Power of Empathy Artist Talk – Juror Tanja Geis – Women’s Eco Artist Dialogue

THE POWER OF EMPATHY ARTISTS PRESENTATION PART II Tuesday January 31, 2023 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PT Exhibiting artists share briefly about their pieces in WEAD’s online Power of Empathy show, then juror Tanja Geis prompts a lively discussion. This evening’s artists include: Celia Anderson Linda Gass Lorraine Bonner Leslie Plato Smith Ember de Boer Emily Van Engel Linda Ford Michelle Waters

“I practice and create a model for empathy through the lens of material and purpose.

In this work my materials; scrap radiator metal, crushed glass of homewares from goodwill, and salvaged wood,

all come together in the form of an aerial landscape. An expression of tragic beauty, scorched lands, disappearing waters,

and the wake in our identities that these events have created. To have empathy, we must understand the history,

honor the pain, and express the gifts the path has given us.”