Ethical Eating Art Show
September 30, 2008
Food, could there be a more loaded subject? Hunger, obesity, vegetarianism, hunting, locavores, omnivores, eating contests…The Unitarian Universalist Association has chosen Ethical Eating as its next four-year study/action issue. How can we start learning and talking and processing all the ways we humans relate to food? I’m hoping that we can start with art.
Art is a great way to think about emotional subjects without worrying about being right or wrong or normal or weird. Art allows us the freedom to just express. So I’d like to invite everyone, including kids, at Bell Street to start imagining what they could say about eating through art. And art could be anything of course, it could be sculpture, it could be performance, it could be song, it could be actual food, it could be a combination of all of the above or something else entirely. Art can also be a group project as well as a solitary pursuit. In the next few weeks we will offer inspiration through U.U.A. study materials. But I would urge folks, especially those of you who don’t feel artistic, to let yourselves think, feel, brainstorm, imagine. My son, who has been drawing and making art since he could hold a pencil, says that art is everything that isn’t necessary for existence, imagine that!
The Bell Street Ethical Eating Group will be mounting an Ethical Eating Art Exhibition on Dec. 13. We will be inviting artists from the Bell Street community as well as other area U.U. churches, local artists and neighborhood folks to submit art that explores what eating means to each of us. This will be a great opportunity to showcase Bell Street’s unique gifts.
While we need artists, both professional and amateur, we also need anyone who can lend their skills to make this exhibition a great success. We can use people throughout the next weeks and also on the days before, during, and after the exhibition.
Because this is a short-term project, it’s a great volunteer opportunity. If you can help, please contact Audrey Greene at audreyjgreene@gmail.com.
~Audrey Greene
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