This is a Culture Days 2020 event.
An Unexpected Intersection: Soap Meets Poop
Visual artist Maria Gomez Umana has created hand soap that looks an awful lot like… poop! She will show you her collection, invite you to wash your hands with it, and take home a sample.
The soap-poop proved surprisingly inspirational to other artists; Beth Shepherd took some of the soap and photographed it at different locations along Ottawa's urban water system. She will show and discuss her series of images. Rene Price brings in an artwork that he really wants to see in a hardware store’s plumbing department. .
All three artists and their helpers invite you to start a serious or not so serious discussion about poop and the effects it has (for good and for bad) on Climate Change. For this discussion, we recreated a living room on the lawn. You are welcome to sit down around the coffee table with your hosts.
- Location: Front yard at Nectar, New Edinburgh Community and Arts Centre, 255 MacKay Street
- Date: Saturday, September 26, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
- Rain date: October 3, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- Free Event, Donations accepted
- This event takes place outside.
- No more than 3 people at the 2 art tables, including the hosts.
- Max. 5 people around the coffee table.
- 2 Meter distancing will be marked
- Face masks required
- Hand sanitizer available
- No access to public toilets
Maria Gomez Umana (BFA, MFA) is a visual artist and elementary teacher in Montessori schools. In her art practice she has explored healing herself and her environment using found elements and mixed media. www.mariagomezumana.com
Beth Shepherd, View of Soap Poop Sculpture near the Ottawa River, 2020. Photograph
Beth Shepherd: With degrees in biology, psychology and art history, eco artist Beth Shepherd explores the interrelationships between urban ecology, climate change and COVID-19. bethshepherd.ca.
Rene Price is an Idea Guy/Inventor, Quirky Mockartist, Scribbler, Rascal, Non-Smoking Cyber Luddite and Grand Avocationist. www.reneprice.ca
For questions, contact the Unstuck Collective: theunstuckcollective@gmail.com
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