Women Eco Artists Dialog
Formation1996 (1996)
FounderJo Hanson, Susan Leibovitz Steinman and Estelle Akamine
Founded atSan Francisco, California
PurposeDirectory of female identified artists and researchers working with environmental and social justice issues
Websiteweadartists.org

Women Eco Artists Dialog (WEAD) is 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization focused on environmental and social justice art by female identified artists and researchers.[1]

History

WEAD (originally called Women Environmental Artists Directory) was founded in 1996 by Jo Hanson, Estelle Akamine, and Susan Leibovitz Steinman as a printed reference directory for entities interested in finding artists working with environmental issues.[2] Currently the directory takes form as a website with member-managed portfolios. The directory lists a wide variety of activist feminist artists, such as Agnes Denes; Mierle Ukeles; Betsy Damon; Jackie Brookner; Marina DeBris, a trashion artist; Betty Beaumont, often called a pioneer of environmental art; Lauren Elder, Judith Selby Lang; Robin Lasser; Jan Rindfleisch, Shai Zakai and Minoosh Zomorodinia.

WEAD has been listed among the best projects relating to environmental art,[3] and has sponsored a number of exhibits about activist eco art.[4][5][6]

Co-founder Jo Hanson was instrumental in founding the San Francisco Recology Artist in Residence Program, located at the San Francisco dump.[7] The WEAD co-founders were featured in a discussion about women artists of the American West whose art was about current social concerns.[8]

Publications

WEAD publishes an annual environmental and social justice magazine which focuses on such topics as dirty water and the legacy of atomic energy. Guest editors have included: Dr. Elizabeth Dougherty, founder of Wholly H2O, and speaker at events such as Pacific Gas and Electric Company conference on water conservation[9] and Tuolumne County's conference on greywater;[10] and Dr. Praba Pilar. Notable magazine contributors and featured artists include Mildred Howard and Linda Weintraub,[11] the author of well known books on art and activism such as To Life!.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Women Eco Artists Dialog. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  2. ↑ Leibovitz Steinman, Susan. "JO HANSON: Pioneering Environmental Artist Dies in San Francisco". Green Museum. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  3. ↑ "Green Arts Web: Artists & Projects". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  4. ↑ "Earthly Concerns, Activist EcoArt curated by WEAD" (PDF). University of San Francisco. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  5. ↑ "CONVERGENCE/DIVERGENCE SYMPOSIUM". Los Medanos College. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  6. ↑ "WEAD East I Women and the Environment". Kingsborough Community College. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  7. ↑ Recology. "The Art of Recology". Recology. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  8. ↑ Cohn, Terri. "Nature, Culture and Public Space". Purdue University. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  9. ↑ "2010 Water Conservation Showcase Speakers Save Water by Going Paperless!". Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  10. ↑ "Greywater in California: Designing, Managing, Monitoring". TUOLUMNE COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  11. ↑ Lambe, Claire. "An Interview with Linda Weintraub – Curator of "Dear Mother Nature: Hudson Valley Artists 2012" at The Dorsky". Roll Magazine, Mark Gruber Gallery. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  12. ↑ "To Life! Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet". University of California Press. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
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