Nature PLACE (Urban Field Station Artist Program)
We build understanding of and engagement with urban social-ecological systems through arts, facilitate transdisciplinary collaboration between artists, scientists, and land managers. We also curate events and public programs that explore ideas emerging from these collaborations.
“We will never forget.” After September 11 (2001), this claim was made in countless political speeches, memorial eulogies, bumper stickers, carved stones, tattoos, and tee-shirts. But we do forget. Time rolls on. We age. New people are born who have no lived experience of the tragic occurrences of that day. So too, does the landscape …
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As a Brooklyn (New York) resident for over 15 years, I’ve never thought much about whether or not I was living on high ground, within a floodplain or an evacuation zone, or how I might secure my windows during a storm. Recent hurricanes in my city have changed my perception of where I live and, ultimately, …
