On March 24, 2026 6:30 p.m. — 8:30 p.m I will be speaking about my artwork at the Richard M. Ross Art Museum at Ohio Wesleyan University. More info on my presentation on their website.
I was invited to present as part of the Art and the Environment Talk Series. A collaboration between the Ross Art Museum and the Department of Environment & Sustainability. This series includes artists, activists, and scholars and their efforts to confront and change the world around them for the better. All talks are free and open to the public.
The museum also has some fantastic related exhibitions as well: Our Changing Landscape: Life in the Anthropocene and Michelle Stitzlein: Demarcations and Delineations.
The full list of speakers in this year’s Art and the Environment Talk Series:
2/10 (Tues) 6:30pm John Sabraw – Toxic Colors John Sabraw is an artist, activist, and professor at Ohio University. His work marries environmental cleanups, chemistry, and art into a cohesive whole. He uses the iron oxide in mine runoff to make paint pigments. He has recently collaborated with Gamblin oil paints, to make the “Reclaimed Earth Colors” paint set.
2/24 (Tues) 6:30pm Laura Ann Bergman – Regenerative Farming and Social Justice Laura Ann Bergman has been the farm liaison for Seminary Hill Farm since 2022. Laura Ann has spent her whole life growing food in Ohio. Seminary Hill Farm is part of Methodist Theological School in Ohio which works in pursuit of a just, sustainable and generative world.
3/3 (Tues) 6:30pm Jarod Anderson – Strange Naturalist Jarod Anderson is a nature writer, podcaster, and poet who has just published his fifth book Strange Animals which is also his fiction debut. His work revolves around a deep appreciation for the natural world, mental health and the healing power of nature.
3/17 (Tues) 6:30pm Emma Kline – Living Art and Cross-disciplinary Work Emma Kline is the Lab Specialist for the Living Art and Ecology Lab at OSU. LAEL’s purpose is to create a space that fosters cross-disciplinary collaborations and invites students to engage with their local environment through artistic practices.
BONUS! 3/18 (Wed) 4:15pm Lesley Wheeler – Mycocosmic Poetry Reading Lesley Wheeler is a poet, literary scholar and professor at Washington and Lee University. Her latest book of poetry, Mycocosmic, deals with navigating personal and planetary loss and regrowth following the example of mushrooms that flourish after forest fires.
3/24 (Tues) 6:30pm Amy Youngs – Art, Technology, and the Natural World Amy Youngs’ work is a blend of eco art, interactive sculptures, digital media, and technology into installation and interactive pieces. Young works as an artist and professor at OSU teaching both art and science and the confluence of the two.
4/14 (Tues) 6:30pm Eve Warnock – Collaborative Art and Invasive Species – Eve Warnock is the founding artist of OBLSK, a creative group of artists, inventors and designers that create interactive installations. Her latest work has been a collaboration with the Columbus Parks and Recreation to use removed invasive plants in environmental sculptures for Columbus Arborfest.
4/21 (Tues) 6:30pm Carolina C. Barbosa – Open Data and Open Science Dr. Carolina C. Barbosa is a faculty member in OWU’s Department of Environment & Sustainability and has been advocating for open science practices through her work with the grassroot networks DSOS (Data Science and Open Science in Aquatic Research) and GLEON (Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network)
