Civil Disobedience at the SRBC Meeting Wilkes-Barre

Civil Disobedience at the SRBC Meeting Wilkes-Barre

I almost made it to this, I wish I had gone.


The Fight continues over the Susquehanna river.

© Aaron Nutter, Injured by a Truck - Billboard

Burning Water Trailer

Batesville Indiana

a view from my Hotel

Website Update Underway

© Aaron Nutter, Pipeline, Dimock PA

I will be soon launching my new series "Drill Baby Drill" The Marcellus Shale Expedition.

I have finally received the funding to finish the Birds Project! Anyone that ordered a Vinyl online will be happy to know that they will be in the mail soon.

Frackin' Words Open Mic

Come hear poetry or short works by Phil Terman, members of Clarion University's Tobeco literary group, and YOU -- bring a piece of work or just come and enjoy the evening surrounded by visual art and words on the theme of hyrdrofracking!


Friday, October 21 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Graffiti Gallery, 210 Seneca Street, Oil City

Frackin' Art Opening - Oil City

The show will be open Fridays and Saturdays in October, 11am-7pm.

Delaware River Basin Commission Meeting, Trenton NJ 09-21-2011

The vote to decide whether to allow fracking in the Delaware watershed. This was the last Delaware River Basin Commission meeting before this critical vote


© Aaron Nutter, Interview


© Aaron Nutter, Anti Fracking Car


© Aaron Nutter


© Aaron Nutter, West Trenton Volunteer Fire Company

Frackin' Art: The Fine Art of Hydraulic Fracturing

The Fine Art of Hydraulic Fracturing
The Graffiti Gallery, Oil City PA
exhibit coordinator: George Cooley

Exploiting the Earth’s resources for energy is part of what humans do. Recently, horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies have demonstrated great promise in extracting natural gas from deep underground. These technologies rupture deep rock formations with the high-pressure injection of a mixture of water, sand and chemical additives, liberating the gas within. Fracturing these layers of rock is commonly called Hydrofracking or Fracking.

As with most energy extraction methods, controversy flourishes with hydrofracking. We need the energy… people need jobs & money… there are dangers… humans take shortcuts… tycoons abandon played out sites… etc. Fracking is no different, and has plenty of arguments coming from many perspectives.

Oil City, PA is in the middle of a large shale field being fracked called Marcellus. Because of our geography the local art community felt it was appropriate to invite artists to display their ideas on Fracking.


Exhibit Hours

October 1st-29th, 2011
Fridays & Saturdays, 11am-7pm

Exhibit Location

The Graffiti Gallery
210 Seneca Street
Oil City, PA 16301

I will have three images from my new work "Drill Baby Drill" on display. I highly recommend viewing this show, it will be up for the month of October.

Rally in West Trenton to Say NO to Fracking: 9-21-2011

DateWednesday, September 21, 2011Time12:30 PM - 2:30 pm
Location West Trenton Volunteer Fire Company
40 West Upper Ferry Road West Trenton, NJ 08628

The vote to decide whether to allow fracking in the Delaware watershed is next month! September 21st is the last Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) meeting before this critical vote. We need a strong turnout to show President Obama and the governors of NJ, PA, DE and NY that we want a ban on fracking in the Delaware River Basin.

We are gathering at 12:30pm before the 1:30pm meeting.

more info at http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org

A house floats down the Susquehanna River

A house floats down the Susquehanna River

© Aaron Nutter, Craig & Julie Sautner residents of Dimock PA


© Aaron Nutter


© Aaron Nutter, Outside City Hall


© Aaron Nutter

Philadelphia September 7th - Rally to Stop Dirty Gas Drilling

© Aaron Nutter, Gas Mask Protester

September 7th rain or shine, more than 1000 people marched down Broad Street in Philadelphia to protest the Drilling in Pennsylvania. The energy that was in the air was unbelievable. People of all races and backgrounds showed up. Some in extreme getups, others just in their ordinary clothes. With a police escort starting on Arch street, the group marched around Center City.


© Aaron Nutter, No Fracking Protester

Before the march, notable speakers spoke out to the masses. These speakers included Josh Fox, the Director of Gasland, Craig & Julie Sautner residents of Dimock PA, Blondell Reynolds Brown, Philadelphia City Councilwoman, Curtis Jones, Philadelphia City Councilman, Doug Shields, Pittsburgh City Council President, Al Appleton, internationally respected water systems expert, Iris Marie Bloom, Protecting Our Waters, Tracy Carluccio, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Jim Walsh, Food and Water Watch, David Braun, United for Action and many others.


© Aaron Nutter, Josh Fox - Director of Gasland

More Images to come on this topic

Damming the Laurel Lake Creek

Damming the Laurel Lake Creek video

unbelievable! Twice in one location.

16 Pound Rabbit Opening

THE SIXTEEN POUND RABBIT SHOW

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2ND, 5 to 9PM

The artist collective 16 Pound Rabbit will have sculptures they have created out of found objects on display. Each sculpture depicts a rabbit figure that weighs exactly sixteen pounds. Other collaborative projects will also be at the exhibition.

www.painteddesertgallery.com
Painted Desert Gallery, 227 North Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17602.
HOURS OF OPERATION: the first friday of every month

Marcellus Shale Informational Forum

State Rep. Ryan Aument hosted a public forum on Marcellus Shale on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at Centerville Middle School. The event was designed to give the public a chance to question lawmakers, industry reps and government officals on the safety of natural-gas drilling.


©Aaron Nutter, Marcellus Shale Informational Forum, Centerville PA

The Panel Representers were, David Spigelmyer who is Vice President of Goverment relastions at Chesapeake Energy, Mark Lauriello who is Preseident and CEO of Rettew Associates, Inc and Thomas Bergen from Heartman, Underhill & Brubaker LLP.

On the other side, we had George E. W. Love who is the Bureau DIrector & PA State Geologist, Jim Kline from the Department of Environmental Protection and John Arway, the Executive Director of PA Fish & Boat Commission.


©Aaron Nutter, a piece of the marcellus shale

John Arway was by far the most important speaker at the forum. The PA fish and Boat Commission are the current police of the Marcellus Shale Gas fields. Although if you ask Mr. Arway he will tell you that policing the fields is not what his department should be doing. In his eye, the gas industry should be more like the oil and coal. They should be responsible and able to clean up there own mistakes. Heavily underfunded, the PA Fish and Boat commission run around and inspect every environmental disaster left by Marcellus Shale. The only real source of funding they receive is through the purchase of fishing licenses. They are usually too late going to locations to stop any contamination. Since running all over the fields the Pa fish and boat commission cannot focus on their real jobs, which is to watch and protect people on the waterways, especially around the holidays.

The Pipeline

©Aaron Nutter, pipeline construction, Dimock PA


©Aaron Nutter, pipeline construction, Dimock PA

©Aaron Nutter

Mud and Bentonite Blow Out

©Aaron Nutter

Aug-1-11 original date for the spill (Video here)

Aug-2-11 (Video here)

I went up on the fourth after the last video to see the site for myself. The rain has completely overrun the hay bales and sandbags.



©Aaron Nutter



©Aaron Nutter

Some might assume that hay and sand bags are not the best way of stoping such environmental disasters.


©Aaron Nutter

Bentonite is said to be toxic when inhaled by humans, but it is unknown what effects it will have on the wildlife.


©Aaron Nutter

Marcellus Shale Reality Tour

On July 31st, 2011, a group of Democrat and Republican community leaders boarded a bus to travel an hour north to see, hear, and feel the negative effects of gas drilling.

Dimock, PA

Aaron Nutter, Drill

THEY are HERE!!!!

The Birds 10inch


The Birds 10inch


Pre-Order at http://16poundrabbit.com

New Art for the collection

Will and Maggie Mowery collaborative painting

Interview

Rose Principe, and AJ Nutter

Check out the interview I just did with Rose for the lancast.

Sea Crisp Theme 2 Video

The Birds - AJ Nutter 2011

Test Pressing

The Birds, Test Pressing


The Birds, Test Pressing

The Test Pressing arrived yesterday! and it sounds awesome!! Now united will run the full order of vinyl. The next step will be finding a decent printer for the record jackets.

Frack away

Aaron Nutter,Cabot Oil and Gas


Aaron Nutter


Aaron Nutter,Dimock

Fracking in PA

The start of my new photo project titled 'Drill Baby Drill'. The documentation of Hydrofracture gas drilling in Pennsylvania.


Aaron Nutter, Hydraulic Fracturing


Aaron Nutter, In my backyard


Aaron Nutter, Trucks

Back cover for the Birds

Matt Chapman


Sick!!

Final Cover for the Birds

Matt Chapman

Lower Case Gallery

Heather Heilman Loercher

Heather Heilman Loercher invited me to write a musical piece to go along with her art installation outside of the Lower case gallery in wrightsville PA. This will be for the closing of the show on the 2nd.

Stop by the gallery to see her show.

Not yet seen? *tsk tsk & tick tock*
THIS Fourth Friday June 24 ::: 5-8 p (note time change)
THIS Sat June 25 ::: 10a – 4p
NEXT Sat July 2 ::: 10a – 4p – *LAST DAY* /// I’m in the gallery

Moving is a pain

Moving into the new apartment will set me back.

For anyone in town for First Friday in July make sure to check out the Mowery show "The Corner of Prince and Queen".









more info here

The Birds are of to the Press

Matt Chapman

I sent out the Album to be pressed. I decided to go with a 10inch over the 12inch record. It seemed more fitting for the work, as well as more cost effective.

My Friend Matt Chapman will be doing the art work for the cover. He sent me over some ruff sketches this week.


Matt Chapman


Matt Chapman