Marlene Creates - environmental artist and poet

Water Flowing to the Sea Captured at the Speed of Light,
Blast Hole Pond River, Newfoundland 2002-2003.
Detail, Spring.

News

Awards
St. John's, Newfoundland, May 29, 2009.
Marlene Creates received The Long Haul Award for Excellence in Visual Arts (EVAs) from VANL-CARFAC, "which recognizes a substantial contribution to the visual culture of Newfoundland and Labrador by a senior artist," and the 2009 CARFAC National Visual Arts Advocate Award "for an outstanding contribution to visual arts advocacy."

Exhibitions
Canada Pavilion, World Expo 2010, Shanghai, China, The Living City: Inclusive, Sustainable, Creative
April 15-October 31, 2010

Publications
Jan Allen. "Marlene Creates: Interrogative Movement", Prefix Photo, no. 19, Toronto, May 2009, p. 62-75.

"Impermanence and Temporality,"
Marlene Creates interviewed by Leah Oates,
NY Arts Magazine, November 2008

Upcoming Panel
Canadian Museums Association National Conference 2010: Evolving Boundaries: Linking People, Place and Meaning

panel: The Art and Science of People, Place, and Meaning
Wednesday, May 12 , 2010
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm 
Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland, St. John's

Panelists: Marlene Creates, artist, Portugal Cove, Newfoundland; Sharilyn J. Ingram, Studies in Arts and Culture, Brock University; Mary Pat Matheson, Atlanta Botanical Garden; Wilf Nicholls, Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden.

Over the past two decades botanical gardens have addressed major societal issues such as biodiversity and climate change and building therefore on their traditional scientific base to create perceptions of greater relevance and social value. More recently, a number of gardens are using exhibitions of contemporary art to engage the public. This session examines the interrelationships of art, nature, and meaning, and how museums can enrich understanding by using these powerful linkages.

The artist gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Canada Council for the Arts, the Newfoundland & Labrador Arts Council, and the Cultural Economic Development Program of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.