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Lake Park Exhibit Raises Awareness of the Benefits of Bees
By Andrea Richard Thursday, Jul 10 2014
On display through August 11 at Art on Park, 800 Park Ave., in Lake Park.
Opening reception 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 11.
No cover, but a donation is suggested. Call 786-521-1199.
Contact: Rolando Chang Barrero, Curator
This Summer's Best Bet
http://activistartista.blogspot.com/2014/06/this-summers-best-bet.html
Exhibition Statement
by Mary Jo Aagerstoun,President of Eco-Art South Florida
“What’s All the Buzz?” is an exhibition to honor the humble
honey bee, especially our Florida native ones. Bees are necessary to pollinate
crops that feed humans, and to pollinate wild plants and trees so they can
flourish. Studies show that Florida native bees are much more efficient and
industrious pollinators of Florida’s crops than are non native honeybees
shipped in for pollinating. We would like to address this issue proactively through conversations, demonstarations, and ultimately through the incepection of art related projects that may surface as a result of the exhibition.
This is just one approach to making the invisible visible
that artists can do so well. The invisible here are the systems of industrial
agriculture.
Another approach to utilizing art based in science to bring
visibility to the plight of our bees, is the work of Kelly Rogers who recently
completed a multi media installation as part of her MFA qualifications. The
installation includes live bees. bee-ecology.com
Yet another approach is art that utilizes native plants in
outdoor installations that can provide nectar specifically for native Florida
bees. A recent example of a landscape designed by an EcoArtist to attract and
nurture Florida native pollinators is Eco Walk in Boynton Beach at the new LEED
Gold certified apartment complex, Seabourn Cove. http://www.boynton-beach.org/departments/public_art/projects/dixie_ecowalk.php
While this work, by local Palm Beach county EcoArtist Lucy Keshavarz is focused
more closely on butterflies, the plants selected also encourage native bees.
Martin County EcoArtist Jesse Etelson discovered that a fanciful ceramic
vessel designed as a screech owl nesting box actually attracted native Florida
bees instead! His research after this serendipitous occurrence showed that
indeed ceramic containers have been used for millennia dating back to Egyptian
beekeepers as ideal beehives. http://jesseetelson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/screechowl.jpg
Organized by Rolando Chang Barrero, curator.
"What's All the Buzz About?" will benefit Palm Beach Beekeepers Assoc., a 501(c)3 Non Profit***
"What's All the Buzz About?" will benefit Palm Beach Beekeepers Assoc., a 501(c)3 Non Profit***
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