LAGI Director, Robert Ferry, works with a group of high school students at a lab in the Energy Innovation Center of Pittsburgh, helping them to calculate the amount of electricity that their land art generator artwork would generate. Over the course of the three-hour workshop, the students designed an artwork in response to the LAGI 2015–2016 Youth Prize for a site in Santa Monica.
A LAGI workshop with high school students at a lab in the Energy Innovation Center of Pittsburgh.
A LAGI workshop with high school students at a lab in the Energy Innovation Center of Pittsburgh.
A LAGI workshop with middle school students.
LAGI Directors, Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry giving a presentation at the office of the J.M. Kaplan Fund in New York City.
Photo courtesy of the J.M. Kaplan Fund
LAGI Director, Robert Ferry giving a presentation in Glasgow, Scotland
Youth help to construct a solar artwork during the 2015 Art+Energy Camp
Model making during the 2015 Art+Energy Camp.
Youth tour sites around Pennsylvania to get an understanding of the energy mix of Western PA, during the 2015 Art+Energy Camp.
Lessons in energy science, technology, and art Model during the 2015 Art+Energy Camp.
Youth tinker with solar technology during the 2015 Art+Energy Camp.
A LAGI workshop with middle school students.
LAGI board member and designer, Paul Schifino, at the LAGI 2012 exhibition at the Arsenal Gallery in NYC
A LAGI workshop for all ages at the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh.
A LAGI workshop with middle school students utilizing the Art+Energy Flash Cards.
A LAGI 2014 exhibition in partnership with the Danish Design Center at the Design Society in Copenhagen.
A LAGI 2014 exhibition in partnership with the Danish Design Center at the Design Society in Copenhagen.
A LAGI 2014 exhibition in partnership with the Danish Design Center at the Design Society in Copenhagen.
A LAGI pop-up workshop for youth.
A LAGI pop-up workshop at the Dome of Visions in Copenhagen.
LAGI 2010 exhibition at the 2011 World Future Energy Summit
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon visits the first exhibition of designs submitted to the biennial LAGI design competition.
His guide was overheard explaining to him that "renewable energy can be beautiful." Photo by Roger White.
Thank you to Masdar for supporting LAGI 2010.
LAGI 2012 exhibition at the Arsenal Gallery in Central Park, NYC
LAGI 2010 exhibition at the 2011 World Future Energy Summit
LAGI 2010 exhibition at the 2011 World Future Energy Summit
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Land Art Generator Educational Programming and Outreach
Education is fundamental to the Land Art Generator. The innovative and artful applications of sustainable technologies can spark the imaginations of young people and trigger curiosity in science, technology, engineering, and math. LAGI is a great example of STEM to STEAM and project-based learning. Through the process of designing their own land art generator, middle school and high school students show applied understanding of concepts like energy conversion efficiency, capacity factor, become familiar with using kilowatt-hours. At the same time they are applying knowledge of form, shape, color, and touching on aspects of urban planning and whole systems design. These are exactly the kind of skills that researchers tell us will be important for jobs in the twenty-first century.
LAGI provides workshops and programs ranging from a few hours to weeks-long Art+Energy camps and think tanks, working with people of all ages.
Contact us if you would like the LAGI to provide workshops for youth or adults, give a lecture on the aesthetics of renewable energy, facilitate an Art+Energy Camp, exhibition, or brainstorm a custom approach to engaging people with the design of their sustainable energy landscapes.
