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Happy International Mangrove Day !!!

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Mangroves: Australia – thanks to Jacqui Dreessens for the video

Today is the International Day of the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem , 26th July.

Declared by UNESCO, this day is to “to raise awareness of the importance of mangrove ecosystems as a unique, special and vulnerable ecosystem and to promote solutions for their sustainable management, conservation and uses”.

Mangroves: United Arab Emirates – thanks to Geraldine Chansard for the video

We hoped to open our multi-media exhibition, with amazing events and workshops, honouring today. Due to Covid we had to postpone the opening until 7th August. Still, we will celebrate and commemorate this important day!

Zahidah’s interview on The Sustainable Hour, 22 July

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In the run up to the International day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem (26 July), please tune in on Wednesday, 22 July to The Sustainable Hour, at 11 am, to listen to an interview with our curator Zahidah Zeytoun Millie!

Details: The Pulse 94.7 FM, Geelong, Victoria, community radio, at  11 a.m.

You can find the podcast here!

The Sustainable Hour:

By Anthony Gleeson, Jackie Matthews, Colin Mockett & Mik Aidt: The Sustainable Hour is a weekly podcast from Geelong, Australia, out at 11am on Wednesdays – for a green, clean, sustainable Geelong. We talk about how we make our houses and apartments, gardens and streets, our city, neighbourhood or village greener, cleaner, more beautiful, nicer to live in, healthier, more economical, connected and resilient while having fun with it too. Available in iTunes and Stitcher. More on http://www.podcast.climatesafety.info

Schedule of events

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Here is the schedule of talks, events and performances during our exhibition:

Mangroves from the water

Gordon Gallery, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia

26 July – 15 August

The exhibition will provide viewers with a range of media to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. The artists also hope to see discussions occurring throughout the exhibition in a series of colloquia.

The artists are:

Alexis Gambis, Nicola Cerini, Enrico Santucci, Deb Taylor, Richard Collopy, Jacqui Dreessens, Stephanie Neville, Geraldine Chansard, Peter & Helen Martin, and Zahidah Zeytoun Millie.

 The exhibition event will open on International Mangroves Day, 26 July, and end on 15 August 2020 during National Science Week (15-23 August).   Workshops on weaving, printing and painting will run during the multimedia exhibition and guest speakers will present related talks on mangroves and the Barwon region.

Guest speakers:

Date/Time Guest Speaker Location Title
15 Aug,

1000-1100

 Oskar Serrano Deakin University Coastal wetlands as weapons for climate change mitigation and time capsules of the human past
15 Aug, 1100-1200 Peter Martin Deakin University For the Beauty of the Earth

 

Workshops schedule:                                                                 

Date/Time Presenter Workshop Location Materials
31 Jul,

1000-1200

14 Aug,

1000-1200

7 Aug,

1000-1200

 Zahidah Zeytoun Millie Kayaking/water colour sketching. Barwon River, Barwon Heads

Hovells Creek

 Water colours, sketch book, kayak (self provided)
1 Aug, 1000-1600 Helen Martin Eco printing Point Lonsdale
2 Aug,

1000-1200

 

 Deb Taylor 2 hour collage

and paint

workshop

 Project Space Gallery
26 Jul,

1400-1500

 

8 Aug, 1400-6500

 

 22 Aug,

1400-6500

 Jacqueline Dreessens Environmental Dance  Interpretation The Project Space Gallery

Hovells Creek

School

theatre TBC
15 Aug,

0930-1230

 Nicola Cerini Interpreting the mangroves: printing on plywood The School of Lost Arts

 Live Performances

Date/Time Presenter Performance Location
Live music Project Space Gallery
26 July

1400-1500

 Jacqueline Dreessens Environmental Dance  Interpretation The Project Space Gallery

Announcing our collaboration with Ocean Tree Studios

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Mangroves from the Water exhibition is happy to collaborate with Ocean Tree Studios in Florida, USA to join the world celebration of the mangroves and wetlands on the International Mangroves Day.

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Ocean Tree Studios is an environmental conservation organization founded in 2017 by Maya Greven (Founder, Creative Director).

Their mission is inspired by the magnificent mangrove, the tremendous legacy of Doris Leeper and the cross-pollination of art and science. They are dedicated to inspiring sustainable behavior, healthy habitats, expanding living shorelines and promoting the use of native plants through educational outreach and land conservancy programs that utilize the arts, culture and community-engaged design for the benefit of the Indian River Lagoon and for the greater public health of the surrounding communities.

“We believe that in restoring our landscape, we are restoring ourselves. Through community engagement, collaborative and creative efforts we hope to promote and further conservation efforts.” – Maya Greven

 

And so does the Mangroves from the Water team!

 

Reminder: ‘Mangroves from the Water’ is a group multimedia art exhibition will open on the International Mangroves Day 26 July and will end on 15 August on the opening day of the National Science Week, 15-23 August.