Happy Holidays!
Happy New Year!
from Jane Ingram Allen
2017 was an eventful and artful year. At the beginning of the year I curated the environmental art projects I do each year in Taiwan. Cheng Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project took place during April and May in Yunlin County, Taiwan.
Installation “Microclimatic Life-line” by Annechien Meier and Gert-Jan Gerlach of the Netherlands for the 2017 Cheng Long Art Project
The National Museum of Marine Science International Environmental Art Project in Keelung, Taiwan, was held from June to September 2017.
In April and May I created an artwork to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Fulbright Foundation in Taiwan, that was installed at the Foundation’s Taipei headquarters in June.
I created this mixed media handmade paper artwork to celebrate 60 Years of US-Taiwan Fulbright Foundation Cultural Exchanges
In August 2017 I was an artist-in- residence in Newnan, GA with an award from Newnan Art Rez to create an environmental artwork in a city park.
“Living Quilt for Newnan” was installed on August 31, 2017
In October I opened my new art studio at Studio Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa, CA, after moving my art storage from New York State to Santa Rosa. I participated in an Open Studio the first weekend in November and had visitors making handmade paper.
Papermaking activity in my new Santa Rosa studio
In December I have been making a new handmade paper quilt with the “flying geese” pattern that has seeds for wildflowers in the pulp. I hope to plant this quilt and make another “flower bed” in early 2018 to memorialize the terrible October wildfires that destroyed so many homes and businesses in Santa Rosa. The transformation of the handmade paper quilt into a bed of blooming wildflowers reminds us of the regenerative power of nature and creates an evolving living artwork.
“Living Quilt for Newnan” installed on 8/31/2017; detail of flowers blooming on 11/3/2017
Thank you for your friendship and support this year. May all of you have a happy, healthy and peaceful 2018!
Jane Ingram Allen Art Projects 
Hi Jane-It’s been a long time-Happy,Happy Holidays.
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Hi Ellie, So happy to hear from you, and hope all is well and you have a great 2018. Hope to see you later in the summer when I am in Boston again visiting Chris and Rebecca in JP…I read online about all the workshops at your place in Ghana with artists I know. Best wishes, Jane
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Excellent, Jane!
Ecological Artist and Educator http://www.krisannebaker.com
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Thank you Krisanne, and hope we can meet somewhere in the world in 2018! Keep up your good work too! Best wishes for a Happy and Healthy and Productive 2018.
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I really enjoyed reading the summary of your year in art! I think your 60th anniversary installation is beautiful! Was a drone used to photograph the Microclimatic Life-line? It’s very cool! It’s very exciting to see the Newnan quilt blooming! I can’t wait to see Studio Santa Rosa. I see your grandchildren are learning to make paper:). Your idea for the flying geese quilt is a wonderful way to show hope in the face of all the destruction caused by the wildfires. Looking forward to seeing it!
Tina
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Hi Tina,
Thanks so much, and glad you enjoyed this summary of the year! Yes, a drone did take that photo from Cheng Long this year, and the man on the team that made that installation is an excellent photographer as well. Glad you like the flying geese quilt idea for Santa Rosa, and I am still working on getting it done to plant somewhere in early 2018. Our best wishes to you for a happy, healthy 2018!
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Thank you for the newsletter. I love the mural for the Fulbright group.
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Thank you!
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