Visionary Art for Deeply Transformative Times
Louie Schwartzberg received the American Visionary Art Museum’s highest honor, the Grand Visionary Award.
Louie’s work will be on display at the museum through January 2021, part of its 25th original mega-exhibition, “The Secret Life of Earth.”
Watch his inspiring keynote speech below!
A Visionary Exhibit
The American Visionary Art Museum exhibit brings together global earth science researchers and indigenous devoted land stewards. It reflects “the rapidly changing state of our earth while providing insight into the disruption of the delicate balances which permit all life to flourish.”
The exhibit will help viewers understand and respect the preciousness of our planet. The exhibit focuses on nature’s intelligence, reminding us of the power of pollination, mushroom benefits, ecosystem balance, and even birdsongs!
If you want to read more about visionary art, visit our article at Moving Art.
In this video, American Visionary Art Museum founder and director Rebecca Hoffberger takes you on a video tour through the exhibit, including Louie’s work.
Visionary Art and Visionary Film
“There’s a magical intersection between the animal and the plant worlds. What do plants need in order to survive? They need soil. Where does soil come from? It comes from the largest organism on the planet,” said Louie Schwartzberg as he accepted the Visionary Award at the 20th annual Maui Film Festival.
“It can heal, you can feed you can clean up an oil spill can even clean up the atmosphere. And it’s only one cell thick. It’s inside of you. It’s fungi.” You can watch more of his moving speech here, an introduction to the way Louie’s work bridges the realms of science and art.
Louie Schwartzberg’s unique body of work crosses two different artistic genres: visionary art and visionary film.
The Maui Film Festival’s award honors “a film artist for their long-standing commitment to inspire and nurture the endlessly evolving tapestry of global cultures into an ever more compassionate and life-affirming planetary community.”
The festival only gave out the award one other time in its 20-year history. The first award went to His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.
The exhibit will help viewers understand mycelium art and respect the preciousness of our planet. The exhibit focuses on nature’s intelligence, reminding us of the power of pollination, ecosystem balance, and even birdsongs!
If you want to read more about visionary art, visit our article at Moving Art.
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