Art/ist Roles
By Eve Mosher October 29th, Hurricane Sandy made landfall. The eye of the storm passed over New Jersey but the hurricane winds, and worse, a massive storm surge hit New York City. The storm surge,...
View ArticleTime Frames
by Sam Bower 2013 Standing in the woods near the pond at the Schuylkill Center, we can look out and see a range of time scales. The brown and golden leaves under our feet from the Fall- the leftovers...
View ArticleBeyond the Surface
On May 31, 2013 The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education presented Beyond the Surface: Environmental Art in Action – A conference of ideas and innovative thinking about the relationships...
View ArticleFirst Day as a LandLab Resident
By LandLab Resident Artist Leslie Birch I’m Leslie Birch, and I’m very curious about Philadelphia’s water. Last Thursday, I felt a bit nervous as I headed my car down the long driveway towards the...
View ArticleWhat’s the bbuzzz?
By LandLab Resident Artists Maggie Mills, B.H. Mills, and Marguerita Hagan Colony Collapse Disorder The LandLab installation by Marguerita Hagan, B.H. Mills, and Maggie Mills addresses colony collapse...
View ArticleTalking with Jake Beckman about LandLab
By Guest Contributor Angel R. Graham, Guest Contributor I had the pleasure of speaking with LandLab artist Jake Beckman over the telephone recently. Jake explained that he is enjoying being a LandLab...
View ArticleThe Biggest Day in 50 Years
By Mike Weilbacher, Executive Director This piece was originally published in the Roxborough Review on Thursday, September 10 in the column Natural Selections Saturday, September 27 might just be the...
View Article#StormSnakes Update – Wriggling Through Change
By LandLab Resident Artist Leslie Birch Right now I’ve been experiencing some interesting emotional connection to my LandLab project. This may seem odd, as my project is probably the most tech oriented...
View ArticleA New Lens on Nature: Community photos in “Citizen’s Eye”
It almost could be another tree, except for the ears. Look a little closer and you realize it’s a deer, stock-still and staring at you through the morning mist. As autumn leaves rustle, its silent...
View ArticleA Reflection on Making Space for Us
In my role as the Environmental Art Intern, I had the great opportunity to go through each and every one of the photos that were submitted to the amazing kaleidoscope of nature in the exhibition...
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