Being Water: Responding to water in Jalisco, Mexico
Reporting on an art-science research residency near Guadalajara, Mexico
Event
Susan Shantz, Gabriela Garcia-Luna (Art and Art History) and Graham Strickert (School of the Environment and Sustainability) will report on an art-science research residency they participated in near Guadalajara, Mexico in February 2019.
Thursday, Nov. 7
12 noon
Gordon Snelgrove Gallery
Free and open to the public
This rural residency, Being Water, included field trips as well as meetings with scientists and community groups to learn about the physical, social and political aspects of water in the Mazatepec valley near the residency. They will also discuss previous water-related art and science collaborations: Delta Days, Becoming Water and We are the River.
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