Patrick Denker at ATHICA Spring 2009
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Running on Empty Closing Day:
Fossil Fuel Addiction Symposium and reception
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
2:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Our Closing Day symposium aims to provide the practical information
needed to translate motivation into action.
Above: Painter Morgan Craig who will appear on our artists' panel.
Schedule:
2:30 ¬ Presentation: The Polarity of Global Warming,
by Sally E. Walker
-Walker is a Professor of Paleontology at the University of Georgia. She
recently returned from an Antarctic expedition where she studied global
climate change in relation to how polar organisms become fossilized.
Presentation and Q &A.
3:15 ¬ Presentation: A Life Connected,
 by JC Corcoran
-Video and Q &A on the connection between meat-based diets and fuel
consumption. Corcoran is the founder and director of PlantPeaceDaily.Org.
3:35 ¬ Panel Discussion: Green Your Home
Moderator: Dick Field, Athens-Clarke County Environmental Coordinator
Local green industry representatives:
-Renewable energy installer Michelle Conlon,
OneWorld Sustainable
-Green builder Tony Purcell,
Complete Resources Building & Repair
-Green real estate specialist Patrick O'Brien,
Full Circle Real Estate Group
-Home energy audit specialist Todd Elihu,
Energy Improvement Solutions
4:20 ¬– Presentation: Solutions in Focus ¬
Running on Empty sponsors present green products, including the solar hot
water heater made by Athens, GA-based Power Partners Solar.
4:45 ¬ Panel Discussion: The Inspiration of Empty ¬
Moderator, Bart King, Curator
Running on Empty artists discuss art, activism and fossil fuels.
Participating artists:
John English and Krysia Haag of Athens;
Morgan Craig of Philadelphia, PA;
Franklynn Peterson of Madison, WI and others TBA.
(see illustrated checklist link for image examples.)
5:30 - 6:00:
Closing Reception with coffee by 1000 Faces
and snacks by Trumps
6:00: End of Silent Auction Bidding
for Selected Artists' work
Participating Artists:
Bill Bahmermann, Morgan Craig,
Craig Fisher, Christoph Gielen, Mindy Kober, Sarah Phillips, Franklynn Peterson, Holt Webb
• Bidding starts Thursday, March 26th at 6:00 p.m. and end at the end of the reception at 6:00 p.m.
• Prices range from $80 to several thousand, with most being below $1000.
• Click to see works
The Fossil Fuel Symposium will mark the closing of ATHICA's 30th exhibit, Running on Empty: the fossil fuel addiction, which has been one of the most
successful in ATHICA’s seven-year history.
“The interest in this show has been wonderful. We’ve set new attendance
records for our opening and general hours,” ATHICA director Lizzie Zucker
Saltz said. “The symposium will be an opportunity for the community to
learn more from experts about the environmental challenges posed by fossil
fuels and what we can do to respond.” She also noted that "Thanks to the
generosity of the guys at Ashford Manor and the artists themselves,
audiences will be able to meet some of the out-of-town artists in person,
such as painter Morgan Craig, for instance, whose work has created quiet a
stir."
The symposium will open with a presentation by University of Georgia
paleontology professor (and former ATHICA Board member) Sally E. Walker,
who recently returned from an Antarctic expedition studying climate change
in relation to the fossil record."
“Planet Earth's history has bounced between polar opposites—hot-house and
ice-house climates,” Walker said. “During hot-house climates, excess plant
material was stored in the rock record as coal (a fossil fuel), eventually
cooling the planet. Humans now rapidly burn fossil fuels, rapidly warming
the planet from mild, cooler conditions: will we, and the rest of Earth's
life, survive this global warming?”
A panel discussion titled “The Inspiration of Empty” will include Running
on Empty artists, who will speak about the intersection of artwork and
activism and how environmental issues serve as motivation in their lives.
Works by selected artists will be available in a silent auction that will
help support the non-profit gallery and the artists' expenses, beginning
Thursday, March 26th at 6:00 p.m. and ending the Sunday of the symposium
at 6:00 p.m.
A “Green Your Home” panel discussion moderated by Athens-Clarke County
Environmental Coordinator Dick Field will focus on ways that Athens
homeowners can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with home
energy use.
Participants will include renewable energy installers OneWorld
Sustainable; green builder Tony Purcell; Full Circle Real Estate Group
founder Patrick O'Brien; and a home energy audit specialist, Todd Elihu.
Other presentations will be given by Athens-based Solar Power
Partners—makers of a unique solar hot water heater—and JC Corcoran, an
M.D., and advocate of reducing carbon emissions through plant-based diets.
JC has been leading programs on plant-based nutrition and the
environmental impact of our food choices in and around Athens for many
years and publishes one of the nation’s most popular vegan lifestyle
e-newsletters, News For Life.
“It’s obvious to me that much of the Athens community is already motivated
to reduce their fossil fuels usage,” Running on Empty curator Bart King
said. “The Closing Day symposium aims to provide the practical information
needed to translate motivation into action.
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