EXHIBITS, LECTURES & TALKS
UPCOMING
STONE AND ART IN NATURE
547 West 20th Street, (corner of 11th Avenue)
New York, NY
Saturday, February 25, 2012
2 pm
DESCRIPTION:
Vermont stone art builder Dan Snow will give a talk about outdoor art installation, the process of its creation and long-term integration into nature. The presentation includes images of Snow’s and other environmental artists’ work.
Poet Wendell Berry advises those who practice his craft to “make poems that don’t disturb the silence from which they come.” The same suggestion could be made to the builders of environmental art because their work is often performed in places that are already perfectly at peace.
Creators of outdoor art risk disturbing an existing balance when they go to work on the land. Artists in the environment might achieve their finest work by doing nothing more than pointing out the facts of what is already there. But then again, that may be work best left to poets.
Three-dimensional artists engage the physical world spatially, and the spatial world physically. In “Song of Myself”, Walt Whitman expressed a sentiment shared today by environmental art makers; “Earth! you seem to look for something at my hands.” We can’t help getting our hands dirty when our hearts open to a place on earth.
Poet Wendell Berry advises those who practice his craft to “make poems that don’t disturb the silence from which they come.” The same suggestion could be made to the builders of environmental art because their work is often performed in places that are already perfectly at peace.
Creators of outdoor art risk disturbing an existing balance when they go to work on the land. Artists in the environment might achieve their finest work by doing nothing more than pointing out the facts of what is already there. But then again, that may be work best left to poets.
Three-dimensional artists engage the physical world spatially, and the spatial world physically. In “Song of Myself”, Walt Whitman expressed a sentiment shared today by environmental art makers; “Earth! you seem to look for something at my hands.” We can’t help getting our hands dirty when our hearts open to a place on earth.
PAST
2011 Lecture, TICKON Art Park, "Stone Art Building in Nature: Creating a Connection with the Spirit of Place", Sukkerfabrikken, Slottsgade 76, Tranekær, Langeland, Denmark.
2011 Lecture, “Why do I Make Art?”, Exhibit Opening and Symposium, 2011 Reikaa Avaruudessa, Hole in the Universe, Kerava Art Museum, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland.
2011 Lecture, “Art and the Working Landscape”, Earth Day Celebration, Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT
2011 Lecture, “Working With Stone: Creating A Connection With The Spirit Of Place, Gardens and Spirit Series”, co-sponsored by Trinity Church and the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Trinity Church, Boston, MA.
2011 Lecture, “Artscaping: The Design and Installation of Land-Made Sculptures”, New England Grows Conference, Boston, MA.
2011 Lecture, “Landscaping and Art Making: Two Sides of the Same Coin”, National Green Centre, St. Louis, MO, January 9th
2010 Lecture and Book Reading, Dry Stone Conservancy, Lexington, KY.
2009 Lecture "Evolving as an art maker through the medium of dry stone", Still Mountain Center, Washington, CT.
2009 Lecture, “LIMITS = POTENTIAL: Dry Stone as a Medium of Expression”, Lee A Bryant Lecture Series, Kansas State University, Beach Art Museum, Manhatten, KS.
2009 Panel discussion, talk, slide presentation "Photography: The Key to Getting your Project Published", ALA, Chicago, IL
2009 guest waller, artist in residence and presenter for “Real-Work” studies program, Harley School, Rochester, NY.
2009 Book reading and slide presentation, Phoenix Books and Vermont Department of Agriculture, Essex, VT.
2009 Book reading and slide presentation, Briggs Carriage House, Brandon, VT.
2009 Book reading and slide presentation, Brown Dog Books, Hinesburg, VT.
2009 Lecture, "An Introduction to Building Dry Stone Walls", Traditional Building Conference, Boston, MA.
2009 Lecture, "Art and the Working Landscape: Shaping our Environment Today", Rockingham Free Library, Bellows Falls, VT.
2009 Interview, "Word of Mouth", host Virginia Prescott, NHPR, Concord, NH.
2009 Book reading and slide presentation, River Run Books, Portsmouth, NH.
2009 Book reading and slide presentation, Longfellow Books, Portland, ME.
2009 Lecture and book reading, Hardy Plant Club and Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, VT.
2009 Book reading and slide presentation, Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, VT.
2008 Lecture, Monadnock Writers' Group, Peterborough, NH.
2008 Book reading and slide presentation, Village Square Books, Bellows Falls, VT.
2008 Book reading and slide presentation, Toadstool Books, Keene, NH.
2008 Book reading, Vermont Bookshop, Middlebury, VT.
2008 Book reading, slide presentation and screening of "Stone Rising", Phoenix Books, Essex, VT.
2008 Book reading, Yankee Bookshop, Woodstock, VT.
2008 Book signing, Verde, Brattleboro, VT.
2008 Book reading, Book Cellar, Brattleboro, VT.
2008 Lecture, the 8th Annual Gathering of the Stone Foundation, Barre Granite Museum, Barre, VT.
2007 Talk and tour, Maze of Walls, sculpture installation, benefit Town Hall Theatre and GRAI, Cornwall, VT.
2007 Stone Sculpture Tour, benefit Great River Arts Institute, various installation sites, Southern Vermont.
2007 Featured Speaker, “The Creative Process”, Springfield School District Opening Day, Springfield, VT.
2007 Lecture, Stone Seminar, Koli, Finland
2006 Stone Sculpture Tour, Benefit Great River Arts, various installation sites, Southern Vermont.
2005 Lecture, “James Otis Follett, master arch stone bridge builder”, Hooker-Dunham Theater, Brattleboro, VT.
2005 Stone Sculpture Tour, benefit, Great River Arts Institute, various installation sites, Southern Vermont.
2003 Lecture, “Fermentation”, Workshop and Seminar in Environmental Art, University of Art and Design. Helsinki, Finland.
2003 Walling Workshop. Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center. Brattleboro, Vermont
2003 Spirit & Vision, “In the Future of an Imagined Past”, guided tours of contemporary and traditional dry stone structures.; lecture: "Stone Unknown", Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT.
2003 Lecture “Norwegian Dry Arch Bridges and Irish Lace Walls”, Stone Foundation Symposium, Santa Fe, NM.
2003 Lecture, Management Clinic, Dry Stone Built Landscape Features, American Nursery and Landscape Association, Louisville, KY.
2002 Lecture, “Facing the Elements”, Landscape Design Symposium, School of the Chicago Botanic Garden. Chicago, IL.
2001 Guest lecture, Dry Stone Conservancy, Lexington, KY.
2001 Featured speaker, fall meeting of NEARA (New England Antiquities Research Association), Stratton, VT.
1999 Lecture, "Dry Stone Generated Designs for the Landscape” New Hampshire Landscapers Association, U.N.H., Durham, NH.
1999 Lecture, Educational Sessions, "New Forms and Uses for Dry Stone Walls in the Landscape", New England Grows Conference, Boston, MA.
2011 Lecture, “Art and the Working Landscape”, Earth Day Celebration, Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT
2011 Lecture, “Working With Stone: Creating A Connection With The Spirit Of Place, Gardens and Spirit Series”, co-sponsored by Trinity Church and the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Trinity Church, Boston, MA.
2011 Lecture, “Artscaping: The Design and Installation of Land-Made Sculptures”, New England Grows Conference, Boston, MA.
2011 Lecture, “Landscaping and Art Making: Two Sides of the Same Coin”, National Green Centre, St. Louis, MO, January 9th
2010 Lecture and Book Reading, Dry Stone Conservancy, Lexington, KY.
2009 Lecture "Evolving as an art maker through the medium of dry stone", Still Mountain Center, Washington, CT.
2009 Lecture, “LIMITS = POTENTIAL: Dry Stone as a Medium of Expression”, Lee A Bryant Lecture Series, Kansas State University, Beach Art Museum, Manhatten, KS.
2009 Panel discussion, talk, slide presentation "Photography: The Key to Getting your Project Published", ALA, Chicago, IL
2009 guest waller, artist in residence and presenter for “Real-Work” studies program, Harley School, Rochester, NY.
2009 Book reading and slide presentation, Phoenix Books and Vermont Department of Agriculture, Essex, VT.
2009 Book reading and slide presentation, Briggs Carriage House, Brandon, VT.
2009 Book reading and slide presentation, Brown Dog Books, Hinesburg, VT.
2009 Lecture, "An Introduction to Building Dry Stone Walls", Traditional Building Conference, Boston, MA.
2009 Lecture, "Art and the Working Landscape: Shaping our Environment Today", Rockingham Free Library, Bellows Falls, VT.
2009 Interview, "Word of Mouth", host Virginia Prescott, NHPR, Concord, NH.
2009 Book reading and slide presentation, River Run Books, Portsmouth, NH.
2009 Book reading and slide presentation, Longfellow Books, Portland, ME.
2009 Lecture and book reading, Hardy Plant Club and Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, VT.
2009 Book reading and slide presentation, Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, VT.
2008 Lecture, Monadnock Writers' Group, Peterborough, NH.
2008 Book reading and slide presentation, Village Square Books, Bellows Falls, VT.
2008 Book reading and slide presentation, Toadstool Books, Keene, NH.
2008 Book reading, Vermont Bookshop, Middlebury, VT.
2008 Book reading, slide presentation and screening of "Stone Rising", Phoenix Books, Essex, VT.
2008 Book reading, Yankee Bookshop, Woodstock, VT.
2008 Book signing, Verde, Brattleboro, VT.
2008 Book reading, Book Cellar, Brattleboro, VT.
2008 Lecture, the 8th Annual Gathering of the Stone Foundation, Barre Granite Museum, Barre, VT.
2007 Talk and tour, Maze of Walls, sculpture installation, benefit Town Hall Theatre and GRAI, Cornwall, VT.
2007 Stone Sculpture Tour, benefit Great River Arts Institute, various installation sites, Southern Vermont.
2007 Featured Speaker, “The Creative Process”, Springfield School District Opening Day, Springfield, VT.
2007 Lecture, Stone Seminar, Koli, Finland
2006 Stone Sculpture Tour, Benefit Great River Arts, various installation sites, Southern Vermont.
2005 Lecture, “James Otis Follett, master arch stone bridge builder”, Hooker-Dunham Theater, Brattleboro, VT.
2005 Stone Sculpture Tour, benefit, Great River Arts Institute, various installation sites, Southern Vermont.
2003 Lecture, “Fermentation”, Workshop and Seminar in Environmental Art, University of Art and Design. Helsinki, Finland.
2003 Walling Workshop. Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center. Brattleboro, Vermont
2003 Spirit & Vision, “In the Future of an Imagined Past”, guided tours of contemporary and traditional dry stone structures.; lecture: "Stone Unknown", Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT.
2003 Lecture “Norwegian Dry Arch Bridges and Irish Lace Walls”, Stone Foundation Symposium, Santa Fe, NM.
2003 Lecture, Management Clinic, Dry Stone Built Landscape Features, American Nursery and Landscape Association, Louisville, KY.
2002 Lecture, “Facing the Elements”, Landscape Design Symposium, School of the Chicago Botanic Garden. Chicago, IL.
2001 Guest lecture, Dry Stone Conservancy, Lexington, KY.
2001 Featured speaker, fall meeting of NEARA (New England Antiquities Research Association), Stratton, VT.
1999 Lecture, "Dry Stone Generated Designs for the Landscape” New Hampshire Landscapers Association, U.N.H., Durham, NH.
1999 Lecture, Educational Sessions, "New Forms and Uses for Dry Stone Walls in the Landscape", New England Grows Conference, Boston, MA.
