Eco Art Matters Class: Bio-Logic Eco-Action

An exhibit of art works about the environment by MetWest High and Laney College Students

OAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA

December 2005 through Spring 2006

Co-taught with Zakary Zide, Oakland Museum Natural Science Program Coordinator.

The works represented in this exhibit are the result of an innovative art and natural science course for high school and college students taught by the Oakland Museum of California and Laney College.

Bio-Logic, Eco-Action featured artworks that reflect the students' concerns about many of today's most pressing environmental issues; water quality, pollution over-consumption, and habitat loss. Each student's personal commitment to educating themselves and others about these important issues is demonstrated in this unique collection of work. Bio means life and Eco means home. Through the cultivation of their own environmental awareness, the students came to realize that to preserve life on earth, the only logical thing to do is take action at home. We hope that the students' artistic creations inspire you to act on behalf of the planet.

Understanding how to live in a world that is linked economically, ecologically, and politically is essential to meeting human needs in the 21st century. It will require a citizenry with an expanded awareness and ethic for environmental stewardship and informed decision making. We believe that our students, having successfully completed this course, are better equipped to navigate the challenging roads that lay ahead.

Museum Gallery Overview

Wasteless Waste, Performance piece by Alida Line
Inspired by the National Geographic photo of a baby albatross which starved to death because it's belly was full of plastic and metal fed to it by its mother.