The Artist Researcher
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June Julian deposited Fixing Ecologies on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – Video in the group
Fine Arts on Humanities Commons 6 months, 3 weeks agoIn this video presentation, I describe three projects that show how Art can help us to imagine cures for endangered coastal archaeology, personal and ecological grief, urban air pollution, and spark us to take action. If ecology is the study of the interaction of organisms within a shared habitat, and if Art is an Open Concept, we can enlist Art…[Read more]
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June Julian deposited Fixing Ecologies on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in the group
Fine Arts on Humanities Commons 6 months, 3 weeks agoIf ecology is the study of the interaction of organisms within a shared habitat, and if Art is an Open Concept, we can enlist Art to visualize remedies for broken hearts and broken landscapes. I propose that my following three projects show how Art can help us to imagine cures for endangered coastal archaeology, personal and ecological grief,…[Read more]
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June Julian deposited Acid Rain – A Pointed Lament in the group
Fine Arts on Humanities Commons 6 months, 3 weeks agoAs trees everywhere are threatened by human caused environmental impacts, we
lament their demise, and make our heated, pointed remarks about conservation and
change. During a self-directed Summer sabbatical to the
island of Samos Greece, where trees of any kind are struggling and rare, I painted a
series of trees with sharply pointed branches,…[Read more] -
June Julian deposited Arroyo as Metaphor: A Sense of Place in the High Desert in the group
Fine Arts on Humanities Commons 1 year, 2 months agoThe Arroyo Abatement project took place at the Double Diamond Ranch, 8 miles North of Cuba, New
Mexico, in June 2010. Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, and approved by the Rio Puerco Alliance, the objective
was to restore the property from the ravaging effects of water erosion caused…[Read more] -
June Julian deposited Arroyo as Metaphor: A Sense of Place in the High Desert in the group
Fine Arts on Humanities Commons 1 year, 2 months agoThe Arroyo Abatement project took place at the Double Diamond Ranch, 8 miles North of Cuba, New
Mexico, in June 2010. Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, and approved by the Rio Puerco Alliance, the objective
was to restore the property from the ravaging effects of water erosion caused…[Read more] -
June Julian deposited I Lichen New York Paintings in the group
Fine Arts on Humanities Commons 1 year, 2 months agoThe I Lichen New York paintings by June Julian combine nature, architecture and popular culture. They
reflect the author’s personal experience of place as effected by ecological pressures. Since lichens
only grow in unpolluted places, these works critique the degradation of air quality due
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June Julian deposited Skin in the Climate Game in the group
Fine Arts on Humanities Commons 1 year, 2 months agoA personal account of the author’s experience with skin cancer and its relationship to climate change.
It includes 6 original acrylic paintings in her “Here Not There” series.
The paintings show solitary pale nude figures reclining in an expanse of scorching desert with a backdrop of fiery skies, distant mesas and mountains. The colors are hot,…[Read more]