Join us to continue the conversation on designing the emergent Living Art & Ecology Lab in the Department of Art. With expert guest speakers from around the globe, this series explores models and approaches of existing Living Art labs to inform our program.
Jennifer Bissonnette from The Nature Lab at RISD will share a presentation of research on art and the environment, sustainable design, and biomimicry. Bissonnette is an ecologist and marine scientist whose work engages techniques of transdisciplinary inquiry to merge natural sciences knowledge, techniques and methods of inquiry with art/design thinking and studio practices. Her work focuses broadly on human-nature connections and systems thinking to help innovate design solutions to environmental and societal challenges. Bissonnette is currently the Interim Director overseeing the design, construction, and programming of the Nature Lab's new BioDesign Makerspace.
This is sponsored by the Living Art & Eco Lab, the Department of Art and the Humanities Institute. Free and open to the public.
