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“AMSTERDAM
IGNITED”
If you believe that provocative artworks
can forge an open forum for meaningful dialogues between art and society
and influence environmental and geopolitical change confronting society,
we invite you to create a personal statement by using a recycled 55-gallon
oil drum to express your view.
Dutch artists from all disciplines are invited to create artworks
that address the impact petroleum has upon society and the planet such
as: the environment, the energy crisis, global warming, sustainability,
our carbon footprint, the world economy, and the Middle East Wars.
Once 20 or more artists commit to creating a drum artwork, a timetable
will be established for an exhibition in Amsterdam.
This will be a collaborative exhibition of artists, curators, and
volunteers.
To be part of the exhibition, a fill-in form is available on the
Call to Artists page. We look forward to hearing
from you.
A HISTORY OF OIL DRUM ART EXHIBITIONS
1. October 2003: New Haven City-Wide
Open Studios Exhibition. The first 15 drum art works were displayed
and 75 new artists applied for drums.
2. January 2004: The New London (CT) Union Station
Exhibition was part of the Hygienic XXV Art Show. Estimated +5,000
visitors.
3. June 2004: Oil Drum Art displayed in
a 30 X 60-foot enclosed exhibition tent during the International Arts
& Ideas. Estimated 3,000 visitors. Presented a panel discussion
about oil and energy at Yale's Bowers Auditorium. The panelists were:
Bill Curry (CT gubernatorial candidate), Tim Weiskel (Harvard ecologist),
Bill Stillinger (Northeast Utilities), Mathew Griffiths (University of
New Haven physics professor) and moderator Justin Good (Emerson College,
Ph.D., Philosophy). +225 Visitors.
4. October 2004: New Haven City-Wide Open
Studios Exhibition in the 10,000 square foot gallery in Erector Square.
Thirty new artworks included an installation made of single words by
artists using drums. Also a theater and musical performance incorporated
oil drums in their production. +1,700 Visitors.
5. February 2005: Stamford UCONN Art Gallery. A
provocative art exhibition made of oil drums by Connecticut artists.
+900 Visitors.
6. March 2005: Hartford ArtSpace Gallery with
35 new artworks from the Greater Hartford art community. Ms. Jennifer
Aniskovich, Executive Director of the Connecticut Commission on Culture
and Tourism, was the keynote speaker and Executive Director of the Greater
Hartford Arts Council, Ken Kahn, gave the opening remarks. 350 Visitors
during the opening reception and 125 at the closing reception.
7. May 2005: Waterbury Triple
Art Exhibition at the Connecticut Store featured local, students drums
art works, student artworks, and works by professional artists. +700
Visitors.
8. March 2006: Bristol New England Carousel
Museum had two exhibitions: (1) Fine artists were downstairs and (2)
children who painted drums in the Arts & Ideas Festival in New Haven
were upstairs. +900 visitors attended.
9. May 2006: Nest Arts Factory Exhibition
in Bridgeport where food for the Soup Kitchen was collected. +300 visitors
attended.
10. July 19 - August 30, 2007: Barnum
Museum Exhibition with 35 statewide and out-of-state artists.
$750 in cash prizes plus certificates of merit. +750 visitors.
11. September 6-30, 2007: Oil Drum Art Aesthetic
& Environmental Exhibition at the Hartford ArtSpace Gallery.
Kristina Newman-Scott, curator of Real Art Ways Gallery juried the exhibition.
Ms. Jo Winch, from Mayor Perez’s office, presented ODA with the Mayor’s
Award for the Oil Drum Art Day in Hartford. Also speaking were representatives
from the Department of Environmental Protection Agency and from Local
Energy Company. +650 visitors attended.
12. October 6 - 28, 2007: Oil Drum Art Aesthetic
& Environmental Exhibition at the Torrington Artwell Gallery.
+450 Visitors.
13. January 7 - 12, 2008: An Oil Drum Art
Environmental Exhibition at the Sikorsky Aircraft Plant in Stratford,
CT featured 14 environmental artworks. +5,000 Visitors.
14. May 24, 2008: Seaside Park Arts Festival
in West Beach, CT. +600 Visitors.
15.March 19 - May 2, 2008: Oil Drum Art
Environmental Art Exhibition in Gallery 201 at 111 Front Street, DUMBO,
Brooklyn. +450 Visitors.
16. April 19, 2008: Oil Drum Art was on
the CBS Early Show from 7 to 9AM. Lonnie Quinn was the moderator
and six artists from Connecticut were interviewed with their artworks.
Millions viewed.
17. August 27 - September 27, 2008: Oil
Drum Art 9/11 Commemorative Exhibition at the Barnum Museum. Bridgeport,
CT. A special reception and ceremony was held on Thursday, September
11 that included city officials and state dignitaries.
18. September 11, 2008: Fox-5 News interviewed
Oil Drum Art artists Jack Lardis, Dennis Bialek, Lorna Cyr, and Fred
Osorio in Bridgeport, Connecticut Barnum Museum about their experiences
with the 9/11 event. The program was aired nationally.
19. October 10 – 12, 2008: Oil Drum Art
exhibited nine artworks in the “Onething Conservation EXPO” at the Hartford
Convention Center. Four artworks were kept on display until November
10.
19. March 4-30, 2009: ODA Environmental,
Energy, and Travel Exhibition at the Hartford ArtSpace Gallery. Noted
speaker: Gina McCarthy, Director of the (CT) Department of Environmental
Protection Agency Director. The artworks were juried by Power Booth, Dean
of the University Art Department, selected artworks were transferred to
the Bradley Airport Art Gallery for a 6-month exhibition. +500 visitors.
20. April 1 to August 31, 2009: Exhibition
in Terminal A, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT. Selected
from the Hartford Art Space Exhibition were displayed in the first art
gallery at the airport for travelers to view while waiting for their flights.
Joe DeMarco's "Peace Plane" was purchased by the Bradley Airport
for display in the terminal A lobby. +20,000 Visitors.
21. Pending 2011: Oil Drum Art and the LTMH
Gallery at Madison Avenue and East 78th Street, New York City will collaborate
on an exhibition including drum artworks by renowned artists, emerging
international artists, and selected artists from Connecticut.
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