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Benjamin Andrews
environment, food science, futurism, world building, digital art
Benjamin Andrew is an interdisciplinary artist exploring the frontiers of storytelling through public art and new media. His projects are often exercises in world-building that grow from historical research and scientific inquiry. Andrew developed collaborative programming between artists and scientists at Johns Hopkins University and the Maryland Institute College of Art while he lived in Baltimore. In 2016 he relocated to the Pennsylvania State University, where he is teaching interdisciplinary courses on digital media design and the history of anatomical illustration. He is open to any potential collaborations or opportunities, but is especially interested in environmental issues, food science, and futurism. Benjamin worked in a lot of media production fields, and is very interested in exploring new ways of telling stories or re-imagining popular culture.
Visit his website at http://benjaminandrew.net
Follow him on Twitter and Instagram
environment, food science, futurism, world building, digital art
Benjamin Andrew is an interdisciplinary artist exploring the frontiers of storytelling through public art and new media. His projects are often exercises in world-building that grow from historical research and scientific inquiry. Andrew developed collaborative programming between artists and scientists at Johns Hopkins University and the Maryland Institute College of Art while he lived in Baltimore. In 2016 he relocated to the Pennsylvania State University, where he is teaching interdisciplinary courses on digital media design and the history of anatomical illustration. He is open to any potential collaborations or opportunities, but is especially interested in environmental issues, food science, and futurism. Benjamin worked in a lot of media production fields, and is very interested in exploring new ways of telling stories or re-imagining popular culture.
Visit his website at http://benjaminandrew.net
Follow him on Twitter and Instagram
Sally Bozzuto
biology, regeneration, ecology, organic matter, agriculture, technology, conceptual artwork
Sally is an interdisciplinary artist and educator living in Brooklyn, NY with a specialization in lens-based arts. Her work deals with regenerative cycles of death and rebirth using organic substances such as dust, dirt, plants and the human body. She is also a cofounder of the group EcoHacker, which is a network of artists engaged in work on the themes of ecology, technology and autonomy. Sally is interested in botany, biology, architecture/building, software engineering, sustainable agriculture, hydroponics/microfarming, sustainable power, and would also like to connect with performing artists whose work intersects any of these areas.
Visit her website at www.sallybozzuto.com and EcoHacker's site at www.eco-hacker.info
biology, regeneration, ecology, organic matter, agriculture, technology, conceptual artwork
Sally is an interdisciplinary artist and educator living in Brooklyn, NY with a specialization in lens-based arts. Her work deals with regenerative cycles of death and rebirth using organic substances such as dust, dirt, plants and the human body. She is also a cofounder of the group EcoHacker, which is a network of artists engaged in work on the themes of ecology, technology and autonomy. Sally is interested in botany, biology, architecture/building, software engineering, sustainable agriculture, hydroponics/microfarming, sustainable power, and would also like to connect with performing artists whose work intersects any of these areas.
Visit her website at www.sallybozzuto.com and EcoHacker's site at www.eco-hacker.info
Kate Brandes
geology, environment, writing
Kate Brandes has worked as a geologist and environmental scientist for twenty years. She is also a fiction writer and artist interested in local confluences of people, place and nature. She is an artist looking for other artists to create work with.
Visit her website at http://katebrandes.com/
Follow her on Twitter
geology, environment, writing
Kate Brandes has worked as a geologist and environmental scientist for twenty years. She is also a fiction writer and artist interested in local confluences of people, place and nature. She is an artist looking for other artists to create work with.
Visit her website at http://katebrandes.com/
Follow her on Twitter
Julia Rymer Brucker
geology, environmental sciences, interactions with nature, painting, drawing, printing
Interactions with nature—from examining the minutia of biological cells and seeds to imagining the reaction of quantum particles to experiencing the vastness of the night sky—inspire the shapes, colorful washes and designs that appear in Julia's work. Each piece she creates evolves like geological strata, layers building up over time, cultivating structure in the overall composition. Whether working with watercolor, acrylic, charcoal, graphite or monoprinting techniques, her art celebrates the beauty of the natural world. Her 15+ year career spans numerous exhibitions and inclusion in public and private collections throughout the United States. Julia would love to collaborate or connect with a scientist to build a body of work with, preferably in the field of physics or astronomy.
Visit her website at www.juliarymer.com
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram
geology, environmental sciences, interactions with nature, painting, drawing, printing
Interactions with nature—from examining the minutia of biological cells and seeds to imagining the reaction of quantum particles to experiencing the vastness of the night sky—inspire the shapes, colorful washes and designs that appear in Julia's work. Each piece she creates evolves like geological strata, layers building up over time, cultivating structure in the overall composition. Whether working with watercolor, acrylic, charcoal, graphite or monoprinting techniques, her art celebrates the beauty of the natural world. Her 15+ year career spans numerous exhibitions and inclusion in public and private collections throughout the United States. Julia would love to collaborate or connect with a scientist to build a body of work with, preferably in the field of physics or astronomy.
Visit her website at www.juliarymer.com
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram
Christina Catanese
modern dance, geology, hydrogeology, landscape, earth and environmental science, soil, mycology, time, science communication, biodiviersity, ecology, botany, natural history, writing, education
Christina is an environmental scientist, dancer/choreographer, educator, and visual arts administrator in Philadelphia, PA. As the Director of Environmental Art at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Christina oversees all aspects of creating and implementing an environmental art exhibition program in gallery spaces and on the Schuylkill Center’s 340 acres of forests and fields, as a complement to other educational programs to inspire meaningful connections with nature. Christina has a Masters in Applied Geosciences from the University of Pennsylvania, complementing her BA at Penn in Environmental Studies and Political Science. In her choreographic practice, Christina explores the ability of dance to take processes that happen over an incredibly long time scale and distill them down to a human scale moment to make them easier to comprehend.
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modern dance, geology, hydrogeology, landscape, earth and environmental science, soil, mycology, time, science communication, biodiviersity, ecology, botany, natural history, writing, education
Christina is an environmental scientist, dancer/choreographer, educator, and visual arts administrator in Philadelphia, PA. As the Director of Environmental Art at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Christina oversees all aspects of creating and implementing an environmental art exhibition program in gallery spaces and on the Schuylkill Center’s 340 acres of forests and fields, as a complement to other educational programs to inspire meaningful connections with nature. Christina has a Masters in Applied Geosciences from the University of Pennsylvania, complementing her BA at Penn in Environmental Studies and Political Science. In her choreographic practice, Christina explores the ability of dance to take processes that happen over an incredibly long time scale and distill them down to a human scale moment to make them easier to comprehend.
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram
Arpita Choudhury
climate change, conservation, wildlife biology, marine science, environmental science, evolution, genetics, science communication, illustration, painting, drawing
Arpita illustrates and writes about science news and issues through her blog "The Science of Illustration." Her blog posts and artwork gravitate towards conservation, climate change, genetics, evolution, and environmental science. She studied marine science at the University of Miami and environmental science at the University of Rhode Island. In a previous life, she was a fisheries geneticist and invertebrate molecular biologist. Most recently she dwelled in the world of wildlife policy with a focus on climate change and wildlife disease. Currently she is interested in using the visual arts as a tool for educating the general public about science. Arpita is interested in collaborating with other artists and scientists who are interested in science communication in the realm of climate change, conservation, and environmental science.
Visit her website at thescienceofillustration.com
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram
climate change, conservation, wildlife biology, marine science, environmental science, evolution, genetics, science communication, illustration, painting, drawing
Arpita illustrates and writes about science news and issues through her blog "The Science of Illustration." Her blog posts and artwork gravitate towards conservation, climate change, genetics, evolution, and environmental science. She studied marine science at the University of Miami and environmental science at the University of Rhode Island. In a previous life, she was a fisheries geneticist and invertebrate molecular biologist. Most recently she dwelled in the world of wildlife policy with a focus on climate change and wildlife disease. Currently she is interested in using the visual arts as a tool for educating the general public about science. Arpita is interested in collaborating with other artists and scientists who are interested in science communication in the realm of climate change, conservation, and environmental science.
Visit her website at thescienceofillustration.com
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram
Nicole Clouston
microbiology, embodied experience, research
Nicole Clouston is a practice-based researcher currently completing her PhD in Visual Art at York University. In her practice she asks: What happens when we acknowledge, through an embodied experience, our connection to a world teeming with life both around and inside us? What does a meaningful alliance between human and non-human life look like? Nicole has exhibited across Canada in Montreal, Victoria, Edmonton, and Toronto. She is currently the artist in residence at the Coalesce Bio Art Lab at the University at Buffalo. She is looking to collaborate with microbiologists and soil specialists.
Visit Nicole's website at www.nicoleclouston.com
Follow Nicole on Twitter and Instagram
microbiology, embodied experience, research
Nicole Clouston is a practice-based researcher currently completing her PhD in Visual Art at York University. In her practice she asks: What happens when we acknowledge, through an embodied experience, our connection to a world teeming with life both around and inside us? What does a meaningful alliance between human and non-human life look like? Nicole has exhibited across Canada in Montreal, Victoria, Edmonton, and Toronto. She is currently the artist in residence at the Coalesce Bio Art Lab at the University at Buffalo. She is looking to collaborate with microbiologists and soil specialists.
Visit Nicole's website at www.nicoleclouston.com
Follow Nicole on Twitter and Instagram
Rikke Darling
nature, abstract, structure, balance
Rikke Darling seeks for the unknown mysteries in life, considering all life forms as coming from the same ground material. Her focus is on balance in nature. She invites the viewer for a journey through inner and outer spaces. The macrocosm is reflected by the microcosm, structures outside relate to structures inside. Life forms consist of structures, that life itself is structuring. Emotions are transformed into colours and composition of space, shaping unpredictable forms in her abstract paintings. Dark parts dissolve into lighter nuances of colour until they finally become white, representing emptiness or the void. She is an artist open to collaborating with artists and others in the art and science fields.
Visit her website at www.rikkedarling.com
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram
nature, abstract, structure, balance
Rikke Darling seeks for the unknown mysteries in life, considering all life forms as coming from the same ground material. Her focus is on balance in nature. She invites the viewer for a journey through inner and outer spaces. The macrocosm is reflected by the microcosm, structures outside relate to structures inside. Life forms consist of structures, that life itself is structuring. Emotions are transformed into colours and composition of space, shaping unpredictable forms in her abstract paintings. Dark parts dissolve into lighter nuances of colour until they finally become white, representing emptiness or the void. She is an artist open to collaborating with artists and others in the art and science fields.
Visit her website at www.rikkedarling.com
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram
Michael DiRosa
painting, physics, climate, sculpture, education
Michael DiRosa studied painting and physics at Bard College, graduating with two theses in 2015. Following his passion for education, Michael taught and lived in China for a year before returning to his native New York to work in art education at the Jacob Burns Film Center. While working as an educator At Storm King Art Center, Michael has developed STEM focused sculpture workshops and tours for visitors of all ages. In 2018, Storm King’s exhibition of artists on climate change gave Michael combined his interests of climate, art and education. In his painting practice Michael works with bold colors and compositions dealing with cultural identity, personal stories, climate and migration. Michael is passionate about bringing science to life through art and story. Michael is looking to network with other artists.
Visit his website at michael-dirosa.tumblr.com
painting, physics, climate, sculpture, education
Michael DiRosa studied painting and physics at Bard College, graduating with two theses in 2015. Following his passion for education, Michael taught and lived in China for a year before returning to his native New York to work in art education at the Jacob Burns Film Center. While working as an educator At Storm King Art Center, Michael has developed STEM focused sculpture workshops and tours for visitors of all ages. In 2018, Storm King’s exhibition of artists on climate change gave Michael combined his interests of climate, art and education. In his painting practice Michael works with bold colors and compositions dealing with cultural identity, personal stories, climate and migration. Michael is passionate about bringing science to life through art and story. Michael is looking to network with other artists.
Visit his website at michael-dirosa.tumblr.com
Ben Dobson
microscope, nature, photography
Ben Dobson is a science teacher by day and photographer with a microscope by night. For now. He works in Cambridge, UK which is where he picked up a Natural Science degree in the '95. He seeks the hidden world of beauty in drops of water, insects' eyes and human hair and challenges preconceptions of beauty. The microscopic mineral world of crystals contains strange and wonderful objects, landscapes and abstract forms. He prepares animals, vegetables and minerals for the microscope and photograph using many lighting techniques along with stacking and stitching.
Ben is open for collaborative work or just communication. He could also do with getting his art seen by more, particularly by people who are looking to buy. The beauty in this world is more intense in tiny places.
Visit his website at www.themicroscopeman.com
Follow him on Twitter
microscope, nature, photography
Ben Dobson is a science teacher by day and photographer with a microscope by night. For now. He works in Cambridge, UK which is where he picked up a Natural Science degree in the '95. He seeks the hidden world of beauty in drops of water, insects' eyes and human hair and challenges preconceptions of beauty. The microscopic mineral world of crystals contains strange and wonderful objects, landscapes and abstract forms. He prepares animals, vegetables and minerals for the microscope and photograph using many lighting techniques along with stacking and stitching.
Ben is open for collaborative work or just communication. He could also do with getting his art seen by more, particularly by people who are looking to buy. The beauty in this world is more intense in tiny places.
Visit his website at www.themicroscopeman.com
Follow him on Twitter
Alison Evans
environment, biology, ecosystems, human impact, painting
Alison is a New York based artist. Her work seeks to engage viewers through form and color whilst encouraging them to consider their material interaction and relationship with the modern environment. She aims to incorporate the sciences into her work in the future. During a recent trip to Puerto Rico with artists and biologists, she worked on a study involving creating hybrid flowers to test bee flower preferences. Her current series of paintings reflects on ideas of invasive species and human interaction with tropical ecosystems. She is interested in learning new technologies to expand her practice and hopes to connect and
collaborate with scientists.
Visit her website at www.alisonevansart.com
environment, biology, ecosystems, human impact, painting
Alison is a New York based artist. Her work seeks to engage viewers through form and color whilst encouraging them to consider their material interaction and relationship with the modern environment. She aims to incorporate the sciences into her work in the future. During a recent trip to Puerto Rico with artists and biologists, she worked on a study involving creating hybrid flowers to test bee flower preferences. Her current series of paintings reflects on ideas of invasive species and human interaction with tropical ecosystems. She is interested in learning new technologies to expand her practice and hopes to connect and
collaborate with scientists.
Visit her website at www.alisonevansart.com
Aaron M. Ellison
evolution, biology, ecology, sustainability, climate change
Aaron is the Senior Research Fellow in Ecology in Harvard’s Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Senior Ecologist at the Harvard Forest, a photographer, writer and woodworker. He studies the disintegration and reassembly of ecosystems following natural and anthropogenic disturbances; thinks about the relationship between the Dao and the intermediate disturbance hypothesis; reflects on the critical and reactionary stance of Ecology relative to Modernism. He is the author of several books for which he has received awards. He is interested in the interaction between visual arts and research relating to ecology and climate-change/sustainability science.
Visit Aaron's websites at harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/aaron-ellison and unbalancedecologist.net
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evolution, biology, ecology, sustainability, climate change
Aaron is the Senior Research Fellow in Ecology in Harvard’s Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Senior Ecologist at the Harvard Forest, a photographer, writer and woodworker. He studies the disintegration and reassembly of ecosystems following natural and anthropogenic disturbances; thinks about the relationship between the Dao and the intermediate disturbance hypothesis; reflects on the critical and reactionary stance of Ecology relative to Modernism. He is the author of several books for which he has received awards. He is interested in the interaction between visual arts and research relating to ecology and climate-change/sustainability science.
Visit Aaron's websites at harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/aaron-ellison and unbalancedecologist.net
Follow him on Twitter
Karen Fitzgerald
astronomy, physics, macro, micro painting, etchings
Karen is a visual artist living and working in NYC. She was born and grew up on a dairy farm in the Wisconsin and it is this early and close association with the natural world that threads through her work. She is focused on the energy that suffuses our world, as well as the Universe: her work explores energy in its myriad manifestations. As a master teaching artist, she has worked with a wide range of institutions and participants, on many different projects. She is interested in collaborations with scientists of all fields, particularly astronomy, particle physics, and environmental scientists.
Visit her website at http://fitzgeraldart.com
Follow her on Instagram
astronomy, physics, macro, micro painting, etchings
Karen is a visual artist living and working in NYC. She was born and grew up on a dairy farm in the Wisconsin and it is this early and close association with the natural world that threads through her work. She is focused on the energy that suffuses our world, as well as the Universe: her work explores energy in its myriad manifestations. As a master teaching artist, she has worked with a wide range of institutions and participants, on many different projects. She is interested in collaborations with scientists of all fields, particularly astronomy, particle physics, and environmental scientists.
Visit her website at http://fitzgeraldart.com
Follow her on Instagram
Thomas Fester
plant-microbe interactions, arbuscular mycorrhiza, induced stress tolerance, illustrations, short films, plant biology, environment
Thomas Fester creates scientific illustrations and short films to illustrate things that are hard to see and explain things that are hard to grasp. He has a researched biochemistry, phytopathology and plant protection, plant-microbe interactions and environmental studies. Thomas is looking to connect with other science-oriented artists and can provide short film production and illustration experience.
Visit his website at www.scivit.de
Follow him on Twitter and YouTube
plant-microbe interactions, arbuscular mycorrhiza, induced stress tolerance, illustrations, short films, plant biology, environment
Thomas Fester creates scientific illustrations and short films to illustrate things that are hard to see and explain things that are hard to grasp. He has a researched biochemistry, phytopathology and plant protection, plant-microbe interactions and environmental studies. Thomas is looking to connect with other science-oriented artists and can provide short film production and illustration experience.
Visit his website at www.scivit.de
Follow him on Twitter and YouTube
Pnina C. Gagnon
movement, nature, energy
Pnina C. Gagnon is an Israeli born artist, living in Canada. Her paintings are well represented in Canadian and Israeli museums as well as private collections. She has collaborated with numerous scientists. She is attracted by movements in nature. Her large paintings consist of notations of the shadows of things(trees, plants, ancient walls on archeological sites in Israel) as they move during a period of time. The result is mostly abstract with some visible references to her model. Her work is featured in the Catalogue de Raisons. Pnina is interested in visible and invisible energies and would like to collaborate on visualizing them. She would like help finding ways to detect signs in the ground for cracks or holes.
Visit Pnina's website at www.pnina-gagnon.com
movement, nature, energy
Pnina C. Gagnon is an Israeli born artist, living in Canada. Her paintings are well represented in Canadian and Israeli museums as well as private collections. She has collaborated with numerous scientists. She is attracted by movements in nature. Her large paintings consist of notations of the shadows of things(trees, plants, ancient walls on archeological sites in Israel) as they move during a period of time. The result is mostly abstract with some visible references to her model. Her work is featured in the Catalogue de Raisons. Pnina is interested in visible and invisible energies and would like to collaborate on visualizing them. She would like help finding ways to detect signs in the ground for cracks or holes.
Visit Pnina's website at www.pnina-gagnon.com
Kirstin Harris
environment, biology, animation, education, digital art
Kristin Harris has been making art for over 40 years and a media producer for 25 years. She specializes in producing and animating educational media for kids. Her work has been broadcasted by HBO Family/HBOLatino and included in numerous film festivals including the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Her college-level teaching experience includes nine years in the Art Department at Lynchburg College. She has presented art and technology workshops at summer programs at Howard University, American University and various art galleries and art museums and facilitates the WIFV's Animators Roundtable. Kristin received a BA in Fine Arts from UCLA and an MFA from The George Washington University. Kristin is looking to collaborate with scientists/biologists on her media project Anim8Nature. More information about this project is available on her design website.
Visit her websites at www.KristinReiberHarris.com and www.KristinHarrisDesign.com
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram
environment, biology, animation, education, digital art
Kristin Harris has been making art for over 40 years and a media producer for 25 years. She specializes in producing and animating educational media for kids. Her work has been broadcasted by HBO Family/HBOLatino and included in numerous film festivals including the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Her college-level teaching experience includes nine years in the Art Department at Lynchburg College. She has presented art and technology workshops at summer programs at Howard University, American University and various art galleries and art museums and facilitates the WIFV's Animators Roundtable. Kristin received a BA in Fine Arts from UCLA and an MFA from The George Washington University. Kristin is looking to collaborate with scientists/biologists on her media project Anim8Nature. More information about this project is available on her design website.
Visit her websites at www.KristinReiberHarris.com and www.KristinHarrisDesign.com
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram
Henry Hershey
fish, physiology, illustration, science communication
Henry is a graduate student in fisheries with skills in illustration. He studies the physiology and behavior of migratory fishes and loves to show people how amazing they are through art. He is also an avid fisherman and is passionate about drawing people's catches to promote catch and release. Henry is looking for fellow scientists who might think an illustration of a fish or concept would add to their communication efforts.
Find Henry on Instagram
fish, physiology, illustration, science communication
Henry is a graduate student in fisheries with skills in illustration. He studies the physiology and behavior of migratory fishes and loves to show people how amazing they are through art. He is also an avid fisherman and is passionate about drawing people's catches to promote catch and release. Henry is looking for fellow scientists who might think an illustration of a fish or concept would add to their communication efforts.
Find Henry on Instagram
Rachel Honnery
climate change, recycling, environmental, data, ecosystems
Rachel's art practice incorporates multiple medias (including painting, drawing, data documentation, photomedia, installation and recycling) with an interest in science to identify and collate information on plastic marine debris. Her work seeks a frame in which to make sense of this environmental transmogrification. Using a science fiction lens, She explores possible futuristic landscapes and creatures inhabiting contaminated coastal ecosystems. In her work, new forms of hybrid flora and fauna emerge; mutated corals that are half scleractinian, half plastic, dystopian creatures that remind us of our indifference now and for hundreds of years into the future.
She is interested in collaborating with marine or climate change scientists and other artists.
Visit Rachel's website at honnery.com
Follow her on Instagram
climate change, recycling, environmental, data, ecosystems
Rachel's art practice incorporates multiple medias (including painting, drawing, data documentation, photomedia, installation and recycling) with an interest in science to identify and collate information on plastic marine debris. Her work seeks a frame in which to make sense of this environmental transmogrification. Using a science fiction lens, She explores possible futuristic landscapes and creatures inhabiting contaminated coastal ecosystems. In her work, new forms of hybrid flora and fauna emerge; mutated corals that are half scleractinian, half plastic, dystopian creatures that remind us of our indifference now and for hundreds of years into the future.
She is interested in collaborating with marine or climate change scientists and other artists.
Visit Rachel's website at honnery.com
Follow her on Instagram
Ray Klimek
landscape, geology, chemistry, astronomy, science, the irrational
Ray Klimek taught English composition and literature for 20 years before enrolling in the General Studies Program at the International Center of Photography in 2001. In 2006, he received his MFA from the Mason GrossSchool of the Arts. Since then he has taught at Ohio University, Mason Gross and a number of other colleges and universities. He is the recipient of a number of awards including a Puffin Foundation Grant, a Tierney Foundation Fellowship and an Artist’s Residency at the University of Wales Newport. He has exhibited widely in the US and UK.
Visit his websites at rayklimek.com
landscape, geology, chemistry, astronomy, science, the irrational
Ray Klimek taught English composition and literature for 20 years before enrolling in the General Studies Program at the International Center of Photography in 2001. In 2006, he received his MFA from the Mason GrossSchool of the Arts. Since then he has taught at Ohio University, Mason Gross and a number of other colleges and universities. He is the recipient of a number of awards including a Puffin Foundation Grant, a Tierney Foundation Fellowship and an Artist’s Residency at the University of Wales Newport. He has exhibited widely in the US and UK.
Visit his websites at rayklimek.com
Alinta Krauth
sustainability, sound perception, gaming, computing, awareness advocacy, ecological education, interactivity, projection art, digital art
Alinta is a projection artist, sound artist, games designer, and poet, with a keen interest in physical computing, and environmental and political issues. She is interested in ways to tie sustainability and ecological education into large-scale projection mapping pieces. Alinta is looking to make connections with: engineers, and technicians, who may be interested in being involved in interactive projection pieces and artworks involving robotics and physical computing, with potential to also include educational elements about their fields in these works, with other games coders who wish to bring more artistic elements and surrealism into their work, such as Unity and HTML5 coders, and with physicists to create artworks specifically for physics education, especially in relation to human perception of gravity and how this might relate to perception of sound.
Visit her website at www.alintakrauth.com
sustainability, sound perception, gaming, computing, awareness advocacy, ecological education, interactivity, projection art, digital art
Alinta is a projection artist, sound artist, games designer, and poet, with a keen interest in physical computing, and environmental and political issues. She is interested in ways to tie sustainability and ecological education into large-scale projection mapping pieces. Alinta is looking to make connections with: engineers, and technicians, who may be interested in being involved in interactive projection pieces and artworks involving robotics and physical computing, with potential to also include educational elements about their fields in these works, with other games coders who wish to bring more artistic elements and surrealism into their work, such as Unity and HTML5 coders, and with physicists to create artworks specifically for physics education, especially in relation to human perception of gravity and how this might relate to perception of sound.
Visit her website at www.alintakrauth.com
Mary Ivy Martin
performance, photography, video, sculpture, psychology, ecopsychology, horticulture, ecology, botany, horticulture, arboriculture, bryology
Mary Ivy Martin collaborates with natural materials to confront a disconnection with nature in daily life. Martin received her MFA from SUNY Purchase and BFA from the University of Arizona. She has exhibited in New York and Berlin and participated in residency programs at I-Park (Connecticut), Art Farm (Nebraska), Sproutbau (Germany), and the School of Visual Arts (New York). Her practice is currently based in Brooklyn where she continues her ongoing exploration of relating to nature in a dense urban environment.
Visit her website at www.maryivymartin.com
performance, photography, video, sculpture, psychology, ecopsychology, horticulture, ecology, botany, horticulture, arboriculture, bryology
Mary Ivy Martin collaborates with natural materials to confront a disconnection with nature in daily life. Martin received her MFA from SUNY Purchase and BFA from the University of Arizona. She has exhibited in New York and Berlin and participated in residency programs at I-Park (Connecticut), Art Farm (Nebraska), Sproutbau (Germany), and the School of Visual Arts (New York). Her practice is currently based in Brooklyn where she continues her ongoing exploration of relating to nature in a dense urban environment.
Visit her website at www.maryivymartin.com
Patricia Miranda
environment, botany, horticulture, chemistry, STEAM
Patricia Miranda is an artist, educator, and curator using interdisciplinary projects to make connections between art, science, history and culture. She is founder of MAPSpace, a project space in Port Chester, NY, which includes a collaborative workspace residency program. She has been Visiting Artist at Vermont Studio Center, Heckscher Museum, and University of Utah, been awarded numerous grants residencies and was part of a yearlong NEA grant working with homeless youth. Miranda teaches at Lyme Academy College at University of New Haven, and New Hampshire Institute of Art. She develops STEAM education programs for K-12, museums, and institutions, including Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.. Her work has been exhibited internationally. Patricia is looking to collaborate with artists and scientists from all disciplines especially environmental- botanical, chemistry, horticulture etc. She is open to all ideas for collaboration.
Visit Patricia's website at www.patriciamiranda.com
Follow her on Instagram
environment, botany, horticulture, chemistry, STEAM
Patricia Miranda is an artist, educator, and curator using interdisciplinary projects to make connections between art, science, history and culture. She is founder of MAPSpace, a project space in Port Chester, NY, which includes a collaborative workspace residency program. She has been Visiting Artist at Vermont Studio Center, Heckscher Museum, and University of Utah, been awarded numerous grants residencies and was part of a yearlong NEA grant working with homeless youth. Miranda teaches at Lyme Academy College at University of New Haven, and New Hampshire Institute of Art. She develops STEAM education programs for K-12, museums, and institutions, including Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.. Her work has been exhibited internationally. Patricia is looking to collaborate with artists and scientists from all disciplines especially environmental- botanical, chemistry, horticulture etc. She is open to all ideas for collaboration.
Visit Patricia's website at www.patriciamiranda.com
Follow her on Instagram
Janet Morgan
nature, painting, therapy, ecology,
Artist Janet Morgan has painted all over the world, from Kyrgyzstan to Antarctica - landscapes from low desert to high mountains. She has also created, in large watercolors, a pantheon of 200 deities, a series of Wild Women and her latest work on the Body’s Energy. For 18 years she was an Expressive Arts Therapist with adult cancer patients at Memorial Sloan Ketttering Cancer Center. She has taught at the Rubin Museum of Art, the Art Students League, the Omega Institute and deep in the canyons of Utah. She has been artist-in-residence Death Valley National Park (created a children's book on the park), Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut, the Babayan Cultural Center in Cappadocia, Turkey and Hanksville Elementary School in Hanksville, Utah. She completed a public art commission for an Early Childhood Center in Queens, New York, made of ceramic reliefs on a circus theme. Her large paintings have been featured on stage at the Omega’s 2004 Women and Power Conference in New York City, at Burning Man and in many theatrical productions.
She is presently, with her art partner Gregory Frux, working on a book/map project on the Amargosa River (Nevada/California) which is full of hydrological mysteries and endangered species. She would like to connect with desert scientists, especially around water and its habitat. She has been drawing trees for years, but have lately become fascinated by the latest science of the connection between tree networks and their environments. She is looking for tree and fungi scientists to collaborate on illustrated work about these great networks.
Visit her website at www.janetmorgan-art.net and www.artandadventures.com
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nature, painting, therapy, ecology,
Artist Janet Morgan has painted all over the world, from Kyrgyzstan to Antarctica - landscapes from low desert to high mountains. She has also created, in large watercolors, a pantheon of 200 deities, a series of Wild Women and her latest work on the Body’s Energy. For 18 years she was an Expressive Arts Therapist with adult cancer patients at Memorial Sloan Ketttering Cancer Center. She has taught at the Rubin Museum of Art, the Art Students League, the Omega Institute and deep in the canyons of Utah. She has been artist-in-residence Death Valley National Park (created a children's book on the park), Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut, the Babayan Cultural Center in Cappadocia, Turkey and Hanksville Elementary School in Hanksville, Utah. She completed a public art commission for an Early Childhood Center in Queens, New York, made of ceramic reliefs on a circus theme. Her large paintings have been featured on stage at the Omega’s 2004 Women and Power Conference in New York City, at Burning Man and in many theatrical productions.
She is presently, with her art partner Gregory Frux, working on a book/map project on the Amargosa River (Nevada/California) which is full of hydrological mysteries and endangered species. She would like to connect with desert scientists, especially around water and its habitat. She has been drawing trees for years, but have lately become fascinated by the latest science of the connection between tree networks and their environments. She is looking for tree and fungi scientists to collaborate on illustrated work about these great networks.
Visit her website at www.janetmorgan-art.net and www.artandadventures.com
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Teresa Mowery
metalwork, copper, fractals, design, chemistry
Teresa combines artistry and chemistry in her fine metalwork copper wall pieces. Currently residing in Tiverton, RI, she finds inspiration from the geometry of nature and is particularly interested in repetitive patterns in nature called fractals. Formerly trained as a jeweler her current work has come from a collaboration with her husband, a commercial coppersmith. Teresa's artwork can be seen in many corporate and private collections throughout the United States. She is hoping to connect with chemists.
Visit her website at www.patinastudio.com
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metalwork, copper, fractals, design, chemistry
Teresa combines artistry and chemistry in her fine metalwork copper wall pieces. Currently residing in Tiverton, RI, she finds inspiration from the geometry of nature and is particularly interested in repetitive patterns in nature called fractals. Formerly trained as a jeweler her current work has come from a collaboration with her husband, a commercial coppersmith. Teresa's artwork can be seen in many corporate and private collections throughout the United States. She is hoping to connect with chemists.
Visit her website at www.patinastudio.com
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Rob Pecchia
animal behavior, invasive species, biodiversity, natural history, embroidery
Rob is a doctoral student in the Animal Behavior & Comparative Psychology program at Hunter College/CUNY. He studies behavioral mechanisms that facilitate invasive species establishment, particularly in the biodiverse areas around south Florida. When out at field sites or back home in New York City, Rob spends his free time working on embroideries, usually focusing on marvels of the natural world. Rob is looking to connect with other artists or behavioral ecologists to chat art/science and work on collaborative projects.
Visit his website at www.robpecchia.com
animal behavior, invasive species, biodiversity, natural history, embroidery
Rob is a doctoral student in the Animal Behavior & Comparative Psychology program at Hunter College/CUNY. He studies behavioral mechanisms that facilitate invasive species establishment, particularly in the biodiverse areas around south Florida. When out at field sites or back home in New York City, Rob spends his free time working on embroideries, usually focusing on marvels of the natural world. Rob is looking to connect with other artists or behavioral ecologists to chat art/science and work on collaborative projects.
Visit his website at www.robpecchia.com
Andrea Polli
ecology, environmental science, biology, architecture, design
Andrea Polli is an environmental artist working at the intersection of art, science and technology. Her research has been presented as public artworks, media installations, community projects, performances, broadcasts, mobile and geolocative media, publications, and through the curation and organization of public exhibitions and events. She creates artworks designed to raise awareness of environmental issues. Often these works express scientific data obtained through collaborations with scientists and engineers and have taken the form of sound art, vehicle-based works, public light works, mobile media experiences, and bio-art and design. Polli holds an MFA in Time Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a PhD in practice-led research from the University of Plymouth in the UK.
Visit Andrea's website at andreapolli.com
ecology, environmental science, biology, architecture, design
Andrea Polli is an environmental artist working at the intersection of art, science and technology. Her research has been presented as public artworks, media installations, community projects, performances, broadcasts, mobile and geolocative media, publications, and through the curation and organization of public exhibitions and events. She creates artworks designed to raise awareness of environmental issues. Often these works express scientific data obtained through collaborations with scientists and engineers and have taken the form of sound art, vehicle-based works, public light works, mobile media experiences, and bio-art and design. Polli holds an MFA in Time Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a PhD in practice-led research from the University of Plymouth in the UK.
Visit Andrea's website at andreapolli.com
Amy Davis Roth
science communication, environmental awareness, ceramics, jewelry
Amy (A.K.A. Surly Amy) is a multimedia artist who resides in Los Angeles, California. She is the creator of Surly-Ramics and has created over 17,000 handmade necklaces. Her designer jewelry line is inspired by knowledge and nature and encourages science communication, humanism and critical thinking.
Check out her work at https://www.patreon.com/SurlyAmy, https://www.surlyramics.com
and https://www.madartlab.com
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science communication, environmental awareness, ceramics, jewelry
Amy (A.K.A. Surly Amy) is a multimedia artist who resides in Los Angeles, California. She is the creator of Surly-Ramics and has created over 17,000 handmade necklaces. Her designer jewelry line is inspired by knowledge and nature and encourages science communication, humanism and critical thinking.
Check out her work at https://www.patreon.com/SurlyAmy, https://www.surlyramics.com
and https://www.madartlab.com
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Margrit Schwarz
climate change, photography, environment, awareness
Margrit is a scientist and photographic artist working at the intersection of art and science. Forever fascinated by shapes, forces, and patterns in both natural and urban environments, she uses intentional camera movement and multiple exposure techniques to create images that convey transition, motion, and a sense of directional chaos that is the essence of all life, regardless of scale. Margrit is looking to connect with other scientists for a project on transitions between ice & water in the context of raising awareness about climate change.
Visit Margrit's website at www.margritschwarz.com
Find her on Instagram
climate change, photography, environment, awareness
Margrit is a scientist and photographic artist working at the intersection of art and science. Forever fascinated by shapes, forces, and patterns in both natural and urban environments, she uses intentional camera movement and multiple exposure techniques to create images that convey transition, motion, and a sense of directional chaos that is the essence of all life, regardless of scale. Margrit is looking to connect with other scientists for a project on transitions between ice & water in the context of raising awareness about climate change.
Visit Margrit's website at www.margritschwarz.com
Find her on Instagram
Danielle Siembieda
engineering, environment, chemistry, sustainability, data, energy
Danielle Siembieda is the Director of Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. Siembieda brings over 15-years of experience in community development and strategic communications. As an active leader in the art, science, and technology community, she has served on the board of the Women Eco Art Dialogue and was Communications Director of Emerging Arts Professionals. She has served the art & tech community with multiple roles including Community Engagement Manager for ZERO1: The Art & Technology Network. Siembieda has an MFA in Digital Media Art at San Jose State University at the CADRE Laboratory for New Media. As the founder of Art Inspector: Saving the Earth by Changing Art, Siembieda has turned this social practice project into a business acquiring funding from Silicon Valley Energy Watch and working with the City of San Francisco Department of Environment to help artists work healthier and safer. Her art practice is in the intersection of environment, technology and community. Danielle would like to work with engineers and scientists working in green chemistry, life cycle assessment, material engineering, energy auditing systems and economic or political science models using behavioral data.
Visit Danielle's website at siembieda.com
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engineering, environment, chemistry, sustainability, data, energy
Danielle Siembieda is the Director of Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. Siembieda brings over 15-years of experience in community development and strategic communications. As an active leader in the art, science, and technology community, she has served on the board of the Women Eco Art Dialogue and was Communications Director of Emerging Arts Professionals. She has served the art & tech community with multiple roles including Community Engagement Manager for ZERO1: The Art & Technology Network. Siembieda has an MFA in Digital Media Art at San Jose State University at the CADRE Laboratory for New Media. As the founder of Art Inspector: Saving the Earth by Changing Art, Siembieda has turned this social practice project into a business acquiring funding from Silicon Valley Energy Watch and working with the City of San Francisco Department of Environment to help artists work healthier and safer. Her art practice is in the intersection of environment, technology and community. Danielle would like to work with engineers and scientists working in green chemistry, life cycle assessment, material engineering, energy auditing systems and economic or political science models using behavioral data.
Visit Danielle's website at siembieda.com
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Leslie Sobel
environment, climate change, water, painting, printmaking
Leslie Sobel’s work focuses on the environment, particularly climate change and related water issues. She is an avid hiker whose connection with the outdoors is crucial to her work. Sobel is married and has three young adult children. She has lived in southeast Michigan for more than 30 years and grew up in Chicago and NYC. She has a BFA in fine art from the University of Michigan and did the coursework for her master's degree in Interdisciplinary Technology at Eastern Michigan University. She works primarily in encaustic as both a painter and printmaker, often with a digital component.
Sobel partners with scientists working on climate and environmental issues and has done work based in wilderness experiences with them as well as incorporating scientific data and imaging in her work. In May 2017 she will do a wilderness residency at the Eclipse Icefield in Kluane National Park Yukon Territory with a group of climate scientists led by Seth Campbell of the University of Maine. She is interested in partnering with climate focused scientists, especially those working with water or in the high latitudes and is always looking for venues to show the resulting work.
Visit her website at lesliesobel.com
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environment, climate change, water, painting, printmaking
Leslie Sobel’s work focuses on the environment, particularly climate change and related water issues. She is an avid hiker whose connection with the outdoors is crucial to her work. Sobel is married and has three young adult children. She has lived in southeast Michigan for more than 30 years and grew up in Chicago and NYC. She has a BFA in fine art from the University of Michigan and did the coursework for her master's degree in Interdisciplinary Technology at Eastern Michigan University. She works primarily in encaustic as both a painter and printmaker, often with a digital component.
Sobel partners with scientists working on climate and environmental issues and has done work based in wilderness experiences with them as well as incorporating scientific data and imaging in her work. In May 2017 she will do a wilderness residency at the Eclipse Icefield in Kluane National Park Yukon Territory with a group of climate scientists led by Seth Campbell of the University of Maine. She is interested in partnering with climate focused scientists, especially those working with water or in the high latitudes and is always looking for venues to show the resulting work.
Visit her website at lesliesobel.com
Follow her on Instagram and Twitter
Sophia Sobers
environmental sciences, botany, experiential aesthetics, installation, sculpture
Sophia Sobers is an interdisciplinary artist who creates sculptures, installations, and environments as an ongoing process of crossing boundaries between science, nature, and the spiritual. She believes in breaking out of conventional boundaries to create experiences that speak on a higher level. Her work explores the human relationship with the environment, using plants as a primary medium, to define current and future relationships with our surroundings. Sophia is interested in connecting with environmental scientists, architects, designers and other artists.
Visit her website at www.sophiasobers.net
environmental sciences, botany, experiential aesthetics, installation, sculpture
Sophia Sobers is an interdisciplinary artist who creates sculptures, installations, and environments as an ongoing process of crossing boundaries between science, nature, and the spiritual. She believes in breaking out of conventional boundaries to create experiences that speak on a higher level. Her work explores the human relationship with the environment, using plants as a primary medium, to define current and future relationships with our surroundings. Sophia is interested in connecting with environmental scientists, architects, designers and other artists.
Visit her website at www.sophiasobers.net
Tristan Stamm
natural science, biology, gender, sexuality, masculinity, collage, painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, prints
Tristan Stamm’s work is greatly influenced by his background in the natural sciences, using biological systems as the underlying framework in many of his pieces. By exploring personal issues through a scientific lens, Stamm hopes to not only better understand his own struggles with sexuality, gender, and masculinity, but to also question preconceived societal norms. Currently he lives in Portland, Maine, and is interested in meeting other artists with a biology/botany/ecology background to critique past and future works.
Visit his website at http://cargocollective.com/tdstammart
natural science, biology, gender, sexuality, masculinity, collage, painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, prints
Tristan Stamm’s work is greatly influenced by his background in the natural sciences, using biological systems as the underlying framework in many of his pieces. By exploring personal issues through a scientific lens, Stamm hopes to not only better understand his own struggles with sexuality, gender, and masculinity, but to also question preconceived societal norms. Currently he lives in Portland, Maine, and is interested in meeting other artists with a biology/botany/ecology background to critique past and future works.
Visit his website at http://cargocollective.com/tdstammart
Tosca Hidalgo y Tera´n
sculpture, history, wearables, nature, environment
Tosca's work explores terrestrial manifestations through combining tactile, sculptural forms and audio. She creates immersive environments, unnatural history dioramas and performative, wearable structures questioning human origin and mythos. Her ‘jewelry’ serves as maquettes and experiments towards sculptural works. If we can say that the world of science is synonymous with truth and the world of art with that of fiction, she wants to tread a middle ground that is unusual and seemingly beyond belief, yet also familiar.
She is interested in working with scientists and engineers towards in situ bioremediation/mycoremediation 2/3 dimensional sculptural representations/actualizations. She is also interested in working with scientists towards bringing the nano and microscopic worlds; pollutants, algae, pollen, etc., into macro form towards educating the public.
Visit her website at www.toscateran.com
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sculpture, history, wearables, nature, environment
Tosca's work explores terrestrial manifestations through combining tactile, sculptural forms and audio. She creates immersive environments, unnatural history dioramas and performative, wearable structures questioning human origin and mythos. Her ‘jewelry’ serves as maquettes and experiments towards sculptural works. If we can say that the world of science is synonymous with truth and the world of art with that of fiction, she wants to tread a middle ground that is unusual and seemingly beyond belief, yet also familiar.
She is interested in working with scientists and engineers towards in situ bioremediation/mycoremediation 2/3 dimensional sculptural representations/actualizations. She is also interested in working with scientists towards bringing the nano and microscopic worlds; pollutants, algae, pollen, etc., into macro form towards educating the public.
Visit her website at www.toscateran.com
Follow her on Twitter and on Instagram
Jonathon Wells
geology, hydrogeology, built environment, human impact, landscape, fine art photography
Jonathon was born in Vermont in 1960. He received a MA degree in Geology from Boston University and a Photography Certificate from ICP in New York City. His work has been exhibited at the National Academy of Sciences and Minneapolis institute of Art. His artwork is in the Weisman Art Museum collection. Jonathon is interested in connecting with geologists, hydrogeologists, hydrologists working on projects related to water. He is also interested in artists and scientists working with groundwater, geology, earth, environment, fossil fuels, climate change, and public art.
Visit his website at http://earthexposure.net/
geology, hydrogeology, built environment, human impact, landscape, fine art photography
Jonathon was born in Vermont in 1960. He received a MA degree in Geology from Boston University and a Photography Certificate from ICP in New York City. His work has been exhibited at the National Academy of Sciences and Minneapolis institute of Art. His artwork is in the Weisman Art Museum collection. Jonathon is interested in connecting with geologists, hydrogeologists, hydrologists working on projects related to water. He is also interested in artists and scientists working with groundwater, geology, earth, environment, fossil fuels, climate change, and public art.
Visit his website at http://earthexposure.net/
Joyce Yamada
earth science, environmental science, human impact, zoology, painting, process, time
Joyce is a visual artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Her thinking has been shaped by readings in natural history, and her work reflects a contemplative stance on the state of the environment and its inhabitants. She likes a distanced, slightly oddball approach to imagery, evident in her paintings. Joyce is interested in current scientific thinking in almost any field, from evolutionary biology to particle physics and neuroscience and would like to specifically connect with scientists who do visual work as well as with landscape ecologists with particular interest in NYC.
Visit her website at www.joyceyamada.com
earth science, environmental science, human impact, zoology, painting, process, time
Joyce is a visual artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Her thinking has been shaped by readings in natural history, and her work reflects a contemplative stance on the state of the environment and its inhabitants. She likes a distanced, slightly oddball approach to imagery, evident in her paintings. Joyce is interested in current scientific thinking in almost any field, from evolutionary biology to particle physics and neuroscience and would like to specifically connect with scientists who do visual work as well as with landscape ecologists with particular interest in NYC.
Visit her website at www.joyceyamada.com