In Deep Water

“In Deep Water” is a collaborative art project focused on water and our current environmental crisis. Two Northern California artists, one a papermaker (Jane Ingram Allen) and one a printmaker (Jami Taback), have worked together since August 2021 to create this collaborative mixed-media installation art project focused on our current climate change crisis and water, the most essential requirement for life. In some parts of the world, like here in California, we now have almost no water, devastating drought and drying lakes and reservoirs as well as horrific wildfires burning millions of acres with smoke and ash affecting much of the West and elsewhere.  While in other parts of the world such as on the East Coast, in the Pacific Northwest and New Orleans, there is catastrophic flooding with water covering homes, roads and farm lands, along with hurricanes, tornados, raging rivers and rising oceans around the world. This collaborative art project raises the alarm about these environmental issues and a world in crisis. At the same time, it projects hope for the future, using sustainable methods and materials along with seeds that have the potential to produce new life. The artwork shows the terrible beauty and dichotomy of water and fires as they both become out of control and raging, while parts of this work reflect how water at other times is calm and refreshing, and fire is warm and mesmerizing. Our current environmental crisis continues, and we are “in deep water”, but still the seasons change, seeds sprout and life flows on with water as a critical element.

The Artist Talk  on January 15, 2022 was recorded. To watch the video, click HERE.

The Gallery will be available to the public on a walk-in basis during regular business hours Monday – Saturday. Currently, N95 or KN95 masks are required at all times inside the Sonoma Community Center, along with current vaccination card or proof of negative COVID test. No more than 4 persons in the Gallery at a time.

In Deep Water was supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.

Free VIRTUAL demonstrations of papermaking and printmaking will be held on Sunday, January 23rd at 2:00pm PT / 5:00pm ET.

Watch the live demos via Zoom by clicking HERE. The demos will be recorded and a link will be shared for public access.

Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback - In Deep Water – A Collaborative Art Project

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