Princeton Artists Directory, a newly formed group of professionally active artists all living and working in Princeton, present and discuss the works they created as a response to Flight Path, on exhibit on the library’s first floor through Jan 24, 2022.
Flight Path is the initiative of a British artist Louisa Crispin who is increasingly concerned at the loss of insect habitat and thus damage to the pollinator communities on which we rely so strongly. Through a simple concept this project has inspired so many to look at their own environment and reconsider their connections with nature, and what we can each do to improve Flight Paths.
Each PAD artist who participated in this collaborative work, used a single ‘concertina’ that Louisa provided. She made these through random mark making in graphite on both sides of a large sheet of paper cutting this into strips and folding on the square. The concertina sculptures focus attention on the barriers to nature and the struggle for the artists to find empty space to draw, paint, collage, or cut. ( A strong metaphor for the struggle in nature.)
None of the artists had ever worked quite like this before. The size is small intentionally to focus attention on the world of insects.
The work is a ‘satellite ‘of the UK Flight Path Community Project and is the only one in the US. After display at Princeton Public Library, all the PAD artists’ work will be returned to Louisa for further exhibition opportunities in the UK.
List of participating artists and the title of their piece for the exhibit:
Catherine Gowen: A Diverse Pollinator Community
Charlotte Bialek: Aquatic Life
Ellen Veden: Pollinators Need You
Heather Barros: Invasive Spotted Lantern Fly
Karen Stolper: The Human Effect
Libby Ramage: Digger Wasp
Maria LoBiondo: All life is linked
Mary Waltham: Rusty- Patched Bumble Bee
Meg Brinster Michael: A Pollinator’s Paradise
Mic Dino Boekelmann: Portals
Ryan Lilienthal:The Metamorphosis
This event was recorded on January 12, 2022.