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Happy New Year and reminder about deadlines for the 2016 eco-art projects I curate in Taiwan each year

03 Sunday Jan 2016

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Hello Everyone,

I hope that your 2016 is happy, healthy and adventurous!  This photo shows me working in Izmir, Turkey, on my recent Fulbright Specialist grant project with the Museum of Paper & Book Arts, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.  My experience as an artist in residence in Turkey was great, and I am looking forward to more adventures in 2016.

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I wanted to remind artists to send applications soon for the 2016 eco-art projects I curate in Taiwan. This Spring I will again be going back to Taiwan to curate two environmental art projects that invite international artists to come to Taiwan for a 25-day residency and create site-specific environmental art projects. Selected artists receive a stipend of US$2000, airfare, accommodations, meals and volunteer help.

The deadline for applications is coming up fast for the Cheng Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project in Yunlin County, Taiwan. All application materials must be submitted by email to me at allenrebeccajanei@gmail.com by January 15, 2016. Selected artists will come to Cheng Long from April 7 to May 2, 2016, and the theme is “Meet the Future in Cheng Long”. For complete details about what to send to apply see the Blog at http://artproject4wetland.wordpress.comMarisa

This photo shows Marisa Merlin’s 2015 installation in Cheng Long Wetlands.

I will also be curating the 2nd eco-art project in Keelung, Taiwan, with the National Museum of Marine Science & Technology. Look at the Museum’s website at http://www.nmmst.gov.tw Then click on to English and Activities and you will see the 2016 Call for Proposals. The theme for 2016 is “Envisioning the Future , and it is the 130th anniversary for Keelung port. Selected artists for the Keelung project will be in residency in Taiwan from May 12 to June 6, 2016.

outdoor installation by Taiwanese artist Chris Lee at the 2015 NMMST International Environmental Art Project in Keelung, Taiwan

outdoor installation by Taiwanese artist Chris Lee at the 2015 NMMST International Environmental Art Project in Keelung, Taiwan

The deadline for applications to the Cheng Long project is January 15 2016, and the deadline for applications to the Keelung art project is February 15, 2016. Hope to see your applications soon.

Cheng Long Site Map Art Project, Cheng Long Village, Yunlin County, Taiwan

05 Tuesday May 2015

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I have just completed a 25-day artist in residency (April 9 – May 4, 2015) in Cheng Long Village, Yunlin County, Taiwan, where I was also the Curator of the 6th annual Cheng Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project. See the Blog at http://artproject4wetland.wordpress.com for photos and information about this international environmental art project.

This year in Cheng Long, in addition to being the curator, I made my own handmade paper artwork and involved the local community in hand papermaking activities. I created a Cheng Long site map using 10 different local plants to make the paper for the artwork. The finished Cheng Long site map is now on exhibition in an abandoned house in the small fishing village that is now being used as an art gallery  for my Cheng Long Site Map and also displaying some of the Cheng Long Elementary School children’s paintings about environmental issues.

Here are some photos of my papermaking activities in Cheng Long showing local children and parents participating.  The Cheng Long Site Map is about 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide and made in the shape of the cormorant bird that has become the unofficial mascot of Cheng Long Wetlands.  Back in 2010, a cormorant bird broke its wing and spent a whole year recuperating with the help of the Kuan Shu Foundation staff and the children in Cheng Long Elementary School. One side of my site map is a sort of map of Cheng Long village and the wetlands and has many leaves, flowers and natural materials from the area. The other side of my Cheng Long Site Map has many photos of Cheng Long children’s faces on it.

For Cheng Long I also made a sample book with recipes for making paper from the 10 local plants I used for this artwork: Paper Mulberry bark, pomgania (Indian beech tree) bark, Fan Palm leaves, Common Reed leaves, Sugar Cane leaves, Sugar Cane bark (waste from a local night market vendor), Sweet Potato vines and leaves, Beach Hibiscus tree bark, Banana leaves and Rice straw.

boy and mom making paper boy making paper   gathering fan palm jane beginning map side Jane making side with children jane starts map side jane taking off Kouu from temple jane, isabell, hsu making paper map side in progress with Jane map side in progress people making paper

My Cheng Long Site Map remains on exhibit in the village, and this artwork has been donated to the Kuan Shu Environmental Education Foundation in Cheng Long for permanent display in the village.

The photos of my art project in Cheng Long are by my husband Timothy S. Allen, and you can see more of his photos at his Blog: http://allentimphotos2.wordpress.com

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