Judith Lowry practices in Nevada County, California. Her tribal affiliations are the Hamawi and Atsegewi Bands of the Pit River Tribe and the Noyatakyu Band of the Mountain Maidu Tribe. For the FOREST⇌FIRE exhibit, her painting Dao_Lulelek addresses the universality of fire in human culture.
Read MoreIn the FOREST⇌FIRE exhibit, Nancy Mintz’ sculpture Cathedral Tree marks the transition of cultural influence over the Sierra Nevada forest from Indigenous to Settler.
Read MoreThe poem The Party Crashers of Paradise is Sacramento Poet Laureate Emeritus Indigo Moor’s response to catastrophic fire and the devastation and havoc it visited upon the people of Paradise, California.
Read MoreIn the FOREST⇌FIRE exhibit, visual and teaching artist Erika Osborne's On The Edge of the Sublime addresses the effect of comprehensive fire suppression and the expansion of the Wildland Urban Interface on forest and human well-being. A portion of it graces our Home page. Erika is a participant in University of California, Berkeley - Sagehen Creek Field Station's Artist-in-Residency program.
Read MorePracticing in Nevada County, California, Artist Tahiti Pehrson collaborated with Washoe language specialists in creating his artwork for FOREST⇌FIRE. It addresses the Washoe cultural relationship with the land that created and maintained the incredible abundance of the Tahoe Truckee forest ecology for thousands of years.
Read MoreCeramacist and print-maker Elyse Pignolet practices in California and sometimes collaborates with her husband, artist Sandow Birk. The Rape of the Sierra (Logging and Mining, Lake Tahoe in the 1860’s) was created for FOREST⇌FIRE to address the deforestation of the Tahoe Basin’s entire old-growth forest on behalf of the Comstock Mine Complex.
Read MoreTahoe-Truckee fine artist Sara L. Smith brings a passionate commitment and a joyful spirit to engaging children in public art through hands-on creation. Working with Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships, Sara is creating an opportunity for children in the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District to respond creatively to, and participate in, the FOREST⇌FIRE exhibition.
Read MoreIn the FOREST⇌FIRE exhibit, California artist Andie Thrams’ artwork, Wander, Wonder, represents the return to biodiversity as forest restoration processes begin to rebalance the Sierra Nevada forest ecology.
Read MoreVisual artist Cedra Wood created the Pine Cone Cloak from found materials while participating in University of California, Berkeley - Sagehen Creek Field Station's Artist-in-Residence program. For FOREST⇌FIRE, it represents the human cultural relationship to the forest ecology.
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