RECIPROCITY
From Earth to Earth
Lisa Kaplan
Earth clay, Dried grasses and Oak from the park, Manzanita, Jute twine, Native plant seeds
Lisa Kaplan
Earth clay, Dried grasses and Oak from the park, Manzanita, Jute twine, Native plant seeds
This piece was made using natural materials and earth clay colors found in the local environment and at the park. It is designed to return to the earth and spread seeds with elemental exposure and is intentionally temporary.
We are all made of the same stuff – all colors, shapes, sizes, genders, abilities, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, nationalities, and political ideologies. We are all human beings. We all bleed. Flora fauna, and humans are from, and part of planet earth and to the earth, we all shall return.
Did you know? In Biblical Hebrew the root of the word “adam” – humankind is the same as the root of the word for earth or ground – “adamah”, and the word “dam” – blood, is within.
Created and installed with help from Jack’s Lavender Farm youth: and Annie; Jayden, Koa, Orian, Alan, Carlos, and Laura.
We are all made of the same stuff – all colors, shapes, sizes, genders, abilities, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, nationalities, and political ideologies. We are all human beings. We all bleed. Flora fauna, and humans are from, and part of planet earth and to the earth, we all shall return.
Did you know? In Biblical Hebrew the root of the word “adam” – humankind is the same as the root of the word for earth or ground – “adamah”, and the word “dam” – blood, is within.
Created and installed with help from Jack’s Lavender Farm youth: and Annie; Jayden, Koa, Orian, Alan, Carlos, and Laura.
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Lisa Kaplan, lead artist, strives to contribute to mending the world through the power of Art. An American and Israeli, she has deeply experienced “Other-ness,” as well as lack of command of the dominant language. Having served as MAC’s Artistic and Programs Director since 2015, her commitment to community and cross-cultural engagement through the arts, equitable access for all, and artistic excellence is evidenced in MAC’s programming.
She has collaborated on project design and managed numerous grants. Lisa spearheaded MAC’s programming after the Valley Fire for community members to process and heal the trauma of loss, at the same time recovering from her own fire-loss experience through her work’s purpose. She ensured virtual and outdoor/indoor delivery of continuous MAC programming during COVID so community members could safely engage and connect through the arts. She has led curation and production of 48 MAC exhibits and 4 EcoArts Sculpture Walks (2013-15; 2019) and has exhibited her own work internationally, nationally and regionally. Deeply concerned with environmental and socio-political issues, Lisa has been working with cob, a mixture of earth-clay and straw, for over 15 years. She co-created Earth to Earth with people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and abilities as part of RECIPROCITY. This circle of unity-in- diversity incorporates earthen figures and seeds from native plants which will grow and intermix over time as the installation dissolves back into the earth. |
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