Christine Baeumler

Links

Bog Walk Documentary of Rooftop Bog Project

From Project to Practice: Imagining Communities

Christine Baeumler seeks to raise awareness about ecological issues through studio practice as well as engaging communities in environmental projects focused on ecological restoration.

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

BA: Fine Arts, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1985 -
MFA: Fine Arts, Painting, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1988 -

Specialties

painting
drawing
environmental and community based art

Activities

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Activities

Creative

Artist in Residence, supported by Public Art Saint Paul: Capitol Region and Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed Districts. 2010 - 2013
Naked Wonder: Gallery Exhibition with Mark Dion and Eleanor McGough. November 2, 2007 - January 30, 2008
Bureau of Atmospheric Anecdata, Vogelfrei, 2007, Darmstadt, Germany: An interactive environmental art project about climate change. October 27, 2007 - November 11, 2007
International Nature Art Forum 2007, Licherode, Germany: Collaboration with artists Beth Grossman and Cheryl Wilgren Clyne. August 2, 2007 - August 12, 2007
Two person exhibition: 55 Mercer Gallery, NY, NY with Shana Kaplow. February 1, 2005 - February 26, 2005
Group exhibition: "Circulus," Rainier Beach Performing Arts Center, Seattle, Washington none - none
Pollinators at the Plains Art Museum, supported by Bush Foundation and Art Place Grant: A sustainable design of the Plains Campus, Collaboration with Seitu Jones, Barr Engineering, Plains Art Museum. 9/10 - 9/14
Solo exhibition: "Biophilia," Bethel College Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota none - none

Outreach

Lower Phalen Creek Project, steering committee member (received Metro Greenways Award, 2001); worked with community to create a new city park by the Mississipp River on an abandoned railroad site 1996 - ongoing
Reclaiming the Swede Hollow Historical Forest, St. Paul, MN, member of Friends of Swede Hollow; ecological restoration of a city park 1994 - ongoing

Research

Roof top Tamarack Bog, Supported by McKnight Grant: Restoration of Bog on MCAD roof. 6/11 - 11/13

Awards

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Awards

Nancy H. Gray Foundation Grant for Art in the Environment, 2000 - none
Commission, Field Cycles, Henry Lay Sculpture Park, St. Louis University, Louisiana, Missouri, with Andrew Klamon, 2003 - none
Seattle Arts Commission Grant, Salmon in the City: Public Art Project on Endangered Salmon with Kevin Johnson and Kelty McKinnon, 2001 - none
Minnesota State Arts Board Grant, Artist Fellowship, Two Dimensional Category (painting), 2000 - none
The Friends of Parks and Trails of St. Paul and Ramsey County, Outstanding Service Award, 2000 - none
Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, January 2007 - March 2008
Art Place Grant, Defiant Gardens, Plains Art Museum, August 2010 - September 2014
Bush Foundation Fellowship, 9/11 - 9/13
McKnight Artist Fellowship Award, 2011 - 2012
Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Fellowship, 2011 - 2012
Creative Capital On Our Radar, 2012 - 2012
Scholar of the College, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 2012 - 2015

Courses Taught

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