A multi-media trio of Bell Acoustic of Bucyrus, Findlay Artist/Photographer Carole Elchert, and Didgeridoo player
In 1981, Carole Elchert traveled for the first time to Nepal and the Himalayas. Elchert returned to the Himalayan regions--including India, Nepal, Ladakh, and Tibet--every year or two for ongoing study of these cultures. Since 1993, she has organized over 17 eco-cultural tours for adults and students. Elchert^aEURTMs photographic images from these trips have appeared in exhibits in New York, Los Angeles, London, Melbourne as well as art galleries and universities throughout Ohio and the Midwest. Some of her images of Tibet--featured at the 1989 Kalachakra Ceremony conducted by the Dalai Lama--are in the permanent collection of Chicago's Field Museum. On April 21 Elchert will be showing her work via a projector and screen.
Musician and artist Greg Bell of Bell Acoustic is a natural partner for this Earth Day program. For one, Bell helps the earth through recycling: many of the instruments he plays were built by himself, using parts from old pianos. Both Greg and his band mate Scott Brown are fascinated with ways to mix music and photography. Bell Acoustic^aEURTMs original compositions sound ^aEURoenatural^aEUR