Nature-Based Art Sculptor Recognized

On November 7, 2011 By

Patrick Dougherty, sculptor of Sittin’ Pretty and Spittin’ Image, took honors this past May as the winner of $10,000 and the 2011 Elizabeth and Mallory Factor Prize for Southern Art.  Dougherty is originally from North Carolina and still resides there today.  This award he was given “acknowledges highly skilled artists who’s work contributes to a new [...]

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Nicole Dextras

On April 11, 2011 By

I recently discovered a new artist that I want to share with you guys.  I realize that there are a multitude of amazing environmental and visual artists out there, but being rather new to the whole field myself, I’m not familiar with many of them aside from the artists who contributed to the South Carolina [...]

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Richard Shilling

On April 8, 2011 By

While browsing for environmental art news, I came across an artist that until today I had been unfamiliar with.  Richard Shilling is a British land artist who lives in Lancaster, England and is currently artist in residence in at Beacon Fell Country Park in Lancashire.  Check out Shilling’s website and blog to read about his [...]

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Dougherty’s Latest Installation

On April 4, 2011 By

Patrick Dougherty, the artist behind the SCBG’s Sittin’ Pretty and Spittin’ Image , is currently working with the Palo Alto Art Center in Palo Alto, California on a site-specific installation.  Dougherty, whose work is both inspired by and centered around the environment, mainly saplings, told spectators at the Palo Alto Art Center that his sculpture would [...]

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Children and Artists Dream of Greener Wetlands

On March 30, 2011 By

Check out this interesting upcoming exhibition of environmental art presented by the Cheng-Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project! Five artists have been selected for the 2011 site-specific exhibition “Children and Artists Dream of Greener Wetlands” which will take place in the Cheng-Long Wetlands in Yunlin County, Taiwan.  The artists will travel to Yunlin County to [...]

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LAND/ART Web Exhibition

On March 19, 2011 By

Check out the LAND/ART: A WEB EXHIBITION to see some awesome nature-based art!

What is it? During the summer and fall 2009, a group of New Mexico arts organizations joined together to present LAND/ART, which explored relationships of land, art, and community through exhibitions, site-specific art works, lectures, and a culminating book. The collaboration focused on [...]

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Calling All Environmental Artists!

On March 18, 2011 By

The McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, North Carolina is calling all artists interested in creating environmental art in the public domain! The Environmental Artist-in-Residence program is looking for artists to create art that demonstrates relevance, significance, and the importance of sustainability to display at the McColl Center for a [...]

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A Quick Update

On March 17, 2011 By

For the past year, Dylan Wolfe’s Visual Communication class at Clemson University has been working with the South Carolina Botanical Garden’s Nature Based Art Program as a service-learning project.  As a member of that class, I will admit that I was not aware of the SCBG’s NBA Program until this semester, but I am glad [...]

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Martha Jackson Jarvis featured in USA Projects

On March 12, 2011 By

Martha Jackson-Jarvis, the artist behind 2000′s Ochun, has been selected to be featured in a new online community of American artists called USA Projects.  USA Projects was created by United States Artists as a community to connect America’s finest artists with their patrons.  For the community, Jackson Jarvis launched a new project titled Message in a [...]

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eARTh Competition

On March 11, 2011 By

The South Carolina Botanical Garden Nature Based Art Program is holding an art competition. Here are the details courtesy of Courtney Adair, one of the Clemson students who helped organize the event.

The Nature Based Art Program is hosting the eARTh competition!

Who? YOU! Artists are encouraged to submit their original renditions of one the [...]

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