Visual 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 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 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 MoreJudith Lowry practices in Nevada County, California. Her tribal affiliations are the Hamawi and Atsegewi Bands of the Pit River Tribe and the Noyatakyu Band of the Mountain Maidu Tribe. For the FOREST⇌FIRE exhibit, her painting Dao_Lulelek addresses the universality of fire in human culture.
Read MoreIn the FOREST⇌FIRE exhibit, Nancy Mintz’ sculpture Cathedral Tree marks the transition of cultural influence over the Sierra Nevada forest from Indigenous to Settler.
Read MoreIn the FOREST⇌FIRE exhibit, visual and teaching artist Erika Osborne's On The Edge of the Sublime addresses the effect of comprehensive fire suppression and the expansion of the Wildland Urban Interface on forest and human well-being. A portion of it graces our Home page. Erika is a participant in University of California, Berkeley - Sagehen Creek Field Station's Artist-in-Residency program.
Read MorePracticing in Nevada County, California, Artist Tahiti Pehrson collaborated with Washoe language specialists in creating his artwork for FOREST⇌FIRE. It addresses the Washoe cultural relationship with the land that created and maintained the incredible abundance of the Tahoe Truckee forest ecology for thousands of years.
Read MoreCeramacist and print-maker Elyse Pignolet practices in California and sometimes collaborates with her husband, artist Sandow Birk. 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 MoreTahoe-Truckee fine artist Sara L. Smith brings a passionate commitment and a joyful spirit to engaging children in public art through hands-on creation. Working with Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships, Sara is creating an opportunity for children in the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District to respond creatively to, and participate in, the FOREST⇌FIRE exhibition.
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