Tag Archives: Shirley Watts
Natural Discourse 2019 Preview Conversation 10/19/18
Where: Wind Tunnel Gallery Art Center College of Design 950 South Raymond Ave, Pasadena When: Friday, October 19, 2018 5 to 7 p.m. free but reservations encouraged The winter aloe bloom season is coming, always a compelling reason to visit … Continue reading
Digital Nature; Artist Talk at LA Arboretum 7/28/18
Digital Nature Artist Talk at LA Arboretum 301 North Baldwin Ave, Arcadia, CA 91007 4 pm, Saturday, July 28, 2018 free with Arboretum entry The Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden and Natural Discourse present Artist Talk with Mia … Continue reading
Natural Discourse 2018 update
photo by MB Maher Natural Discourse, the series of lectures and accompanying exhibits that started back in 2012, focusing on collaborative efforts among scientists, naturalists, and artists to illuminate our increasingly fraught relationship with the natural world, is ongoing through … Continue reading
Posted in artists, design, garden travel, inspire me, MB Maher, science
Tagged "Natural Discourse", deimatic behavior, Gail Wight, Jenny Kendler, MB Maher, Shirley Watts, Space 151
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Natural Discourse January 13-February 26, 2018: Living Proof; flora, fauna & fossil fuels
“Radiant Flux,” Nami Yamamoto, 2009, hand-made paper leaves, engineered for phosphorescence “Living Proof; flora, fauna & fossil fuels,” opens Saturday, January 13, 2018, 5-8 p.m. Space 151 Levy Art + Architecture 151 Potrero Ave. San Francisco, California This month artist … Continue reading
clippings 1/3/18
What do you think? Can 2018 possibly get any crazier than 2017? Early evidence certainly points to 2018 getting a running head start. Here’s my own personal, crazy-killing antidote. Finding landscapes like this. And this. And more of this. Elemental, … Continue reading
some upcoming dates October 2017
I was at the Huntington last Sunday to attend a talk by author Andrea Wulf (“The Invention of Nature“) on Alexander von Humboldt. If Ms. Wulf has scheduled speaking engagements in your area, I urge you to attend. She is … Continue reading
Posted in artists, clippings, plant sales, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged "Natural Discourse", a, Andrea Wulf's The Invention of Nature, Artistic License Fair, Cornerstone Sonoma, Dr. Alejandro de Avila, Dustin Gimbel, Fullerton Arboretum, Huntington Botanical Garden, LA County Arboretum fall plant sale, Mediterranean Garden Society, Oaxaca Ethnobotanical Garden, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative, San Diego Botanic Garden, Shirley Watts, Theodore Payne Foundation Nursery, U.C. Riverside Botanic Garden, Visual Voyages
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Digital Nature at the Los Angeles County Arboretum 10/21 & 10/22/16
When: 6-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, October 21 and 22, 2016 Where: Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. Tickets: $16 adults and $14 children 5-12. Information: 626-821-4623, www.arboretum.org. Read more here. Digital Nature opened … Continue reading
Unforgettable Fire! Natural Discourse 2016
I usually have at least a hazy impression of the origin lands of the plants in my garden. Drawing from the five mediterranean climate regions for low-rainfall plant inspiration and choices as well as arid and semi-arid regions keeps my … Continue reading
friday clippings 7/22/16
What I wanted to do tonight was attend an event I’ve been hearing about on NPR as I drove the freeways this week, Summer Nights in the Garden, hosted by the Natural History Museum. It’s free but RSVP is required, … Continue reading