Elemental Effects: Water + Wind + Earth + Fire invites artists to enter the National Juried Competition and Exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island, New Jersey. This venturous exhibition pays tribute to the diverse effects of water, wind, earth, and fire during the art making process. Artworks that manifest intersections of art with science and design are encouraged. Submissions can include 2D work that can be wall hung and/or 3D work to be displayed on the Foundation’s grounds.

Juror: Linda Weintraub

Linda Weintraub practices eco art as an author, educator, curator, practitioner, and homesteader. Throughout her career she has championed the outposts of vanguard experimentation in the arts as they have evolved over the decades. Weintraub has curated over fifty exhibitions. She is the author of innumerable essays and several books exploring contemporary art and ecology. They include WHAT’s NEXT? Eco Materialism & Contemporary Art (2018), To LIFE! Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet” (2012), and Avant-Guardians (2007), a series of textlets titled EcoCentric Topics: Pioneering Themes for Eco-Art; Cycle-Logical Art: Recycling Matters for Eco-Art; EnvironMentalities: Twenty-two Approaches to Eco-Art. Additionally, she is the author of such popular books as Art on the Edge & Over, and In the Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Art.