$20.00 (Student) / $45.00 (Member) / $50.00 (Non Member)
Presented in partnership with Colorado Art Ranch (www.coloradoartranch.org)
Join us for a day of art fused with science. Inspired by “The Art of Nature,” this summer’s site-specific art exhibit at Chatfield, the Gardens has teamed up with the innovative non-profit, Colorado Art Ranch, to provide new inquiries into the land. Programs promise to spark conversation and hands-on involvement to create science-based artworks.
In this half-day workshop, explore home-making as an endeavor of animals as well as humans. Architect Maria Cole will discuss the physical experience of buildings and their sensory properties (known as phenomenology) and relate this to instances where our spaces closely mirror instances of animal architecture, such as cluster housing. Sheridan Samano, a professor of biology and Denver Botanic Gardens instructor, will present examples of nature’s design in housing and how this design often creates habitat for other animals, including keystone species such as black-tailed prairie dogs and beavers as ecosystem engineers. These lessons can be easily implemented by us, the human animal, in the landscape. Examples of how we might do this will be presented by landscape designer Nancy Eastman, whose work focuses on the deeper function of sustainable landscapes as integrated, thoughtful habitats that incorporate art and natural materials.
Following the presentations, we will engage in an extended Q&A and panel discussion with all three speakers to explore these issues further in an open, informal setting. After a half hour lunch, we will break into three groups for artist-led activities. Two artists, Joel Allen and Lise Mahnke, will take their groups into the surrounding natural area for direct observations and to collect natural building materials for a group art project. The third group will join the Colorado Art Ranch’s poet laureate Marj Hahne to explore writing as an alternative to visual arts. Artistic talent or scientific experience is not required; open and exploratory minds recommended!
$45 member, $50 non-member, includes materials. $10 lunch optional (or bring your own). Course #08KLL220. Instructors: Sheridan Samano, Nancy Eastman, Maria Cole, Lise Mahnke, Marj Hahne and Joel Allen
Walkin registrationsn will be charged a $10 late fee.
Photo by Diane Huntress
Maria Cole is architect and Senior Associate at klipp and holds a BARCH from Carnegie Mellon University. Through Davis Partnership Architects she had the opportunity to work with Daniel Libeskind on the Denver Art Museum Expansion, David Adjaye on the Museum… (Read More)
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