Saturday,
May 31st 1pm a Talk by Nina Edwards
2025 ECO Art on Island
May 17-November 2nd, 2025
11-5pm Saturday and Sunday or by Appointment
2025 Eco Art on Island
Art in Environmental Reaction
Ecology is the science of the relationship between the organism and its environments; hence there should be a partnership between human culture and the physical conditions of life. This leads to enunciating contemporary artistic response to observed anthropogenic challenges to the environment.
Triune in nature, this project uniquely associates here normally disparate communities and will be led by a heterogeneous team composed of medical (psychiatric) professionals, art professionals (curators, painters, sculptors, performance artists and more), and environmental experts to develop novel approaches to ameliorating and mitigating environmental effects on human health. In no particular order, leg one is mental health; leg two is artistic expression; leg three is environmental concern. This project is tripodal in essence, but for clarity of exposition, each leg will be described separately, followed by how it will be applied to improving public heath – especially mental health - and means of measuring success of this project. Its continuation is envisioned if this experiment is successful.
Feasibility of this project will depend crucially upon support for the proposal in its entirety, thus allowing this hitherto untried experiment to proceed, for the collaborators involved have never and would not normally work together on such a venture.
Climate Change has provoked “eco-anxiety” according to several world-wide survey conducted in children and adolescents, including feeling “afraid” (57%), “helpless,” “guilty” (40%), and “angry” (52%), disempowerment (70%), disturbed sleep and eating, and believing that adults did not take their opinions seriously (Atherton R; Chiw A; Hamel L 2019). At the humanity level, climate change is considered a social determinant factor intertwined with poverty, racism, unstable housing, and disparity access to education, physical and mental health, and other basic needs (Ragavan MI 2020 and Foundation WHOaCG 2014).
To start arbitrarily with leg one (mental health), climate change is a global health emergency, affecting millions of children and their families. The current concerns of climate change include acute events (e.g., wildfires, hurricanes, foods), subacute events (e.g., droughts), or chronic events (e.g., increasing temperatures; Clemens V 2020). In turn, these climate…..(to be continued)
島嶼的生態藝術
藝術在環境反應中對心理健康的影響
生態學是研究生物體與其環境之間關係的科學，因此，人類文化與生命物理條件之間應當建立一種夥伴關係。這也引出了當代藝術對人為環境挑戰所做出的回應與詮釋。本計劃本質上是三位一體的，它以獨特的方式將通常分散的社區聯繫在一起，並將由一個由醫療（精神病學）專業人士、藝術專業人士（策展人、畫家、雕塑家、表演藝術家等）和環境專家組成的異質團隊領導，以開發新穎的方法來改善和減輕環境對人類健康的影響。不分先後順序，第一條部分是心理健康；第二站是藝術表達；第三條項目是環境關注。該提案本質上是三腳架式的，但為了清楚地說明，將分別描述每個支柱，然後介紹如何將其應用於改善公共衛生（特別是心理健康）以及衡量該計畫成功的方法。
如果這個實驗成功的話，我們預期它將繼續進行。 該計畫的可行性將主要取決於對整個提案的支持，從而允許這個迄今為止未經嘗試的實驗繼續進行，因為涉及的合作者從未、通常也不會在這樣的計畫上合作。
隨意從第一點（心理健康）開始，氣候變遷是一個全球衛生緊急事件，影響著數百萬名兒童及其家庭。目前人們對氣候變遷的關注包括急性事件（例如野火、颶風、食物）、亞急性事件（例如乾旱）或慢性事件（例如氣溫升高；Clemens V 2020）。反過來，這些氣候事件可以…….(論述待續。）
• Saturday, May 31st 1 PM – Sustainable Fashion Talk & Workshop with Nina Edwards
〰️3 PM : Flower Workshop with Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky
• Saturday, May 31st 1 PM – Sustainable Fashion Talk & Workshop with Nina Edwards 〰️3 PM : Flower Workshop with Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Chia-Wei Chang (張家緯 ) -solo exhibition start from June 21
Eugenie Chao -solo exhibition start August 2nd
Eun Young Choi -start from August
Huey-Min Chuang (莊惠敏 )
Cynthia Pin-Hsin Chu ( 朱品馨 )
Andrea Coronil
Wen-Jen Deng (鄧文貞) -outdoor installation from June
Nina Edwards (黄致彰)
Yeh Fang (葉方）
Hsiao-Chu Hsia(Julia ）(夏小筑)-solo exhibition from August 2nd
Szu-Ying Hsu (徐思頴)
Bipasha Hyatt
Ming-Jer Kuo (郭明哲) -solo exhibition on start from August 2nd
John Chia-Hsuan Kuo (郭家瑄)
Jiun Lai (賴俊廷) +Yuki Matsukura +Ing Ting Poo/Studio Aisthesis Savage
KyungLim Lee
Chiu-Fang Lin (Susan 林秋芳）-studio artist from June 20
Ling-Kai Lin (林玲凱)
Shih-Pao Lin (林世寶) &
Pei-Hua Yang （楊佩樺）
Jia-Jen Lin( 林嘉珍)-solo exhibition on start from June 21
Hsin-Yi Liu (劉欣怡)
Elim Mak
Wildriana Paulino
Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky
Rad Jet /Talking Taiwan
Carle Shi (史津華)
Jeremiah Teipen
Pou-Ching Tsai (蔡咅璟)
Shu-Wei Tseng (曾淑偉)
Atu Ram
Debby Szu-Ya Wang (王思雅）
Guo-Ren Wang (王國仁)-outdoor installation from September
Ricardo Wuu
Chin-Chih Yang ( 楊金池)
Ramón Abajo manuscript calligraphy demonstration
CHATogether group, led by Dr. Eunice Yuan (PhD, MD)
Marisa de las Nieves Delgado/Native Antarcticans Foundation art group
Relight+1230c & Kuai-Hua Lin -Chu County, Taiwan group curated by Li-Hsiang Huang-August
In Memory of Shi Jin-Hua (石晋華) (1964-2024), curated by Paoyu Cheng-June
Taiwan phenomena section: Walis Labai, and Eleng Luluan
Exhibition Schedules:
ECO Art on Island Thematic exhibit I: All participating Artists (see next panel)
May 17-June 16
Opening May 17, 11-5pm open house, exhibition tour, open studio, performances
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Exhibition Tour of House 17
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM: Artist Open Studios
11:00AM - 3:00PM -- Improvisational performance of Electric Asura and the Artificial Sun
1pm: Lingkai Lin: lute music performance
2pm Flower workshop lead by Rhonda Weppler
3pm: Debby Wang Music Studio
4:00pm: Reception (light food and drink will be served)
Upcoming Events:
-Saturday May, 24, and May 31: Flower Workshop lead by Rhonda Weppler & & Trevor Mahovsky
Saturday May 31, 1pm Nina Edwards: Saturday May 31, Sustainable fashion talk,
-Sunday June 8, 1pm-5pm CHATogether wellness Seminar and Workshop, lead by Dr. Eugenie Yuan(PhD, MD), CHATogether group from Yale University Medical School
[RSVP required]
3:00–3:30 PM – Classical Guitar Performance by Kyo-hyuk Lee
3:30–5:00 PM – Clay Sculpture Workshop with artist Hsin-Yi Liu
Solo and special exhibition 1:
June 21-July 28
Opening June 21, Special events July 5, 19
*ROOM 4 - Jia-Jen Lin: Co lapsing Landscape: No One Surface the Same as Any Other
*ROOM 1 - Chia-Wei Chang solo exhibition
*ROOM 2 - From South Pole to North Pole
*ROOM 3 - In Memory of the Pencil Walker Shi-Jin-Hua (1964-2024)
Solo and special exhibition 2:
August 2-September 8
Opening August 2, reception: August 16,
special events August 9, 16, 23, 30, September 6
Ming-Jer kuo
Eugenie Chao
Hsiao-Chu Hsia (Julia)
Relight+1230c & Kuai-Hua Lin
ECO Art on Island Thematic show II: September 13-November 2
Opening Sept 20, Reception: September 20 & October 18
Special events September 20, 27, October 4, 11, 18, 25. Halloween-October 31 & Nov 1
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Special projects
CHATogether seminar & workshop, Organized by Dr. Eunice Yuen, CHATogether group (June 8th)
Debby Szu-Ya Wang Music studio (May 17)
Shu-Wei Tseng Music Studio
From South Pole to North Pole, organized by by Marisa de las Nieves Delgado and the Native Antarcticans Foundation art group (june 21)
Relight+1230°C & Kuai-Hua Lin, Curated by Li-Hsiang Huang
“In Memory of the Pencil Walker Shi Jin-Hua 1964-2024" Organized by Paoyu Cheng
Ramón Abajo manuscript calligraphy demonstration(June 21
Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky workshop
back ground image:
Hsiao-Chu Hsiao (Julia),
False Freedom, 2019,
44x50 inches, Acrylic on Canvas.
Courtesy of the artist
Solo exhibition artists
Jia-Jen Lin
Chia-Wei Chang
Ming-Jer Kuo
Eugenie Chao
Hsiao-Chu Hsiao (Julia)
Outdoor projects:
John Chia-Hsuan Kuo
Wen-Jen Deng
Guo-Ran Wang
Szu-Ying Hsu
Chin-Chih Yang
ALL Studio Artists
Studio artists
individual studio:
Chia Wei Chang
KyungLim Lee
Nina Edwards
Chiu-Fang Lin (Susan),
Wen-Jen Deng,
Wildriana Paulino
Andrea Coronil
Bipasha Hayatt
Hsiao-Chu Hsiao (Julia）
Eun Yung Choi
Jahyun Seo
Guo-Ren Wang
Ricardo WUU
shared studio:
John Kuo
Cynthia Chu
Huey-Min Chuang
Atu Ram
and others to be join