See the Izzy the Frog in the Park River Watershed mural this spring!

THURSDAY, MARCH 31
The University Museum Community New Britain Collaborative 2010-11
CCSU Night at the Museum
at the New Britain Museum of American Art, 3-7pm.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 7
CCSU 4th Annual Global Environmental Sustainability Symposium: Water, Life and A Changing Planet
The  Izzy the Frog in the Park River Watershed mural will be installed in the Student Center Alumni Hall all day from 11:45 on. Click here for details.

October 29th - December 12th, 2010
Joy Wulke, Exhibition at Elexey von Schlippe Gallery,
University of Connecticut Avery Point Campus, Groton, CT
www.averypointarts.uconn.edu

ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I continue to work on a series of experiential works that represent and reveal the history of climate change, past present and future, focused specifically on melting glaciers and rising sea levels. As a residence of a New England coastal town I am acutely aware of the changes coming to the profile of our coastline as has happened in the past when the Wisconsin Glacier receded engulfing Connecticut Lake and creating the Long Island Sound. I strive through my work to visualize both the dangerous beauty and the consequences of rising seas. This on-going work includes sculpture, photographs, drawings and instillations.

My practice includes collaborations with scientists, ecologists and media artists along with research into mythology and historical visual references to changing landforms. The representation of this information in works of art and multi media sited installations throughout the North East and Montana are presented through Projects2k an art/science/ecology non-profit collaborative I founded in 1993 to open a forum for cross disciplinary dialogue in stewardship of the Earth.

My travels in Iceland sponsored by a Professional Development Grant from Rhode Island School of Design in September 2009 and a sculpture commission in Argentina, April 2010, provided me with not only visual information but local life-time experiences/stories about the rapidly changing glacial landscape. My time spent documenting the phenomenon of global warming as observed through retreating glaciers and rising sea levels in the Northern and Southern hemispheres is the inspiration for this exhibition. The land speaks.

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IZZY the FROG in LUMINALAND
Thursday, October 21
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

We would like to invite you to IZZY the FROG in LUMINALAND, an experiential installation which will lead viewers and participants through a landscape of reflective ponds of water, moving images and light, glass structures, bubbling water tanks, a series of large drawn images, accompanied by a soundtrack produced in collaboration with Istvan Peter B'Racz. The installation illustrates stories of the evolution of our relationship with toads and frogs as symbols of transformation through multicultural myths and as the species of warning of universal ecological breakdown.

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WATER WONDERS
A Family Day of Water Education and Activities
Saturday, October 9

Projects for a New Millennium (P2K) presents WATER WONDERS, a family day of water education and activities on Saturday, October 9, beginning at 10:00 a.m. With events at the Blackstone Memorial Library and on the Branford Green, this free day-long event includes activities for families, story telling, a film series, and a variety of hands-on education programs presented by close to two dozen participating organizations.

Participants include: Branford Land Trust, Branford River Project, Project Limulus, Coast Guard Sea Partners, the Fishway Program, the Osprey Program, Walsh Intermediate School and Branford High School Green Scene, Connecticut Science Center, Department of Environmental Protection Kellogg Center, Hands-on Rhythm, Connecticut Experiential Learning Center, Mystic Aquarium, Norwalk Maritime Aquarium, Schooner, Inc., and more.

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TERRA VERDE
A good time was had by all at TERRA VERDE banquet at Vaiuso's Nursery in Branford, Connecticut in support of Branford Luminata. The proceeds went to match a Challenge Grant from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.

Grateful Thank You to:
Vaiuso Nursery for generously sharing their greenhouses
Ben at LaCuisine for spectacular food and service
Jamie Burnett for magical light
Robin Comey & Joy Wulke beautiful environment making
Joyce DiLauro - StarShip Dance Theatre Shadow Dancers
Branford Shellfish Commission
Judy Sorota Rosenthal - Photos
Coastal Wine & Gabel's Wine for contributions

Literacy through the Arts
Projects2k and ACES (Area Cooperative Educational Services) have partnered for the second year for literacy through the Arts a program to bring arts-in-literacy learning activities to children in PreK, K, and 1st grade who attend New Haven, Connecticut public schools to ensure that at-risk young learners have access to multi Sensory experiences from their first introduction to school. Arts/Literacy is supported by grants from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism and the Community Foundation of Greater New Haven.

Projects2k consultants Gena Rho Smith and Joy Wulke bring books to life through dance and movement, prop design/build, masks, and more, all in collaboration with teachers and parents. For school year 2009-2010 Projects2k and ACES are working with ACES (Educational Center for the Arts) to participate in the program with their faculty and staff.

Geology through the Arts
Projects2k continues its collaboration with Barnard Environmental Magnet School in New Haven, Connecticut to bring Geology through the Arts programs to 3rd graders.

Joy Wulke will work with 6th grade students in 2010 to create a ceramic tile wall mural in the lobby that explores "Pathways to a Sustainable Future", the history of Carbon emissions and it's result.