altered photo by Margaret Bellafiore

A perfect image to symbolize the stay of one year that Coastal Zone Management has ordered to Spectra Energy on their proposed gas compressor in the Fore River Basin!!!!

Every Wednesday from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM, I have been  holding signs with other protesters at the Fore River Bridge in Weymouth that read SPECTRA NO, THEIR  PROFITS, OUR CANCERS, FRACK FERC and the like. I noticed the sign that informs drivers of bridge openings and photographed it and altered the photo. It is the perfect image to symbolize the stay of one year that has been ordered by Coastal Zone Management to Spectra Energy!

A Message from the Natural World

This video was done at Zeleny Les Artist Residency in the Catskills, a beautiful place to contemplate the fragility of our environment. A retreat from the on going protest of gas infrastructure expansion in the town where I live, regionally and globally.

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Performance at Mobius: TESTING THE EPA ( part of DON'T LOOK AWAY! exhibit )

TESTING THE EPA STUDY
Performance by Bellafiore, Eccles and Lau

https://vimeo.com/149147117

Karen Higgins (Co-President of National Nurses Unitied) speech at Climate Rally in Boston December 12, 2015

We are here today to take a stand against inaction.  Today is about justice; social justice, justice on the job, and just climate action to protect all of our futures.  Too many times, we’ve let inaction win out.  We have allowed the slow and steady degradation of unions as a result of inaction.  And despite the recent talks in Paris, our unwillingness to take meaningful action on climate change means that everyone on Earth continues to suffer its dire consequences. . But today we take a stand. Today we say no to apathy. We say no to inaction. How do we do this? We do it by calling for leadership. We need leaders to step up at the federal, state, and local level.  We need leadership to come from right here Massachusetts has shown leadership on issues like gay rights, health care and worker rights We need this kind of leadership again, now more than ever. There will be no climate justice, social justice or job justice without it. Without strong leadership we cannot ensure the health and well-being of our children and grandchildren.  Climate change, unchecked, will devastate our future. Its impact is far-reaching, its health implications  are enormous.  As nurses we see this every day.  We see the  rates of childhood asthma and other respiratory illnesses are on the rise We know that air and water contamination has caused higher instances of cancer. We have seen thousands of people lose their lives to harsher and harsher natural disasters.  All of us being here today demonstrates that we are committed to taking the necessary action to make the changes we need. We are committed to a $15 an hour minimum wage, to passing a national, singlepayer healthcare law, and to creating a truly clean energy economy that is good for job creation and our planet. Now is the time for us to lead.  We must make these changes for ourselves and for future generations. Our actions can influence millions. Together we can leave our world in better shape than how we found it. That would be justice.            
 

Jay Critchley as Provocateur

An Evening with artist Jay Critchley
Doors open at 6 PM with Artist talk at 7 PM  followed by discussion.

event for Don't look away! exhibit@mobius

Jay is a Provincetown-based conceptual and multi-media artist and activist whose work has traversed the globe, showing across the US and in Argentina, Japan, England, Spain, France, Holland, Germany and Columbia. He founded the controversial patriotic Old Glory Condom Corporation and was recently featured on LOGO TV and BBC/UK. His recent NYC show was reviewed in the New York Times, The New Yorker and the Village Voice. His first museum survey was held at the Provincetown Art Association/Museum, and will travel to Florida Atlantic University in 2016. The 2015 Provincetown International Film Festival featured his videos, including the HBO award-winning “Toilet Treatments”. 

He has taught at the Museum School at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and has had artist residencies at: Harvard University; AS220, Rhode Island; Harvestworks, NYC; Williams College, MA; Real Art Ways, Hartford; Milepost 5, Portland, OR, Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Andalucia, Spain, and CAMAC, Marnay-sur-Seine, France. 

He founded the Provincetown Community Compact, which runs artist residencies, and the Swim for Life AIDS/women’s health benefit, which has raised $4M and is scheduled for September 12, 2015. 

www.jaycritchley.com

Don't look away! exhibit