls “I saw buildings starting to collapse. The dock went
down. The earth just opened up and swallowed everything! The causeway (leaning
toward town) opened up 40 ft, longshoremen on shore turned and ran towards the
remains of the dock. A fissure opened between them and the dock, they all went
in 15 or 20 of them, I’d say. It was horrible." Dorney could still see two
children to whom the crew had given oranges before the earthquake and tidal
waves. They were running up the dock. One fellow picked up one of the youngsters
and was pulling her along. They all disappeared. Dorney said "The Chena rolled
over about 45 degrees into a large whirlpool. Three men were spinning around in
the huge pool. Two went under right away. The other was floating on a piece of
roofing. It swallowed him, too. The ship washed in sideways – in to where the
dock had been.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Arne Kvarnberg, an able-bodied seaman, ran from his room
and looked to shore. Everything was haywire. People were running. There were
big holes. Then there were no people. Everything – everybody – disappeared. A
warehouse went down with a big bang. The ship listed heavily to port when the
tidal wave caught us. We hit the corner of the warehouse and the Antenna (from
the warehouse) landed on deck. Then we went up in the air and got tossed
around. Once I was looking at the bottom of the bay. The water was all gone.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Leighton, a crew member, recalls “It all started with a light
shaking. Then it shook harder and harder. I looked out on the pier. Guys, maybe
30 or more were running out of the warehouse. I thought there might have been
an explosion in the warehouse. About two-thirds of them got into the dirt part
of the causeway, trying to get up to town. The ship was going up in the air –
Boom – Boom – BOOM! Like a rough elevator. I could look over the side and there
was no water. We were way up in the air. The men on shore disappeared. There
was one guy left in the hole (fissure) scrambling to get out. You should have
seen the look on his face. People in town said the ship went so high they could
see underneath it. All this happened in slow motion. People, buildings,
everything went down the hole. The hole was full of pilings and rubble.”A wave
came in and took everything else.” “Leighton could not explain how the Chena
broke loose.” “I think God tore us loose. We were so high that when we slammed
down again the ship should have been busted in half. We hit like a load of
bricks. After this all of Valdez was on fire.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kenneth Wiper, Chena crew member, told his parents, “I saw a
lot of misery. I’ve been all over the world, but I’ve never seen anything as
terrible as that…people losing their lives in front of you. Everyone on the
Chena was calm through it all. It happened so fast there was no time to get
excited. But I don’t think I could go through it again.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When retelling the Good Friday 1964 earthquake story we do not
often enough describe what it must have been like to have a front row seat to so much
devastation. Some crew members aboard the Chena were lucky to survive though they
must have felt horrified and helpless not being able to do anything while their
friends and family were killed in front of there eyes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Laura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-14504675062894277122015-01-12T16:28:00.002-09:002015-01-12T16:28:21.205-09:00Are we ready for robots?<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;">Dr. Mari Velonaki is an artist and director at "Creative Robotics Lab" in South Wales, Australia. She and her team have studied and created artistic robots to interact with humans in museums. The team built "Diamandini" a slender, female robotic sculpture exhibit to attract human interaction. What Velonaki found was people were drawn to interact and even relate to the robotic sculpture by it's behavior and less by the way it looked. We designed Diamandini " to elicit a social and physical response from visitors. Velonaki says that, on average, about 80 percent of visitors reached out to touch the robot's hands, arms, or torso. She says that their current research involves adding a flexible, soft touch sensor that will let them record a broader range of physical interactions, from a subtle stroke to a hard push or poke."<br />
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Similarly, in Disaster city, Texas a disaster preparedness training site is using robots to respond to emergencies such as earthquakes, mudslides and outbreaks of disease. Like Velonaki's interactive robots, robotic emergency responders have to possess human like characteristics to make them relatable and communicative. They also have heightened hearing to detect lost victims in piles of rubble before triangulating a victim's location. The triangulation must be clearly conveyed to the human first responder. Ninety thousand emergency responders have come from all over the world to practice using these robots and/or their disaster response skills. These include climbing through piles of mangled steal, navigating through tunnels amongst rubble and interacting with robots.</div>
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Can we really rely on robots to rescue our loved ones in disaster? Are we ready to embrace robots as a part of our daily lives?
How do you feel about Velonaki's work? Is it art? </div>
<br />Laura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-15480961444569440012014-12-17T15:35:00.003-09:002014-12-19T11:48:55.970-09:00Darfur, Western Sudanese Genocide<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mural: Protesting Darfur's Genocide, Italy <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Organizations such as A Window Between Worlds, Art Therapy Alliance, Human Rights Watch and International Art Therapy Organization focus their efforts on healing those who have suffered trauma through artistic expression. This includes individuals who have endured trauma such as natural disaster, war and famine. "Art Therapy is about using art as a tool for
communication and through the therapeutic relationship, emotional, psychosocial
and developmental needs are addressed with the intention of effecting lasting
change.” --Hong Kong Association of Art Therapists (HKAAT)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dr. Annie Sparrow, a Human Rights Watch researcher traveled to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Darfur in 2005. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">She carried crayons
and paper along with her medical supplies. Upon meeting the children of
Darfur her first impression was that they were just ordinary children. Knowing this was not true, Dr. Sparrow gave them crayons and paper to
illustrate what their daily lives had been like. The outcome was anything but ordinary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The children drew horrors of the Janjaweed Militia attacks and the Sudanese government genocide bombings in their villages in Darfur. Hundreds of thousands of people died under these attacks as the government ordered the ethnic cleansing of all non-Arabs. Brightly colored crayon drawings displayed planes bombing villages, dead bodies and a woman colored with red crayon who had been shot in the face. Human Rights Activists were shocked and saddened by what these children had seen. These images were more graphic and
realistic than some of what the photojournalists documenting the genocide had been able to capture.
Several of these graphic representaions of killings were used
in International Criminal Court during the war criminal prosecution on crimes of humanity in Darfur. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The children's acts of creativity gave them, smallest of human beings,
an opportunity to have a voice. Often, language does not come easily to a
suffering person. Giving them a chance to speak in a different way enabled them to tell their story.</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Laura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-35525348402122777222014-12-05T14:50:00.002-09:002014-12-05T14:51:30.584-09:00Denis Keogh, An Artist With A Different Perspective<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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"Strange Harvest Fukushima Mon Amour"<br />
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“COMMUNITIES, DISASTER AND CHANGE”
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Communities Disaster and Change came to Cordova recently and is installed in
our museum and library.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a striking
collection of images and objects by artists from around Alaska who have been
asked to visually contemplate experiences that can be difficult to sit with,
let alone give expression to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
responses naturally vary widely, from artist to artist and individual history
with the theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone who has spent any
length of time at all in Alaska has experienced a place constantly undergoing
dramatic change, whether it’s in the brief transition of the seasons, the
ongoing friction of unlike cultures struggling to adapt to one another, the
upheaval of the seemingly fickle forces of nature, or our own fumbling in using
and protecting this place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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threefold perspective with this show; as a participating artist, as Curator of
Collections and Exhibits at the Cordova Historical Museum, and as one with a
strong attachment to Prince William Sound at the time of the Exxon Valdez oil
spill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like everyone who was here in
Cordova in 1989, whose lives were interrupted and turned upside down, violated
by the events of the spill, I feel like the best part about it is that it is
now layered with twenty five years of other memories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Time has healed many, but not all, of the
wounds of that experience. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Sound
appears to be mostly recovered even though oil is just inches below the surface
on many beaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The salmon are here,
but there is still no herring fishery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other
populations suffered unknown degradation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was simply not possible to be here during the spill and not be
traumatized by it to some degree.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">With my
contribution to the show I attempted to make an evocative image of a sudden,
traumatic and violent event, an event that, being waterborne, has effects far
beyond the immediate place of its occurrence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fluorescent clouds on the horizon, possibly radioactive blossom up and
out, while an exploding, mutated organism bursts open as it is harvested from
the sea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing too subtle, but still
an image I hope warrants a closer look and leaves room for interpretation by
the viewer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Allusions to various
tragedies, all self-imposed on us by us, are made in the title, “Strange Harvest
Fukushima Mon Amour”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<br />Laura Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564753196822678640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294670084854496453.post-76994107553706820622014-12-03T15:43:00.004-09:002014-12-03T15:47:55.134-09:00Stormy Seascapes<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Artist </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maggi Hambling first became inspired by stormy seascapes when she witnessed a powerful storm in Southwold, UK in 2002. The anger Hambling saw in the sea as it threw up giant waves that barreled down on the very beaches she once relaxed on was an emotion she often saw in herself. Since, she has sought to convey this in her work.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Her canvas oil paintings stretch six by seven feet and are a commanding presence in the National Gallery in the UK. Her exhibition "Walls of Water" dominates the room revealing a cascade of powerful emotions one might see in the eye of a storm or infuriated person. Hambling believes her art can be a metaphor for life and death.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> Though the National Gallery is known for it's tasteful, carefully selected works of art there is much controversy around Maggi Hambling. Some think her paintings lack depth. Others say she was invited to show work only because she is well known. What do you think?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Check her work out at: <a href="http://www.maggihambling.com/2014/09/walls-of-water-the-national-gallery-london/">http://www.maggihambling.com/2014/09/walls-of-water-the-national-gallery-london/</a></span><br />
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