Exhibitions

FORCE OF NATURE

CONVERGE / 1224 Martin St. April 7, 2018 - April 27, 2018

CONVERGE is pleased to host Force of Nature, an art show and fundraiser benefitting the Tennessee Environmental Council's Radioactive Waste Education Program (TRWEP). The opening reception will be held on April 7th, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm, at CONVERGE, located on the second floor of the SNAP (South Nashville Action People) Building at 1224 Martin Street. This event is held in conjunction with Arts & Music at Wedgewood-Houston, and is free and open to the public.

Katie Murdock, Hope Siler, Lauren Weber, and Claire Dugan, four students in Belmont University's Honors Program, are organizing this project as a senior capstone for their Leadership Studies.

Force of Nature will include works created by local artists that tackle the topic of environmental activism.

During the reception, there will be live music and a letter-writing station where art crawlers can write to their representatives and senators regarding Tennessee's disposition as a nuclear waste dumping ground. A representative from the Tennessee Environmental Council will be present to speak and answer any questions.

REASONS THAT YOU SHOULD SUPPORT THIS PROJECT

--Up to 75% of all low-level radioactive waste produced in the nation ends up in TN for processing.
--TN is the ONLY state that has legalized the commercial burning of radioactive waste.
--In 2010 alone, 50 MILLION pounds of low-level radioactive waste was processed in TN.
--Under TN law, low-level radioactive waste may be put into municipal landfills.
--Some of the commercial incinerators in TN have even accepted European radioactive waste for burning.

Force of Nature will continue to be on view through April 27th. To schedule an appointment, please contact Alysha at Alysha.CONVERGE@gmail.com.

Initiated by the husband and wife team, architectural designer, Eric Malo, and artist, poet, and curator, Alysha Irisari Malo, CONVERGE is a curated community of creative thinkers who collaborate on interdisciplinary, project-based art and design, lifestyle, and cultural programming that has a positive social impact.