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WVEC's Artists For The Environment This Saturday
West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Tour of Wind Farms
TREE HUGGER'S BALL LINE-UP COMPLETE
Get out your dancin' shoes. The 2003 Tree Huggers' Ball musicians are: Paige Delporto, the Common Land Band, Them Others and Big Rock and the CandyAss Mountain Boys. Raffle items include a beautiful vase by artist Joe Lung, a massage, and much more. Details here.
P.S. Smokers, please smoke outside during this event!
On Earth Day, April 22 talk to EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman. Through the White House website's new feature "Ask the White House, "an online interactive forum, folks can submit questions to White House officials in real time. The forum begins at 6 p.m. Eastern at www.whitehouse.gov/ask/ . Ask Ms. Whitman about mountaintop removal.
Three upcoming screenings of "Coal Bucket Outlaw," Appalshop's documentary about overweight coal trucks:
Monday, April 28 at 7 p.m. at the Athens International Film and Video Festival at the Ridges Theater in Athens, Ohio.
Wednesday, April 30, 7 p.m. at the Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, WV.
Wednesday, May 14, 2003 7 p.m. at the Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Williamson, WV in room 325.
WVEC'S ARTISTS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THIS SATURDAY
Celebrate spring and Earth week with the West Virginia Environmental Council at our: "Artists For the Environment" event to be held: Saturday ~ April 26, 2003 from 1:00 till 7:00 pm. Perfater Law Office building Lobby - 1311 Virginia Street East ~ Charleston, WV
Artists For the Environment" ~ features works of art by artists from around the state. All art forms are included: visual arts (drawing, photography, sculpture, pottery, painting, mixed media, textiles, jewelry etc.); poetry; writing; music; theatrical and dance.
Highlights Include: Raffle Drawing of Mark Blumenstein sculpture; Live Music by Michael Lipton, Ammed Solomen & others; Silent auction of various artwork & eclectic items; Artists selling their work ~ lots of interesting pieces!; Poetry Readings; Dance performance by Jude Binder; Chair massages; Selection of healthy refreshments & decadent goodies!; West Virginia wine and Home-brew beer.
Other participants include: Spring Creek Natural Foods, Jeff Fetty (metalwork donation), Steve Gormezano (bark baskets), Lynn Degen (jewelry & natural foods), Chuck Wyrostok (photography donation), Scott Smith (photography donation), Winter Ross (quilted work donation), Rick Rivard (flutes & silverwork), Kay Basham (hemp jewelry & herbs), Don Garvin (photography donation), Denise Poole (candles & beadwork), John Taylor (poetry reading),
A minimum of $1.00 suggested entry fee donation is requested. Of course, you will want to spend lots of $$$$ on those special treasures and delicious creations! For more information: Denise Poole - deniseap@earthlink.net
Sponsored by: West Virginia Environmental Council; 1324 Virginia Street East, Charleston WV 25301 - (304) 346-5905 www.wvecouncil.org
WV HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY TOUR OF WIND FARMS
WVHC's Spring Review (April 25-27) will focus on wind farms in WV. For information, contact Dave Saville at dave@wvhighlands.org or 304-284-9548.
A wonderful nature writer, Chris Camuto, is hosting an "art of nature writing" workshop in Highlands, NC June 16-22. This is a pilot program sponsored by the University of Georgia for aspiring writers in verse, fiction or nonfiction. It's an intense workshop week in an interesting setting, with time for socializing and getting out into the mountains. See www.uga.edu/eecp/resources under "The Art of Nature Writing: The Cullasaja Summer Workshop."
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