Two Ted Talks featuring artists will be followed by League discussion.

Ted Talk #1: Janet Echelman: Taking Imagination Seriously (9 min, 19 sec) Janet Echelman (born February 19, 1966) is an American sculptor and artist. She builds living, breathing sculpture environments that respond to the forces of nature — wind, water and light — and become inviting focal points for civic life. Exploring the potential of unlikely materials, from fishing net to atomized water particles, Echelman combines ancient craft with cutting-edge technology to create her permanent sculpture at the scale of buildings. Experiential in nature, the result is sculpture that shifts from being an object you look at, to something you can get lost in.

Ted Talk #2: Beatrice Coron: Stories Cut from Paper (18 min, 15 sec) Béatrice Coron tells stories informed by life. Her own life colors her work: after briefly studying art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Lyon, and Mandarin Chinese at the Université of Lyon III, Coron experienced life with a series of odd jobs. She has been, among others, a shepherdess, truck driver, factory worker, cleaning lady and New York City tour guide. She has lived in France (her native country) , Egypt and Mexico for one year each, and China for two years. She moved to New York in 1985, where she reinvented herself as an artist. Coron's oeuvre includes illustration, book arts, fine art and public art. She cuts her characteristic silhouette designs in paper and Tyvek.

Facilitator: Sara Chang and Viki D. Thompson Wylder

Member Spotlight: Allison Finn: Juror’s Mention at the Summer Annual; medium: digital.