ARTISTIC TEAM
SIBYLLE SZAGGARS REDFORD | ARTISITC DIRECTOR | FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT
Sibylle Szaggars Redford is a German born multimedia environmental artist whose artwork has been exhibited throughout Europe, Monaco, Peru, Singapore, Japan, Suriname and the United States.
Szaggars Redford is the 2016 recipient of the US State Department’s Art in Embassies Program for the US Embassy in Paramaribo, Suriname where after visiting the countries Rain Forests and Indigenous Peoples, 10 of her site specific Pieces were placed on permanent display in the US Embassy in Paramaribo, Suriname.
Her artistry spans across mediums and decades, from painted oil sketches and photographs of her Moroccan travels, expressions on canvas from her American Indian Pueblo visits, large Oil paintings where she explores “The Shape of Color“ and her recent works of watercolor abstracts shaped by the monsoon rains of Santa Fe, New Mexico, California and abroad.
Having worked as an environmental artist for almost 4 decades, her desire is to create art that transcends words, languages, cultures and politics. Szaggars Redford creates art in order to speak to a deeper universal consciousness that’s connected to and dependent on the earth and its environments. In order to find a stronger voice through art for the Earth, Szaggars Redford entered the world of performance art as an homage to the universal elements and an artistic medium for environmentalism in action.
In 2013 Szaggars Redford in collaboration with Icelandic Composer and Musician David Thor Jonsson, designed a concept for a staged art performance piece “The Way of the Rain” which would incorporate different art forms; music, dance, film, light, spoken word and her first designed stage backdrop of multiple large “Rain Painting Silks” that would symbolize falling water from the heavens.
Since then Szaggars Redford has collaborated with various world renowned composers, choreographers and performers with presentations nationwide, The United Emirates of Abu Dhabi, the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall and the Opening Night of the 68th United Nations - NGO - International Conference.
In 2015 Szaggars Redford founded The Way of the Rain, Inc. a Non for Profit Organization with the specific purpose of developing, producing and performing educational and artistic performances - themed and designed to promote public awareness to support the protection of our Earth.
In addition to presenting “The Way of the Rain” performances and developing new staged versions of “The Way of the Rain” Szaggars Redford continues to create and exhibit new art.
Beginning of March 2020 during the time of the Covid - 19 lockdown and isolation, Szaggars Redford in collaboration with Composer Tim Janis and environmental activist Robert Redford began creating “The Way of the Rain - Reflections on Earth” video series shorts - a Gift of Hope to the World and an invitation to reflect on the beauty and wonders of our Planet Earth.
“The Way of the Rain - Reflections on Earth” Ocean video series shorts have been screened around the world at the “Virtual“ Earth X Conference - April 22-27, 2020, the United Nations Oceans Day “Virtual” Earth X Oceans and National Geographic Conference - June 9-10, 2020, Earth X Australia / Oceana Conference - June 11, 2020 and the United Nations “Peace Boat” Conference on June 12, 2020.
“The Way of the Rain – Reflections on Earth” video series shorts continue to focus on the World’s Natural Environments; their delicate Ecosystems and Biodiversity which are important and necessary to maintain in order to preserve the existence of all life on Earth.
For more information: www.sibylleszaggarsredford.com
GREGORY LEON BAIRD |MANAGING DIRECTOR & PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Managing Director of The Way of the Rain, Inc. (TWOTR) and Production Coordinator for all live TWOTR performances since the 2013 inception of The Way of the Rain – Albuquerque to the present, including The United Emirates of Abu Dhabi, the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall and the Opening Night of the 68th United Nations - NGO - International Conference.
Gregory Leon Baird graduated with a BA of Architecture, was trained in the 18th Century Style French Ecole des Beaux-Arts Architectural Watercolor technique and previously practiced Residential and Interior Design. Utilizing this education and background Baird was Art Consultant to Sibylle Szaggars Redford from the first “Rain drops” of 2010 - 2018 organizing and managing Szaggars Redford Exhibitions and Baird continues today to collaborate with Szaggars Redford on TWOTR performance stage designs.
In 2015, Sibylle Szaggars Redford founded The Way of the Rain, Inc. a Non Profit Organization and Gregory Leon Baird became Managing Director of The Way of the Rain, Inc. Non Profit Organization which has a specific purpose of developing, producing and performing educational and artistic performances - themed and designed to promote public awareness to support the protection of our Earth.
As Managing Director of TWOTR, Baird also coordinated the placement of “The Way of the Rain - Reflections on Earth” Ocean video series shorts which have been screened around the world at the “Virtual“ Earth X Conference - April 22-27, 2020, the United Nations Oceans Day “Virtual” Earth X Oceans and National Geographic Conference - June 9-10, 2020, Earth X Australia / Oceana Conference - June 11, 2020 and the United Nations “Peace Boat” Conference on June 12, 2020.
FLOYD THOMAS MCBEE | FILM RESEARCH |EDITING AND ART PROJECTIONS
Floyd Thomas McBee is a film and projections artist who has been a contributor and collaborator for “The Way of the Rain” since the summer of 2010. Through his lifelong love of nature and under the guidance of Sibylle Szaggars Redford’s holistic artistic vision, he has helped to provide and shape aspects of the ever-evolving visual narrative; from camera work and digital storytelling to atmospheric projections, Mr. McBee has endeavored to be a seamless and harmonious part of the greater collaborative spirit of “The Way of the Rain.”