Amy Lipton (1956-2020)
Memorial Event online
Weds, January 6
USA: 10am PT, 11am MT, 12pm CT, 1pm ET
EUROPE: Scotland/Ireland/England:18:00 GMT, Belgium/Germany/Spain: 19:00 UTC
Amy Lipton joined ecoartspace as east coast curator and Director of ecoartspace New York in 1999. For twenty years Lipton curated over thirty art and ecology exhibitions and worked with hundreds of ecological artists. As you may know, Lipton passed away on December 6, 2020 due to complications of ovarian cancer.
For this event ecoartspace has invited artists and curators who have worked with Lipton through the years on important exhibitions and programs, pioneering a movement of artists working at the intersection of art, science and the natural world.
The first hour and one half will be presented in webinar format and recorded. Registrants will be muted upon entry and video cameras will be turned off, except for the speakers. Following the special guest speakers and select ecoartspace members, we will open it up to participants to share their experiences working with Lipton for a second informal recording with sound and video restored.
The event is open to anyone for free and we will accept as many participants as would like to join us.
To learn more about Amy Lipton read her ecoartspace obituary HERE
Special Guest Speakers include:
Mel Chin
Mierle Laderman Ukeles
Brandon Ballengee
Sue Spaid
Jennifer McGregor
Jane Lipton
Patricia Watts
Watts, who collaborated with Lipton for over twenty years will host the speakers and present highlights from her exhibitions.
ecoartspace members who have worked with Lipton on exhibitions will also share their stories including Chrysanne Stathacos, Roy Staab, Marion Wilson, Linda Weintraub, Susan Leibovitz Steinman, Diane Burko, Stacy Levy, Fredericka Foster, Basia Irland, Patricia Miranda, David Rothenberg, Lenore Malen, Aviva Rahmani, Xavier Cortada, and E.J. McAdams.
Past Memorial Event: on 12/20/20 former New York Times Dot Earth blogger Andrew Revkin honored the life and work of Amy Lipton for his Sunday Sustain What, Arts and Hearts LIVE Facebook show. Invited guests included ecoartspace founder Patricia Watts and ecoartspace members Stacy Levy, Roy Staab, Marion Wilson, Fredericka Taylor and Jaanika Peerna who performed Glacier Elegy on the Hudson River in Cold Spring (see below) in Lipton's honor.
You can watch the recording HERE
Lipton was passionate about living on the Hudson River the last twenty years of her life. Her family has requested if you would like to donate to Riverkeeper in memory of Amy Lipton, please click on the logo below:
