By Sarah Watson Gray | Director of Institutional Giving
From May 4–July 31, 2023, YoungArts presented Megafauna Land Dwellers an exhibition exploring pressing environmental issues through art created by 28 dancers, designers, photographers, visual artists and writers. Curated by Naomi Fisher (1994 Visual Arts), artist, curator and co-founder of Bas Fisher Invitational (BFI), the group exhibition highlighted works that responded to vital topics such as eco-feminism, nature and wildlife conservation, artificial landscapes, activism and biodiversity.
Fisher’s artistic and curatorial practices are defined by humanity’s interaction with nature and its’ impact on the planet, as well as the inspiration natural forms have on how humans build and decorate dwellings, design functional objects and inspire art. For Megafauna Land Dwellers, these considerations were expanded into a larger and more textured dialogue through interdisciplinary and intergenerational voices.
Naomi Fisher shared: “We are at a critical time on planet earth, the urgency to change our lifestyles to combat climate change is clear based on many scientific reports, yet not enough action to reduce carbon in the necessary timeline is underway. Sometimes there is despair, and art brings us back to a place of contemplation through visual explorations of ideas rooted in many mediums. Art enlightens our awareness of how we perceive, interact with, and rely on nature.”
Megafauna Land Dwellers was part of YoungArts’ annual exhibition schedule, which provides space for an intergenerational group of artists across disciplines to present work that contemplates pressing issues from our past and present that affect our future. Invited guest artists or curators expand on the idea of conventional exhibition-making to embrace the idea of mentorship and peer-to-peer exchange between artists that are part of the YoungArts community and beyond.
Participating artists, who are all YoungArts award winners from the last 40 years, were:
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