{"id":7856,"date":"2018-07-03T20:53:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T01:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=7856"},"modified":"2018-08-04T11:50:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T16:50:52","slug":"honoring-the-earth-through-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=7856","title":{"rendered":"Honoring the Earth Through Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

ArtStart director, Carol Sirrine and the Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge sponsored 13 serious artist\/naturalists. Their charge was to create art through the lens of nature using various mediums.
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Flooded Long Meadow Trail
Photo by Anissa Wallingford<\/p><\/div>\n

The Minnesota River flooded trails in the refuge. A serendipitous hiking experience…<\/em><\/p>\n

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Skyholes at the Bass Ponds Photo by Michael Croswell<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a0Carter Antin worked with Michael Croswell capturing field recordings of nature sounds at the Bass Ponds and then mixed in some synthesized tones to create an ambient music composition using Garage Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Trail less traveled, Bass Ponds, Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge.
Photography by Michael Croswell.<\/p><\/div>\n

We could feel the wildness of nature at the Bass Ponds, even though the Mall of America was less than a half mile away.
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Adi Banks – Woodland meditation.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Storm sewer trash from the Mall of America<\/p><\/div>\n

After heavy rains, the storm sewer from the Mall of America showed us that we were not far from humans.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Garter snake feeding on grasshoppers. Slithering through the grape vines.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Anissa with a toad friend.<\/p><\/div>\n

Anissa Wallingford is an accomplished song writer and she composed and performed the song \u201cQuicksand\u201d at Youth Express studios in Saint Paul. \u00a0 Many thanks to Michael Croswell for generously sharing the sound recordings from the studio.<\/em><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Quicksand-Mix-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Monarch Caterpillar
Photograph by Anissa Wallingford.<\/p><\/div>\n

Temporary Art Sculptures using clay from the Minnesota River.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Flannery McGreevey<\/p><\/div>\n

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Leo Anderson\/Carter Antin<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ana Kirshner<\/p><\/div>\n

Art from Plant Pigments<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Maeve Murphy<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ana Kirshner<\/p><\/div>\n

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Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary – Olivine Sand
Photo through 30x scope
Haley Larson<\/p><\/div>\n

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Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary. The internal organs of a leech. 30X.
Photo by Justine Anderson.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Prairie Nature Notes<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Greta Shore – Sketches made on hand-made paper<\/p><\/div>\n

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Adi Banks<\/p><\/div>\n

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Serena Raths<\/p><\/div>\n

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Haley Larson<\/p><\/div>\n

My Inner Spirit<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Anissa Wallingford<\/p><\/div>\n

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Flannery McGreevey<\/p><\/div>\n

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Greta Shore<\/p><\/div>\n

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Maeve Murphy<\/p><\/div>\n

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SoundScape experience with Michael Croswell. Flannery McGreevey (L), Serena Raths (C), and Adi Banks.
Photo by Julie Boada<\/p><\/div>\n

Studio Time
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Hajar Ahmed working on some of her poetry.
photo by Julie Boada<\/p><\/div>\n

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Adi Banks incorporated deer antlers to create his work.
Photo by Justine Anderson.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ana Kirshner created a whole series of nature-based art.
Photo by Justine Anderson<\/p><\/div>\n

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To create her sculpture, Maeve Murphy use recycled materials.
Photograph by Justine Anderson.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Maeve Murphy cut-out leaf shapes from recycled materials.Then painted each one in a unique way. The leaves will be placed on her tree (see above).
Photo by Justine Anderson<\/p><\/div>\n

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Haley Larson working on her group prairie flower installation using recyled materials. Photo by Julie Boada<\/p><\/div>\n

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Adi Banks, Serena Raths, and Haley Larson created a prairie installation using recycled materials.
Photo by Julie Boada.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Justine Anderson<\/p><\/div>\n

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Justine had never worked with stained glass and with the help of artist Jeanette Dickinson, she worked tirelessly on her Great Blue Heron.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Justine Anderson
Photo by Michael Croswell<\/p><\/div>\n

Leo Anderson and Carter Antin created a mix \u00a0in the studio which they titled “Nature Gang”.
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Leo Anderson (L) and Carter Antin (R). \u00a0Composer Michael Croswell is in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Julie Boada, Our Fearless Leader
Photo by Anissa Wallingford<\/p><\/div>\n

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Get ready world! It won’t be business as usual with this group.
Photograph by Michael Croswell<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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