Participating Artists: Ingrid Lahti Piper O'Neill Eden Rivers Barbara De Pirro Ken Turner Miguel Edwards John Henry Wooten IV Anette Lusher Sylwia Tur Julie Fisco Julie Lindell Sponsored by: Center on Contemporary Art Carkeek Park Advisory Council Seattle Parks and Recreation Associated Recreational Council Supported by: QFC Piper's Creek Nursery		Site 3: Eden Rivers Seattle, Washington http://liveartlive.blogspot.com Green Tree House Effect: A house is a symbol of shelter and protection; it is a safe living place for those in it. The Earth is the perfect house for trees, but our own interference is making it increasingly difficult, crowded and uncomfortable for the natural world. As an artist concerned with social and environmental issues I’ve chosen to comment upon what is often dubbed “the greenhouse effect.” These mini green houses represent the environmental pressures imposed upon plants by anthropogenic global warming. Some of the trees planted within them are native to our current Northwest climate and some prefer warmer weather. Throughout the duration of this exhibit you will be able to track the progress of these plants as some trees thrive in their new houses and others struggle. I believe art can be an important platform for discussion of such deep issues and with this project I hope to inspire conversation of what it will take to shelter and protect natural habitats and what it will mean if we don’t. After graduating with a BFA from California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo I moved to Seattle to find work in glass, my chosen material. I now have work experience from various employments including stained glass and glass casting. I am also an assistant glassblower to an artist in the Fremont neighborhood. I have continually sought to show work in a public setting because I believe the purpose of art to be a communication and the more people I can communicate with the more successful my artwork becomes. In January of 2009 I was selected by the Snoqualmie Arts Commission to create a piece of artwork for their new town hall. The work I built for them is a 24ft glass mobile lit to evoke water-like reflections and shadows on the wall to pay homage to the beautiful waterfall for which they are known. Since the completion of that project I have been working in many different directions for new project ideas but I continue to be inspired by glass as a material and public spaces as the stage.