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<h1>Photo Essay: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Joins the Green Museum Movement</h1>
 <div>  <div>  <p>Art is a reflection of a community, according to the new Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA) in semi-rural Kitsap County, Wash. "A community that embraces an art museum is saying art matters, imagination matters."</p>  <p>In fact, the team of artists, community members, architects, and others behind the museum spent 10 years imagining and developing their vision for a regional museum that could become the "backbone of our community," creating a public space in which to showcase the diversity of local and indigenous artists throughout the region.</p>  <p>The BIMA, organizers say, hopes to bring together relatively undiscovered local artists with established regional masters in exhibits that will help capture and define the area's art.</p>  <p>The 20,000-square-foot building&mdash;"a staging area for possibilities"&mdash;is a work of art itself. The community was invited to weigh in on its design: several models were presented at an open house where people were invited to share feedback and even vote on the best plan.</p>  <p>It is targeted for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold status, joining the ranks of other noted institutions in the "green museum" movement, a trend that began in the mid-2000s with the "greening" of children's museums. The movement has since expanded to include science and art institutions. In 2008, the Grand Rapids Art Museum in Michigan became the first art museum complex to receive LEED certification, with a building expansion that included on-site grey water recycling and a heat recovery ventilator.</p>  <p>LEED certification poses a set of requirements that are challenging for museums to fulfill, given their strict needs for temperature and humidity regulation. To meet these, the BIMA uses geothermal energy, solar power, recycled materials (like denim insulation), and more.</p>  <p>YES! photographer Hans Mansson visited the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art this summer. Check out his photos below.</p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/imports/dd6d1ffc438b4f44b33304d1ef415ded.jpg"><figcaption><span><span>View of reception lobby from 2<sup>nd</sup> floor Beacon Gallery.</span></span></figcaption></figure></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/imports/d97dbbaf335549bbbabf7013a3fb64a4.jpg"><figcaption><span><span>Jenny Pohlman &amp; Sabrina Knowles <i>The Wheel of Remembering and Forgetting</i> blown and sculptured glass steel.</span></span></figcaption></figure></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/imports/136a5ad1c5ac4eb88e1e530f03f994e5.jpg"><figcaption><span><p><span>Museum Store.</span></p></span></figcaption></figure></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/imports/119783bf5f984d379705383331cbd51a.jpg"><figcaption><span><p><span>Executive Director Greg Robinson in Margie McDonald’s Sea ‘Scape recycled metals show.</span></p></span></figcaption></figure></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/imports/879d47544d5f4662bc338163e7468c17.jpg"><figcaption><span><span>Interior view Rachel Feferman Gallery 2<sup>nd</sup> floor.</span>&#13; &#13;</span></figcaption></figure></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/imports/f3e23a708654434bb70455ad1f3fdaa2.jpg"><figcaption><span><span>Musical instruments made from repurposed items including rifles (on left) by Steve Einhorn.</span></span></figcaption></figure></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/imports/cc61df673b1b426fb4d275e4e6046fa3.jpg"><figcaption><span><span>Installation view First Light Exhibition Rachel Feferman Gallery 2<sup>nd</sup> floor.</span></span></figcaption></figure></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/imports/e85a339f030e4c0d96ffe5c64b3872c3.jpg"><figcaption><span><span>Claudia Fitch <i>Host</i><span> (set of 3)</span><i></i> low fire 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mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} --> <!--[endif] --><span>Cynthia Sears Founder Sherry Grover Gallery.</span></p></span></figcaption></figure></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/imports/9efa7078ef9b4786870dc527c857819e.jpg"><figcaption><span><span>Tamar Stone <i>Brought to Bed</i> artist book.</span></span></figcaption></figure></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/imports/37f7dddc30034eaf9fd9624a657c65a2.jpg"><figcaption><span><p><span>Cynthia Sears Founder and Collector removing art piece for visitors.</span></p>&#13;</span></figcaption></figure></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/imports/defbc217b8b14995b69a5dd43a6dfd1e.jpg"><figcaption><span><span>Jules Remedios and Chris Stern Exquisite Horse artist book.</span></span></figcaption></figure></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/imports/c801d9b44b8541408a8e2692f1115294.jpg"><figcaption><span><span>Cynthia Sears Founder and Collector removing <i>Exquisite Horse</i> artist book for visitors.</span></span></figcaption></figure></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <p><figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/imports/0c0a908b9ff1490189856cb011933530.jpg"><figcaption><span><span>George and David Lewis Roof Garden (detail).</span></span></figcaption></figure></p>  <p>&nbsp;</p>  <hr><p>All photos by Hans Mansson.</p>  </div>  <!-- <img src="e4cf09dc8f03425ca37c36281c7b8edd"> --></div>  <!-- <p>&#160;</p> -->
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Photo Essay: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Joins the Green Museum Movement
     Art is a reflection of a community, according to the new Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA) in semi-rural Kitsap County, Wash. "A community that embraces an art museum is saying art matters, imagination matters."  In fact, the team of artists, community members, architects, and others behind the museum spent 10 years imagining and developing their vision for a regional museum that could become the "backbone of our community," creating a public space in which to showcase the diversity of local and indigenous artists throughout the region.  The BIMA, organizers say, hopes to bring together relatively undiscovered local artists with established regional masters in exhibits that will help capture and define the area's art.  The 20,000-square-foot building—"a staging area for possibilities"—is a work of art itself. The community was invited to weigh in on its design: several models were presented at an open house where people were invited to share feedback and even vote on the best plan.  It is targeted for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold status, joining the ranks of other noted institutions in the "green museum" movement, a trend that began in the mid-2000s with the "greening" of children's museums. The movement has since expanded to include science and art institutions. In 2008, the Grand Rapids Art Museum in Michigan became the first art museum complex to receive LEED certification, with a building expansion that included on-site grey water recycling and a heat recovery ventilator.  LEED certification poses a set of requirements that are challenging for museums to fulfill, given their strict needs for temperature and humidity regulation. To meet these, the BIMA uses geothermal energy, solar power, recycled materials (like denim insulation), and more.  YES! photographer Hans Mansson visited the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art this summer. Check out his photos below.        View of reception lobby from 2nd floor Beacon Gallery.     Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles The Wheel of Remembering and Forgetting blown and sculptured glass steel.     Museum Store.     Executive Director Greg Robinson in Margie McDonald’s Sea ‘Scape recycled metals show.     Interior view Rachel Feferman Gallery 2nd floor.
 
     Musical instruments made from repurposed items including rifles (on left) by Steve Einhorn.     Installation view First Light Exhibition Rachel Feferman Gallery 2nd floor.     Claudia Fitch Host (set of 3) low fire ceramic and watercolor.     Installation view First Light Exhibition Rachel Feferman Gallery 2nd floor.     Interior view Rachel Feferman Gallery 2nd floor.     
  Cynthia Sears Founder Sherry Grover Gallery.     Tamar Stone Brought to Bed artist book.     Cynthia Sears Founder and Collector removing art piece for visitors.
     Jules Remedios and Chris Stern Exquisite Horse artist book.     Cynthia Sears Founder and Collector removing Exquisite Horse artist book for visitors.     George and David Lewis Roof Garden (detail).     All photos by Hans Mansson.

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