Cartoonist and Animator Christopher Baldwin’s two-minute animation for the FOREST⇌FIRE project, A Fire For All, encapsulates the causes of catastrophic fire in the forest (and what to do about it) for children, their parents, and the general public. He is a participant in University of California, Berkeley - Sagehen Creek Field Station's Artist-in-Residence program in the Tahoe National Forest.
Read MoreVisual artist Sandow Birk practices in California and sometimes collaborates with his wife, artist Elyse Pignolet. The Rape of the Sierra (Logging and Mining, Lake Tahoe in the 1860’s) was created for FOREST⇌FIRE to address the deforestation of the Tahoe Basin’s entire old-growth forest on behalf of the Comstock Mine Complex.
Read MoreCalifornia artist Tiffany Bozic's Fading Song was inspired by her observations at University of California, Berkeley - Sagehen Creek Field Station's experimental forest in the Tahoe National Forest. In the FOREST⇌FIRE exhibit, it addresses colonization of the landscape and the resulting ecological degradation and species loss.
Read MoreNevada County, California artist Sarah Coleman is engaged in an ongoing exploration of the sky and its affect on the human spirit. It is fitting that in the FOREST⇌FIRE exhibit, her work Reverence addresses smoke, and the unsustainable expectation of year-round crystal clear skies, in a healthy Sierra Nevada forest ecosystem.
Read MoreArtist and Researcher Nina Elder’s Tangled: Systemic Suppression for FOREST⇌FIRE addresses the effect of fire suppression and catastrophic fire on forest soil health. In addition, during her time as an Artist-in-Resident at UC Berkeley - Sagehen Creek Field Station, Nina designed the project’s public outreach program.
Read MorePracticing in Nevada County, California, textile artist Jorie Emory's weaving for FOREST⇌FIRE, Sierra LIDAR, addresses the role of topographical scanning in forest restoration processes.
Read MoreCalifornia artist Todd Gilens’ silkscreens for the FOREST⇌FIRE exhibition address watersheds, the critical connectors between the state's rural and urban people. He is a participant in UC Berkeley - Sagehen Creek Field Station's Artist-in-Residency program in the Tahoe National Forest.
Read MoreRaised in Nevada County, California, beading artist Jessa Rae Growing Thunder learned the foundations of her art from her grandmother Juanita and her mother Joyce. At age fourteen, Jessa Rae's work joined theirs at the Smithsonian. In FOREST⇌FIRE, her artwork acknowledges traditional practice in forest management and the cultural, ecological and economic value of its reintroduction.
Read MoreIn the FOREST⇌FIRE Exhibit, Elisabett Gudmann's sculpture Subterranean represents the possibility of sustainable economic solutions for the small tree and slash biomass generated by forest restoration processes.
Read MoreWriter, teacher and water-wise author, Paula Henson wrote Who Needs a Forest Fire? for FOREST⇌FIRE’s educational outreach program for children. It’s beautifully illustrated by Sue Todd and Emily Underwood and will help children, parents and teachers alike talk about and prepare for fire in the forest.
Read MoreIn the FOREST⇌FIRE exhibit, California artist and experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats explores the role of placebos in inspiring interaction with the forest ecology. Jonathon deepened his own interactions with the Sierra Nevada forest through University of California, Berkeley - Sagehen Creek Field Station’s Artist-in-Residence program.
Read MoreMichael and Heather Llewellyn are participants in UC Berkeley - Sagehen Creek Field Station’s Artist-in-Residence program and the creators of FOREST⇌FIRE. In addition, Michael is contributing two sculptures to the exhibit, the first represents the 13,000 year history of the forest ecology and the second represents the role of eologoical thinning in forest restoration processes.
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