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'''Greenmuseum.org''' was a [[nonprofit]] online [[museum]] of [[environmental art]]. Since its launch in 2001, greenmuseum.org had become a source for information about this global art movement, which includes ecoart (or [[ecological art]]), [[land art]], art in nature and related terms.<ref name="profusion">{{cite web |title=A Profusion of Terms |url=http://www.greenmuseum.org/generic_content.php?ct_id=306 |website=Greenmuseum.org |access-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616091728/http://www.greenmuseum.org/generic_content.php?ct_id=306 |archive-date=2010-06-16}}</ref><ref name="LT">{{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Grayson |title=Green art is so black and white |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/319618788 |access-date=10 July 2021 |publisher=The Times, London |date=25 October 2006}}</ref> It was formed by a group of artists in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] who were interested in ecology who had observed that a museum did not exist that was dedicated to the history art and ecology.<ref name="VAS">{{cite web |last1=Frock |first1=Christian L. |title=The Green Museum |url=https://www.visualartsource.com/index.php?page=editorial&pcID=17&aID=401 |publisher=Visual Art Source |access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> |
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'''Greenmuseum.org''' was a [[nonprofit]] online [[museum]] of [[environmental art]]. Since its launch in 2001, greenmuseum.org had become a source for information about this global art movement, which includes eco-art (or ecological art), [[land art]], art in nature and related terms. |
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==History== |
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As an online museum it was free to visit and open 24 hours a day throughout the year. It received close to 3,000 visitors per day (over one million visitors in 5 years). The website provided a forum for discussion, a toolbox of practical resources for policy makers, scientists, educators and communities, as well as the latest artists, exhibitions and event listings. |
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The concept for the museum emerged in 2000 from a [[San Francisco Bay Area]] collaborative sculpture group called Meadowsweet Dairy. Members of the collective included Sam Bower, Genda Griffith, Henry Corning, Dan Ustin, Alan Leavitt, Tyler Johnson and Alex Tereshkin. These artists recognized the need for a cultural infrastructure to support ecological artwork and artists. Through a series of meetings, the name greenmuseum.org was arrived upon, and the collective applied for non-profit status.<ref name="W&C">{{cite web |last1=Whittaker |first1=Richard |title=A Conversation with Sam Bower: Green Museum |url=https://www.conversations.org/story.php?sid=201 |publisher=Works & Conversations |access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref> The site was launched on December 21, 2001.<ref name="LV">{{cite web |last1=Bower |first1=Sam |title=art+environment+online+community+service: greenmuseum.org |url=https://www.landviews.org/la2003/green-sb.html |publisher=Land Views: Online Journal of Landscape, Art & Design |access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref> |
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==Online museum== |
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In addition to presenting curated online exhibitions highlighting themes and issues, greenmuseum.org made possible the printed and online catalogue of the [[Contemporary Arts Center|Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati]]'s historic "Ecovention: current art to transform ecologies" exhibition in 2002, a collaboration with ecoartspace. In partnership with Amber Lotus Publishers, greenmuseum.org publishes a calendar of environmental art that is distributed internationally. |
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The online museum featured the work of over 130 international artists including those from the U.S., Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, Denmark, Iran, Israel, Korea, Spain, South Africa, and the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="VAS" /> The featured artists were organized into fourteen classifications such as: agitation, art-in-nature, documentation, natural processes, performance, restoration, propaganda, etc.<ref name="Cano">{{cite journal |last1=Cano |first1=Antonio José García |title=La memoria como emoción para transformar desde la práctica artística los lugares en hogares y crear nuevas ecologías |journal=Art, Emotion and Value. 5th Mediterranean Congress of Aesthetics |date=2011 |pages=585–596 }}</ref> As an online museum it was free to visit and open 24 hours a day throughout the year. In 2009 it received between 3,000 to 3,500 visitors per day (over one million visitors in 5 years).<ref name="PAR" /> The website provided a forum for discussion, a "toolbox" of practical resources for educators,<ref name="VAS" /><ref name="SFC">{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Stacy |title=SITE SPECIFIC www.greenmuseum.org |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/411666034 |access-date=10 July 2021 |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |date=23 May 2004}}</ref> policy makers, scientists, and communities, as well as the artists, exhibitions and event listings. |
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Some of the educational resources available on greenmuseum.org were syllabi, essays and online exhibitions.<ref name="AJ">{{cite journal |last1=Bower |first1=Sam |title=Get Information, Give Information: Facilitating the Production and Teaching of Environmental Art |journal=Art Journal |date=Spring 2006 |volume=65 |issue=1 |pages=78–80 |doi=10.2307/20068450 |jstor=20068450 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20068450 |access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref> |
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Greenmuseum curated online exhibitions highlighting themes and issues, and made possible the printed and online catalogue of the [[Contemporary Arts Center|Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati]]'s ''Ecovention: current art to transform ecologies'' exhibition in 2002,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Caballero |first1=Belén Romero |title=Prácticas artísticas ecológicas: Un estado de la cuestión. Arte y Políticas De Identidad |journal=Arte y Políticas de Identidad |date=July 2014 |volume=10-11 |pages=11–34|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1661593286 |access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref> a collaboration with ecoartspace. In partnership with Amber Lotus Publishers, greenmuseum.org published a calendar of environmental art.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greenmuseum's Environmental Art Calendar 2008|url=https://inhabitat.com/greenmuseums-environmental-art-calendar-2008/|access-date=2021-07-09|language=en-US}}</ref> Greenmuseum.org also hosted greenmuseumWiki, an interactive online community discussion space.<ref name="Whole Earth">{{cite journal |last1=Bolling |first1=David |title=Review: greenmuseum.org |journal=Whole Earth |date=Summer 2002 |volume=56 |issue=108 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/236848403 |access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref> |
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Greenmuseum.org highlights developments in the environmental art movement and helps facilitate [[collaborative partnerships]] between a range of people, places and organizations. Its activities are designed to stimulate the diffusion of ecological art aesthetics, ideas and working methods to facilitate the creation of a more sustainable world culture. |
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Greenmuseum.org focused on developments in the environmental art movement and helped facilitate [[collaborative partnerships]] between a range of people, places and organizations.<ref>{{Cite web|website=NP Action|date=2006|title=Advocacy Through Online Community: greenmuseum.org |url=http://www.npaction.org/article/articleview/678/1/222 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061129204038/http://www.npaction.org/article/articleview/678/1/222|archive-date=29 November 2006}}</ref> Its activities were designed to stimulate the diffusion of ecological art aesthetics, ideas and working methods to facilitate the creation of a more sustainable world culture.<ref name="VAS" /> Greenmuseum's founder [[Sam Bower]] suggested that artists "begin thinking seriously about ecological problems and their solutions" and that artists in the 21st century and such institutional settings like sculpture parks "urgently need a more constructive relationship between our species and the natural world. We can no longer afford the vacationer’s emphasis on art for art’s sake”.<ref name="Orion">{{cite journal |last1=Reece |first1=Eric |title=Reclaiming a Toxic Legacy Through Art and Science |journal=Orion Magazine |date=November–December 2007 |url=http://designcoalition.org/DCInstitute/B_Articles/Articles%20About%20Us%20Institute/ORIONarticle.pdf |access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref> |
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The website, however, no longer exists. |
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After being active from 2001 to 2008, the website was closed in 2019, though an archived snapshot copy is available.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020|title=Visit our original website |website=Greenmuseum.systems |url=https://www.greenmuseum.systems/|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
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Allison L. Compton wrote a feature article, ''A Site for Environmental Art: GreenMuseum.org'' in the journal Public Art Review.<ref name="PAR">{{cite journal |last1=Compton |first1=Alison L. |title=A Site for Environmental Art: GreenMuseum.org |journal=Public Art Review |date=Spring–Summer 2009 |pages=52–55 |url=https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll128:7766/p16022coll128:7686?child_index=52&query=&sidebar_page=18 |access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Environmental |
* [[Environmental sculpture]] |
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* [[Site-specific art]] |
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*[[Land art]] |
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==References== |
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*[[Site-specific art]] |
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==External links== |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090713051112/http://greenmuseum.org/ Greenmuseum.org] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090713051112/http://greenmuseum.org/ Greenmuseum.org] |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080622140823/http://cagzine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=199&Itemid=77&PHPSESSID=af4049231f4a7223889daa39d75afc43 Interview in cagzine.com (Contemporary Art Gallery Magazine)] |
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* [http://www.greenmuseum.org/generic_content.php?ct_id=306 Environmental art terminology] |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061129204038/http://www.npaction.org/article/articleview/678/1/222 Article about greenmuseum.org on NP Action] |
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* [http://cagzine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=199&Itemid=77 Interview with Sam Bower, the founding executive director.] |
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| Established | 21 December 2001 |
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| Dissolved | 2019 |
| Location | online |
| Type | environmental and ecological art; educational resources |
| Visitors | 3,000-3,500 per day in 2009 |
| Executive director | Sam Bower |
Greenmuseum.org was a nonprofit online museum of environmental art. Since its launch in 2001, greenmuseum.org had become a source for information about this global art movement, which includes ecoart (or ecological art), land art, art in nature and related terms.[1][2] It was formed by a group of artists in the San Francisco Bay Area who were interested in ecology who had observed that a museum did not exist that was dedicated to the history art and ecology.[3]
History
[edit]The concept for the museum emerged in 2000 from a San Francisco Bay Area collaborative sculpture group called Meadowsweet Dairy. Members of the collective included Sam Bower, Genda Griffith, Henry Corning, Dan Ustin, Alan Leavitt, Tyler Johnson and Alex Tereshkin. These artists recognized the need for a cultural infrastructure to support ecological artwork and artists. Through a series of meetings, the name greenmuseum.org was arrived upon, and the collective applied for non-profit status.[4] The site was launched on December 21, 2001.[5]
Online museum
[edit]The online museum featured the work of over 130 international artists including those from the U.S., Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, Denmark, Iran, Israel, Korea, Spain, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.[3] The featured artists were organized into fourteen classifications such as: agitation, art-in-nature, documentation, natural processes, performance, restoration, propaganda, etc.[6] As an online museum it was free to visit and open 24 hours a day throughout the year. In 2009 it received between 3,000 to 3,500 visitors per day (over one million visitors in 5 years).[7] The website provided a forum for discussion, a "toolbox" of practical resources for educators,[3][8] policy makers, scientists, and communities, as well as the artists, exhibitions and event listings. Some of the educational resources available on greenmuseum.org were syllabi, essays and online exhibitions.[9]
Greenmuseum curated online exhibitions highlighting themes and issues, and made possible the printed and online catalogue of the Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati's Ecovention: current art to transform ecologies exhibition in 2002,[10] a collaboration with ecoartspace. In partnership with Amber Lotus Publishers, greenmuseum.org published a calendar of environmental art.[11] Greenmuseum.org also hosted greenmuseumWiki, an interactive online community discussion space.[12]
Greenmuseum.org focused on developments in the environmental art movement and helped facilitate collaborative partnerships between a range of people, places and organizations.[13] Its activities were designed to stimulate the diffusion of ecological art aesthetics, ideas and working methods to facilitate the creation of a more sustainable world culture.[3] Greenmuseum's founder Sam Bower suggested that artists "begin thinking seriously about ecological problems and their solutions" and that artists in the 21st century and such institutional settings like sculpture parks "urgently need a more constructive relationship between our species and the natural world. We can no longer afford the vacationer’s emphasis on art for art’s sake”.[14]
After being active from 2001 to 2008, the website was closed in 2019, though an archived snapshot copy is available.[15]
Reception
[edit]Allison L. Compton wrote a feature article, A Site for Environmental Art: GreenMuseum.org in the journal Public Art Review.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "A Profusion of Terms". Greenmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ Perry, Grayson (25 October 2006). "Green art is so black and white". The Times, London. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d Frock, Christian L. "The Green Museum". Visual Art Source. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ Whittaker, Richard. "A Conversation with Sam Bower: Green Museum". Works & Conversations. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Bower, Sam. "art+environment+online+community+service: greenmuseum.org". Land Views: Online Journal of Landscape, Art & Design. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Cano, Antonio José García (2011). "La memoria como emoción para transformar desde la práctica artística los lugares en hogares y crear nuevas ecologías". Art, Emotion and Value. 5th Mediterranean Congress of Aesthetics: 585–596.
- ^ a b Compton, Alison L. (Spring–Summer 2009). "A Site for Environmental Art: GreenMuseum.org". Public Art Review: 52–55. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Martin, Stacy (23 May 2004). "SITE SPECIFIC www.greenmuseum.org". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Bower, Sam (Spring 2006). "Get Information, Give Information: Facilitating the Production and Teaching of Environmental Art". Art Journal. 65 (1): 78–80. doi:10.2307/20068450. JSTOR 20068450. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Caballero, Belén Romero (July 2014). "Prácticas artísticas ecológicas: Un estado de la cuestión. Arte y Políticas De Identidad". Arte y Políticas de Identidad. 10–11: 11–34. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Greenmuseum's Environmental Art Calendar 2008". Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ Bolling, David (Summer 2002). "Review: greenmuseum.org". Whole Earth. 56 (108). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Advocacy Through Online Community: greenmuseum.org". NP Action. 2006. Archived from the original on 29 November 2006.
- ^ Reece, Eric (November–December 2007). "Reclaiming a Toxic Legacy Through Art and Science" (PDF). Orion Magazine. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Visit our original website". Greenmuseum.systems. 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.