<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Consolas, monospace; "><div>Call to Artists - "CONVERGENCE/DIVERGENCE"</div><div><br></div><div>WEAD, the Women Environmental Artists Directory <<a href="http://weadartists.org/">http://weadartists.org/</a>>, is coordinating an exhibition on the topic of WATER at the Los Medanos College Gallery in Pittsburg, CA from November 15 to December 20, 2012. The exhibition will be curated by international environmental artist Suzon Fuks, initiator and co-founder of "Waterwheel" <<a href="http://water-wheel.net/">http://water-wheel.net/</a>>.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>WEAD cordially invites your participation in this important topical exhibition "Convergence/Divergence".</div><div><br></div><div>As an all-volunteer organization they are not in a position to provide any funds for participating artists, such as cost of delivery of artworks or mailings, but the Los Medanos showcase will be an excellent venue with an important focus. We're especially interested in seeing work from artists who can contribute video or digital works. Of course sculpture, two-dimensional and performance work is also welcome.</div><div><br></div><div>What makes Los Medanos College such a good venue for the discussion is its location and focus on environmental stewardship. The following excerpt is from the web page of the Environmental Sciences department:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> "The California Delta is our “back yard” – the confluence California’s two major rivers, the Sacramento and San Joaquin, is very close to our campus. The Delta presents serious ecological and hydrological crises that call for attention, and LMC is the only institution of higher learning permanently situated at the confluence of those two great rivers. </div><div> It is estimated that 70% of the heavy industry in the Bay Area is located along the river corridor that forms the northern boundary of Contra Costa County. This region’s oil refineries, chemical plants, water and wastewater treatment facilities, and power plants are screaming for more locally-trained employees, including environmental scientists and technicians. "</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Los Medanos College is also the site of a unique 9 acre central pond that supplies storm-water resource for the campus landscaping.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>If you are interested in participating in this environmentally oriented art exhibition, please contact WEAD Exhibitions Chair, Vickie Jo Sowell, at <a href="mailto:vickiejosowell@hotmail.com">vickiejosowell@hotmail.com</a>. Please use the subject line "Los Medanos Exhibition"</div><div>=====DEADLINE 21 SEPTEMBER 2012======</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Apologies for cross-posting. Please distribute to your network</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Suzon</div><div>WATERWHEEL, Make & Share about Water</div><div><br></div><div>Initiator & Co-Founder of WATERWHEEL <a href="http://water-wheel.net/">http://water-wheel.net</a></div><div>IGNEOUS Co-Artistic Director <a href="http://www.igneous.org.au/">http://www.igneous.org.au</a></div><div>2nd semester 2012: Copeland Fellow & Associate Researcher at the Women Studies Research Centre at the Five College, Massachusetts</div><div>Cell phone: 413-234-7092 (for text messages only)</div><div>skype: suzonfuks | <a href="http://suzonfuks.net/">http://suzonfuks.net</a></div><div>Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail</div><div>it takes 3 litres of water to make 1 sheet of A4 paper & 12,000 litres to make 500 grams of chocolate!</div></div></span></div></body></html>