February 23, 2012
Summary: The Sacred Headwaters—a region of British Columbia the size of Great Britain—is one of the most remote and unexplored places on Earth. Today, as hundreds of new coal and methane mining projects start up, the Headwaters are under siege.
February 23, 2012
Summary: The Beehive Design Collective’s “True Cost of Coal” banner is featured in Susanne Antonetta’s article “Metaphor Crafters” in the March/April 2012 issue of Orion; through visual narrative, the banner tells the story of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia. The Maine-based arts collective travels around the world, distributing this and other banners and giving “picture lectures” to present the voices and histories woven into the work. Learn more about how the collective brings together art and activism in this slide show tour of “The True Cost of Coal.”
December 23, 2011
Summary: In his project "Draw Me a Tree," featured in the January/February 2012 issue of Orion, Dan Shepherd captures people's connection to place by asking them to draw a tree of some significance to them. He then creates a double exposure, layering photos of their drawings over photos of the trees themselves.
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