The Harrisons and the Center for Art + Environment

Renowned ecological artists, Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, have teamed with the Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art to create new work for their ongoing endeavor the Force Majeure, a series of land-based artworks responding to the challenges of global change – including "Greenhouse Britain" and the Tibetan Plateau.

On February 10, during the College Art Association’s Centennial Conference in New York, the Nevada Museum of Art and the Harrisons will be announcing the launch of the 2011 Art + Environment Conference which is set to take place September 29 – October 1, 2011. Still enjoying the success of its first Conference held in 2008, the Museum will announce the line-up of 2011 Conference speakers, panelists and topics.

The Harrisons will be featured as the keynote speakers for Convocation at CAA Conference held February 9 – 12, 2011.

For more about the Harrisons exhibition at the Museum please see: http://www.nevadaart.org/exhibitions/detail?eid=191