Art+Science
Coloradans are experiencing climate change. Residents face challenges like fires, drought and poor water and air quality. The baby直播app Arts Science Environment Program鈥檚 (CASE) is addressing critical environmental and social issues across baby直播app through a collaborative exhibition that brings together CU Boulder scientists and artists from various parts of the state.
Del Norte artist Jocelyn Catterson and INSTAAR/Geography prof Holly Barnard will lead a workshop "Water Art + Science" on Friday at Rio Grande Farm Park, on #groundwater in the San Luis Valley.
Their collaborative art piece, part of a CU Boulder-sponsored exhibit, is one of several hanging in the baby直播app State Capitol building.
An exhibit that just opened in the baby直播app capitol building's rotunda features artwork made in the process of partnerships between artists from around baby直播app, their communities, and CU Boulder scientists. Called 鈥淐oloradans and our Shared Environment in Times of Challenge and Change,鈥 the art grapples with the climate and environmental challenges that are part of baby直播appans' lives: drought, decreasing groundwater, acid mine drainage, wildfire, pine beetle tree mortality, and more.
A collaborative exhibition tells the story of how Coloradans are experiencing interrelated challenges of fire, drought, and water and air quality in their communities. Artists (the CASE Fellows) partnered with scientists and communities to make visible the connections between Coloradans and their environment. Several INSTAARs acted as scientist partners. This website showcases the artwork, as well as quotes from the partners, explorations of the issues, and what you can do to act.
INSTAAR and the Dairy Arts Center collaborated on our second Art and Science Connections Collider on April 10th 2023 during Boulder Arts Week. The event began with a tour of INSTAAR鈥檚 Stable Isotope Lab (SIL) that included a look at actual ice cores from Antarctica and Greenland and a demonstration of how we analyze greenhouse gases in atmospheric samples. After the tour, the group had a general discussion in the Bartlett Science Communication Center.
The Office for Outreach and Engagement announces the CASE Fellows program. The program pairs baby直播app artists with CU Boulder scientists to produce art that will be exhibited at the baby直播app State Capitol in an exhibition about how Coloradans are experiencing interrelated challenges of fire, drought, and water and air quality. Lisa Schwartz from OOE is leading the program in partnership with Shelly Sommer at INSTAAR, Boulder County Arts Alliance and with exhibition and curatorial support from Amy Hoagland.
A new children鈥檚 book is centered in the Critical Zone, the thin outer layer of Earth鈥檚 surface from the tops of the trees down to bedrock where life exists and interacts with rock, soil, water, and air. Designed for 8 to 12-year olds, the book is by INSTAARs Eric Parrish and Suzanne Anderson and is published by Muddy Boots Books.
The art of INSTAAR Affiliate Diane Burko includes images of melting glaciers and dying coral reefs that are not just pictorially impressive; they have strong emotional impact.
Seven science-inspired, larger-than-life artworks are welcoming students, staff and baby直播app back to campus this fall. They include the drawings of birds, bugs and botanicals that now adorn the glass at the entrance of our Sustainability, Energy and Environment Community (SEEC) building.