25 Years On Water

EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION This issue proudly honors BETSY DAMON, a first-generation feminist performance artist and influential environmental art role model. From China to Pittsburg, she has made significant contributions to the art and understanding of remediating...

The Ecology Of Reverence

I.  PREAMBLE: THREE WARNING SIGNS AND A TRASH WHIRLPOOL II.  OVERBURDENED WATERS There’s hardly a river, stream, or brook that isn’t contaminated with the runoff from human misuse, whether industrial effluents, agricultural pesticides and herbicides, or...

Waterwheel, Women & Collaboration

I.  WATER: A LINK ACROSS CULTURES AS AN INTRINSICALLY EXPERIMENTAL artist I am deeply committed to making & developing art that examines, reflects upon, and helps us survive today’s disjointed worlds. Artistically, I have been fascinated by water for many...

WEAD Artists Portfolio

This issue inaugurates the first WEAD Magazine Artists’ Portfolio. Open only to WEAD listing artists and members, each Portfolio is curated by the Editorial Committee to showcase artists whose work reflects diverse approaches to the issue’s theme.  Here...

DIRTY WATER

Guest Editorial Consultant Dr. Elizabeth Dougherty Assistant Editor Krystle Ahmadyar FEATURED ARTIST This issue proudly honors BETSY DAMON, a first-generation feminist performance artist and influential environmental art role model. From China to Pittsburg, she has...