Don’t miss the Friends of Trees Haiku Hotties at the live show of Live Wire on August 21 at The Gerding Theater at the Armory.
In addition to watching Friends of Trees collect the audience’s haikus, the evening will feature performances by musician Reggie Watts and experimental stage artist Dayna Hanson, with guest musicians 3 Leg [...]
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The rock band Cake is currently on its national summer tour, playing such hits as ‘Never There’ and ‘Satan is my Motor,’ all the while giving trees to lucky audience members.
The popular band has been doing this for several years, according to front-man John McCrea at a concert in 2008, “Just because I think trees [...]
On the heels of the tree-centric Avatar and with the discovery that the Cannes International Film Festival will close this year with a picture called The Tree, it is increasingly clear that the film industry can not survive without trees.
The Tree is a family drama that incorporates a giant Moreton Bay Fig Tree into the [...]
James Cameron, director of the tree-centric Avatar, recently planted trees in Brazil and elsewhere in promotion of environmental concerns and the release of his record-breaking film to DVD and Blu-ray.
In Brazil, Cameron lobbied on behalf of indigenous tribes that live along the Amazon River and are opposed to the development of the $11 billion Belo [...]
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Vancouver elementary students won second and third place in the Washington State Arbor Day Poster contest.
Stella Won took second place and Ciana Yi third with their artwork depicting this year’s theme, “Trees are Terrific…and Energy Wise.” Both students attend Fisher’s Landing Elementary School.
Yi’s piece shows trees intermingling between an urban and forest [...]
Tags: Arbor Day '10, art, Vancouver
A local artist is selling a screen-print called “Friends of Trees” online.
Dan Stiles said there is no direct connection to Friends of Trees, the famous Northeast Portland nonprofit organization that is replanting Portland’s urban forest.
Despite the lack of direct affiliation, the image does represent multiple trees (canopy) and a friendly interaction between a bird and [...]
A new photograph exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum in New York features a series of photos called “Tree Planting,” reports The New York Times.
The 62-photograph display on a curved wall, highlights many color images from tree plantings that Friends of Trees volunteers are likely familiar with: dirt, tools, trucks, and improved landscapes.
The annual tree planting [...]
There is a Hometree, a Tree of Souls, and even a Tree of Life.
Who knew the most popular, highest grossing film of all time would be about trees?
Friends of Trees is proud to endorse Avatar as its tree movie of the year.
Any idea what type of species that Hometree is?
–Toshio Suzuki
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As part of a rotating installation art program at The Portland Building downtown, a local artist will introduce a life-size paper dress called the Mother Tree next month.
Helen Hiebert will work two hours every weekday, from Feb. 16 to March 12, until the installation funded by the Regional Arts & Culture Council is finished.
And she [...]
An art gallery owner who found inspiration in a Dr. Seuss bumper sticker is now selling her new coffee table book under a similar name.
‘Speak for the Trees’ is a visual and literary compilation, combining 76 world-renowned artists (David Hockney, Yoko Ono, Mark Ryden, Christo, Jeanne-Claude, Starn Brothers) with quotes from selected writers or visionaries [...]
The Vermont Division of Forestry is celebrating its centennial with art and writing contests from school children. This first place letter is from William Douglas, who is in the kindergarten to second grade section:
One day I was walking in a forest. Then I found a tree.
It seemed like a perfect tree for a tree [...]
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