SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: LAPS will be giving out Cash Awards at the Reception for Biomimicry: Best of Show and 2 Honorable Mentions!

From Leonardo da Vinci’s bat-like design for a flying machine to the way Velcro emulates plant burrs sticking to a dog’s fur, human inventions have always been inspired by nature. This process of biomimicry — looking to nature for solutions to human challenges — has applications in architecture, art, design and engineering. Coupled with recent advances in generative artificial intelligence, this way of thinking holds promise to resolve or ameliorate many of the ills brought about by our unmindful approach to technology.

Nature has evolved to be self-sufficient, with ecosystems that sustain themselves by using and reusing their most abundant resources. The waste of one creature gives life to another. At a cellular level, plant structures convey water, convert light into chemical energy and coordinate activity among many different types of tissue. If it is true, as believed by ancient philosophers, that “nature does nothing in vain,” what can be learned by observing these processes and how can we apply nature’s lessons to our human endeavors? Will society succeed at solving its most pressing contemporary problems, or like Icarus will our nature-inspired wings take us only so close to the sun? How will printmakers respond to the promise of a biomimetic approach to design? In what ways may our art raise awareness about sustainability and our relationship with the natural world?

This exhibition includes the best in both traditional and experimental techniques in contemporary printmaking, including works on paper, installation, and other multi-media approaches to printmaking. 

Exhibition Dates: April 1 – April 30, 20243
Reception for Artists and Awards: April 6, 3:00 – 6:00 PM
Earth Day Event: April 21st, 12:00 – 3:00 PM

JUROR: Dale Youngman, Dale Youngman Projects/Omni Presenti/ArtExcellence: https://www.daleyoungman.com/

VENUE:  Center for Arts Eagle Rock (CFAER)
2225 Colorado Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 
Cfaer.org / [email protected]

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