FOR THE SEVENTH GENERATION
A community of coastal watchers
THE ONE MILE PANOMURAL OF THE CALIFORNIA, OREGON, & WASHINGTON COASTS
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CALL FOR ARTISTS For The Seventh Generation exhibition will be shown in Lincoln City, OR at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, it will be the cornerstone of the Seventh Generation Festival 2021. Elisabeth Jones Art Center will be showing close to 1/2 a mile of the 2ft x 1mile mural consisting of 2ft x 4ft paintings of specific spots along the West Coast. Please fill out the form below to be considered for the exhibition. 10 artists to receive $100 stipends
10 artists to receive $250 stipends Early applications are encouraged for honorarium consideration and exhibition. |
APPLICATION FOR JUNE 2021 EXHIBITION
PAINTERS: CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE APPLICATION
VIDEO ARTISTS: CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE APPLICATION
SPOKEN WORD: CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE APPLICATION
DOWNLOAD A PRINTABLE APPLICATION
Send printable applications and any questions to inga@elisabethjones.art | ||
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ABOUT THE PROJECT A Visual State of the Ocean Address Perhaps each of us has a favorite spot along the coast. Looking out over it, we may find ourselves asking, will it survive? For this reason, 1,320 artists are joining to create For the Seventh Generation, a free-standing, two-foot by mile-long painting dedicated to ocean protection. When the panomural is complete, every mile of the California, Oregon, and Washington coastline will be represented by an artist who has created a four-foot section of the total mural – conceptually a continuous landscape, a panorama of the western coastline. The ocean is continually under threat. Pollution, coastal development, and over fishing all tax the health of its finite system. Without our strong environmental conscience and a voice to express it, threats to the ocean will be left unchallenged and its health subject to the whim and manipulations of politics and industry. This project, extending through the twenty-first century, provides such a voice. Why Seven Generations The ocean will always be under siege by humans. Problems today will be compounded by the unknown problems of the future. There will always be problems that must be addressed - and short term commitment will not suffice. |
Who We Are
We are a community of artists interested in contemporary art practices and the possibilities presented when innovation is combined with the artist’s need to address the urgent issue of ocean health. Like a symphony, we as a group can orchestrate – through this project – complexities difficult for the lone virtuoso’s vision, an effort both collective and individual. Why We Do It We are artists inspired by living things and the landscape, and we want to express this inspiration in an effort that is both collective and individual. Each artist’s creation is one voice in a chorus of ocean paintings. Each painting argues the ocean’s value. The mural is a positive painting of our coastline that lets us speak to people across the nation about the beauty we experience, wish to preserve, and want to use in a rational manner. |
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Project Overview
How it works – each person chooses a mile, to revisit and paint each year, joining a system of self-sustaining coastal watchers. To be renewed annually, this process work gives the artist the opportunity to intellectually and emotionally connect with the land and to take the role of both sentinel and chronicler of a specific ocean location. |
Goals
To create each year a two foot by one-mile, free-standing painting, a panorama that includes images from each mile of the California, Oregon and Washington coastline.
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View "For the Seventh Generation" catalogs from
the Pajaro Valley Arts Center in Watsonville, California, and from the Mendocino Arts Center exhibition. |
Ocean's Festival 2001 - (Catalog Design by Shae Uisna)
For the Seventh Generation 2003 - (Catalog Design by Shae Uisna)
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The fight for the ocean will be won not in the courtroom,
not in the legislative bodies, but in the people’s hearts.
not in the legislative bodies, but in the people’s hearts.
Want to Support the SEVENTH GENERATION PROJECT?
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MEMBER BENEFITS
As a member, you receive many benefits. We also offer exclusive member-only events: sneak peeks at special exhibitions and opening night receptions; member days when the gallery is closed to the public; our beloved members lecture series with Elisabeth Jones artists Conversations with CoLab artists; and more. Benefits include:
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