{"id":2454727,"date":"2020-02-19T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=321136"},"modified":"2020-02-19T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T12:00:00","slug":"snowmass-artist-to-use-pollution-made-ink-for-climate-billboard-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/snowmass-artist-to-use-pollution-made-ink-for-climate-billboard-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowmass artist to use pollution-made ink for climate billboard project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.3304347826087\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-321136-750\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/climateart-svs-021920-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/climateart-svs-021920-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/Snowmass Sun | Kelly Peters talks about the opportunity to create a billboard for CORE in Snowmass while sitting outside of the Straight Line Studio in Base Village on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10.53738317757\">\n<p><strong>Kelly Peters talks about the opportunity to create a billboard for CORE in Snowmass while sitting outside of the Straight Line Studio in Base Village on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020.<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/Snowmass Sun<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/snowmass\/painting-problems-as-solutions\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/climateart-svs-021920-1-1024x682.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/climateart-svs-021920-1.jpg\"><i class=\"fas fa-shopping-cart\"><\/i> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/climateart-svs-021920-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Kelly Peters talks about the opportunity to create a billboard for CORE in Snowmass while sitting outside of the Straight Line Studio in Base Village on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/climateart-svs-021920-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/climateart-svs-021920-1-1-1024x737.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/Snowmass Sun | Kelly Peters, right, and Teal Roberts Wilson hang work by Chris Erickson in the Straight Line Studio space in Snowmass Base Village for the upcoming show on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.95871559633028\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12.463302752294\">\n<p><strong>Kelly Peters, right, and Teal Roberts Wilson hang work by Chris Erickson in the Straight Line Studio space in Snowmass Base Village for the upcoming show on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020.<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/Snowmass Sun<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/snowmass\/painting-problems-as-solutions\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/climateart-svs-021920-1-1-1024x737.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/climateart-svs-021920-1-1.jpg\"><i class=\"fas fa-shopping-cart\"><\/i> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/climateart-svs-021920-1-1-1024x737.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Kelly Peters, right, and Teal Roberts Wilson hang work by Chris Erickson in the Straight Line Studio space in Snowmass Base Village for the upcoming show on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/snowmass\/painting-problems-as-solutions\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/snowmass\/painting-problems-as-solutions\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Roughly 20,000 hours of captured carbon dioxide emissions. More than 770 liters of ink produced. Over 1,000 pieces of art created.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">These are some of the stats that describe AIR-INK, a black ink made entirely out of air pollution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">An innovation born out of Graviky Labs, a group started at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that aims to \u201cup-cycle carbon emissions for global sustainability through new material innovation,\u201d AIR-INK is captured as soot via a contraption that attaches to fossil fuel emitters, namely diesel car tail pipes in India, China and Europe; purified so it is safe to use; then put in the hands of artists and creatives as pens and paint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">And for four artists in the Roaring Fork Valley, the pollution-made pens are helping them create climate change-focused billboards as part of this winter\u2019s Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) Imagine Climate project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWhat\u2019s fascinating to us is that this is a way to offset carbon emissions through art,\u201d said Lara Whitely, the brand and creative strategy director with CORE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cSo previously, we\u2019ve presented art, whether it\u2019s visual art or film or hip-hop or environmental art or live storytelling, but none of it has ever actually used the problem as the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For 26 years, CORE has worked to collaborate with Roaring Fork Valley stakeholders to help them save energy and mitigate climate change by cutting carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Through its annual, month-long Imagine Climate project, Whitley said CORE\u2019s goal is to \u201cget beyond the choir,\u201d using creative partnerships with valley art centers, faith-based organizations and other nonprofits to get a broader group of people outside environmental circles engaging in climate change conversations in new ways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">This year\u2019s Imagine Climate will include a top 10 climate reading list curated by Aspen Words, a climate mental health panel with ACES and Aspen Chapel, a visual arts exhibition presented by Skye Gallery and Ether Arts, a live sonic performance at the Aspen Center for Physics, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIn order for us to mitigate climate change, we need to inspire and empower more people to take more action and take it faster, so we\u2019re always trying to broaden our base and expand the community,\u201d Whitley explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe way this creative strategy works is first you capture the imagination to capture the participation, and so we try to infuse that kind of creativity in everything that we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Through the Imagine Climate Billboard Project specifically, Whitley said four large art pieces crafted with AIR-INK will feature climate change and environment-related imagery with a \u201cThis art was made from carbon emissions\u201d slogan written in English and Spanish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The billboards will be placed in visible locations up and down the valley, including in front of The Collective in Snowmass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Kelly Peters, a visual artist based in Snowmass and founder of the new Straight Line Studio in Base Village, will be crafting the village\u2019s billboard, using the mountain-scapes she\u2019s known for to guide her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A Michigan native who moved to the valley over four years ago and has been painting and drawing most of her life, Peters said she\u2019s been in talks with CORE and the town of Snowmass for months in preparation for the billboard project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">She plans to freehand her piece with the AIR-INK pens provided, and feels through her work she can juxtapose the negatives of climate change by using the air pollution ink with the beauty of the environment Snowmass locals call home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s all about spreading awareness,\u201d Peters said, noting she thinks the project is a really cool way to get people into the environment and loves AIR-INK as a medium. She plans to continue to use it in her work moving forward beyond Imagine Climate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWhen people see my billboard, I hope they see that we live in a beautiful place and it opens the door to deeper thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">On Feb. 25, Peters\u2019 Imagine Climate piece will debut in Snowmass, and Feb. 26 a billboard-project kickoff party will take place in The Collective, including short talks from artists and even a \u201clab\u201d experience where people can learn more about AIR-INK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Anirudh Sharma, co-founder of Graviky Labs and AIR-INK, also will be at the kickoff to talk about the ink and how he and his team are dedicated to taking pollutants that millions of people could be breathing and turning them into a safe, artistic medium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI used to think the sheer scale of this issue can make us feel powerless. But when you connect ideas with passion and creativity, amazing things are possible,\u201d Sharma said <a id=\"N0x1fea340N0x20204d0:N0x1fea340N0x21e1790\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ENNz8Ds0gb0\">in a video about AIR-INK.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThat fusion of art, that fusion of expression, and science when it happens, I think new magic appears.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\">Peters\u2019 billboard will be on display in Snowmass Base Village from Feb. 25 through March 18. For more information on the Climate Billboard Project and to see the full Imagine Climate lineup of events, visit aspencore.org\/imagine-climate-2020. <a href=\"mailto:mvincent@aspentims.com\">mvincent@aspentims.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/snowmass\/painting-problems-as-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Peters talks about the opportunity to create a billboard for CORE in Snowmass while sitting outside of the Straight Line Studio in Base Village on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020.Kelsey Brunner\/Snowmass Sun Buy Photo Kelly Peters, right, and Teal Roberts Wilson hang work by Chris Erickson in the Straight Line Studio space in Snowmass Base [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2454727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 14:49:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}