Ecology in Art & Literature

FSU PhD candidate in Art Education Chris Omni creates a piece for LeMoyne Arts as part of her research into Black Joy in Green Spaces.

After thirty years, Bruce Means’ final adventure in the tepuis of the Guyana Highlands lands him a Nat Geo documentary and cover story.

We go to Bald Point to talk to Susan Cerulean about her new book, a reflection on her father’s dementia, and on the loss of shorebirds and their habitat.

Chris Thompson is carving his heritage onto shells, giving insights into the traditions, lore, and connection to nature of the Muscogee people.

Eluster Richardson recreates scenes from his childhood, as he paints watercolors of tenant farm life for the Jones Tenant House Exhibit at Tall Timbers.

We cycle down canopy roads through historically black communities in Monticello. Dr. Flossie Byrd recounts the invaluable education she received there.

We head into the swampland surrounding the Apalachicola River for a glimpse at a culture rooted in generations of hunting and fishing.

We didn’t intend to shoot A Midsummer Night’s Dream out of season, but we should have. Also, Henslow’s sparrows, toothache grass, marsh marxists & more.

We go to Bald Point with author Susan Cerulean to view migratory shorebirds. We discuss nature writing and the Forgotten Coast’s barrier islands.

Titania’s fairies ward off critters; Wakulla Spring wards off threats to its water. We view the spring’s issues through the lens of Shakespeare’s worldview.