November 22 – December 4 – Exhibition Two: Color Talk – International WomeArtists’ Salon curated by Mary Gagler. Loud’s films made for The Elephant Project screened as part of the exhibition.
Chashama 217, 217 East 42nd Street, New York, New York
October 12-15 Miranda Loud speaks at the Association for Humanist Sociology Conference in Chicago, Saturday the 15th, Session 38. www.ahssociology.org
Paper title: “Saving the Elephants, Saving Ourselves – The Role of the Arts in Social Change”
As humanity becomes more aware of its role in the destruction habitats and of other species, the arts–in particular film, theater and music–are a vital path to the self-knowledge, empathy and compassion that will help people regain a sense of connection to other species and turn towards global stewardship as a new educational paradigm. Loud shares through short video compilations, the work of artists world-wide who are raising awareness of the impending extinction of the Asian elephant. We learn what elephants can model for humans in terms of cooperation, loyalty and depth of relationships. Elephants, like humans in many parts of the world, are fighting for survival, although elephants are ultimately losing due to poaching and habitat loss. In all levels of education, wherever possible, Loud makes the case for her curriculum in progress (and seeking additional funding) which uses short films in combination with different art forms as a response to help students understand the complexities of global stewardship and empathize with other species. Her films use the Asian elephant as a gateway to examining these questions and finding ways of learning from what has made elephants such a successful species until habitat loss and poaching has brought them to their knees. The arts can help students problem-solve and assimilate, as well as grieve the loss of species, and allow empathy and healing in their local environments to take seed, awakening the elephantine part of themselves.
October 3-7, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, Jackson, WY – ML attending
September, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, Interviewing and Photographing for the Park Dreams Project. Final edits for Buccaneers of Buzz DVD.
August 23-30, Cinematography Workshop, Maine Media College, with Mark Raker – ML attending
August 20, Screening of beekeeper interviews from Loud’s film/live performance with Brian Jones and Yuko Yoshikawa, Buccaneers of Buzz: Celebrating the Honeybee, Follow the Honey store opening, Screening at 3 PM, The Inn at Harvard, Cambridge, MA.
July 1 FACES magazine publishes a page for tweens about Buccaneers of Buzz: Celebrating the Honeybee and how the performing arts can incorporate current environmental issues
June 27-30, Miranda Loud visits the Animals in Society Conference at Wesleyan University
June 24-26, screening of four films from The Elephant Project as part of the Hell’s Kitchen Arts Festival http://artistsinthekitchen.org/ In the gallery space for the International Women’s Salon. More info, please email Heidirussellpublicist@gmail.com
June thru October 2011
Interviewing, photographing and editing for Park Dreams Project in the Public Garden, Boston Common and along Commonwealth Avenue as well as in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY. Updates and podcast will appear at http://parkdreams.wordpress.com/
Thursday, March 24th, 2011 7-9 PM University of Redlands, Redlands, CA
Loud’s visit is co-sponsored by the Philosophy and Environmental Studies departments, the Theatre Odyssey Program, the Stauffer Science Center, the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies and the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s office at the University of Redlands.
Miranda Loud, an activist, filmmaker and musician who uses performing arts to spur thought about environmental issues, will be speaking at the University of Redlands on Thursday, March 24. Her presentation, “Saving Elephants – Saving Ourselves: The Power of the Arts to Affect Social Change,” will be held at 7 p.m. in the Casa Loma Room. The event is free and open to the public.
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
This year’s series, entitled “Nature’s Heroes,” will feature two speakers who will examine the impact human activity is having on other species, with which we share the planet, and on the world’s dwindling supply of water. The Dorothy Stang Center’s mission is to increase awareness and activism around social justice and environmental issues.
“We regard sustainability as very much a social justice issue,” said Dr. Cheryl Joseph, co-director of the Dorothy Stang Center. “The damage that we do to the environment has a disproportionately negative impact on those who are least able to cope with drastic environmental change. This includes disadvantaged people in all cultures and even other species, whose survival is ultimately closely linked to our own. ”
The two speakers for this spring are Miranda Loud, founder of The Elephant Project, who will appear on March 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Ralston Hall Mansion. Her talk entitled “Saving the Elephants, Saving Ourselves: The Role of Arts in Social Change” …” to “addresses the similarities human share with other animals and the ways in which various art forms can be used to promote social change.”
Tuesday, February 1st 6-8 PM 2011 Southwestern University, TX
Miranda is presenting her talk, “Saving the Elephants; Saving Ourselves: The Role of the Arts in Social Change” and will spend the day beforehand talking with students in classes in Music and Animal Behavior, listening to them share their passions and sharing ideas. More details…
Loud’s talk at Southwestern will touch on the power of the arts in heightening our inter-connection with other species using the elephant as a gateway. She will detail the plight of elephants, specifically the Asian elephant because of its close ties with humans over the centuries, and how their situation provides a powerful mirror to humans. She will discuss ways to foster compassion and the challenges that need to be overcome in building a world where we can emotionally handle the amount of information we now receive via different media. Through this, she will challenge us to think about what being powerful really means and the need for us to shift from the inside out.
Loud’s visit to Southwestern is sponsored by several programs and departments, including Animal Behavior, Environmental Studies, Communication Studies, Paideia and the Office of the Provost.
September 30, 2010 MSPCA Screening of Short Films from The Elephant Project
2010 Summer Tour of Libraries and Community Centers of Works in Process for The Elephant Project
Work-in-Progress Screenings of Six of the completed short films for Phase II, “Ele- Phantom: Twenty Films/Twenty Questions” followed by brief talk, feedback, Q&A. Wednesday July 7 7 PM, Wellesley Friends Meeting, Wellesley, MA
WednesdayJuly14 7PM, Hancock Town Library, Hancock, NH
Wednesday July 21, 7 PM, Brooks Library Brattleboro, VT
Wednesday July 28, 7 PM,Bar Harbor Public Library, Bar Harbor, Maine
Thursday July 29, 5 PM, Peaks Island Community Center
Tuesday August 17 7 PM, Where the Sidewalk Ends Bookstore 432 Main Street Chatham, MA
