Bring experts into your life by understanding the process of scientific and creative inquiry. Join us for an informal chat with researchers and artists contributing to the field of Conservation Biology in California, Florida and Massachusetts. Find out who they are, how they got interested in their fields, and the questions and goals they are addressing. Instructor Guide and Event Resources available Register here

Hilary Swain, Director of Education, Archbold Biological Station; with Deborah Mitchell, conservation artist & environmental advocate

Laura Ludwig, Marine Debris & Plastics Program Coordinator, Center for Coastal Studies; with Sarah Thornington, marine debris artist

Russell Bradley, Director, Santa Rosa Island Research Station, CSU Channel Islands; with Matt Furmanski, Professor of Art, CSU Channel Islands

Moderated by Dustin Angell, Director of Education, Archbold Biological Station

The Digital Everglades: New Media, New Audiences

The Everglades can seem intangible, remote, and even mythical to those living in the adjacent urban areas. For many reasons, it is entirely probable that one can live an entire life in Florida’s southern counties and not once set foot in its most famous wetlands. In addition to the barriers (geographic, cultural, economic, or otherwise) that prevent people from physically accessing the wetlands, there are barriers that prevent them from conceptually accessing them. An ontological partition divides “nature,” ensconced somewhere far from the urban center, from everyday life. Embracing the 21st century visual and interactive media forms that dominate contemporary communication can help bridge those gaps and foreground the connectivity of the Everglades ecosystem, urban areas, and adjacent ecosystems, like coastal or estuarine spaces. These media grant access and provide agency to new audiences that might be otherwise left out of conservation discourse. This panel will include artists and new media scholars to discuss the possibilities of leveraging digital content to further societal understanding of Everglades restoration and participation in Everglades advocacy.

10:30 am, Saturday, January 10th, 2020

Moderator:
Deborah Mitchell, Artist, Cultural Producer
Panelists:
Linda Cheung, CEO and Founder, Before It’s Too Late
Edyna Garcia-Miguez, Marketing Manager, Everglades Foundation
Kim Grinfeder, Program Director for Interactive Media, Univeristy of Miami Elite Kedan, Artist and Architect, Alliance of the Southern Triangle (AST)

Join AIRIE for a special Saturday in the Park as we celebrate the closing of the current exhibit "Fragile" and National Public Lands Day in Everglades National Park. Curator Deborah Mitchell will provide insights into the works by 11 multidisciplinary artists who have participated in the AIRIE residency, Fragile unearths new perspectives on the intricate and complex systems in which the vastness of the River of Grass operates. Featured in the exhibition are Israeli artists/collaborators Keren Anavy and Tal Frank (AIRIE Fellows 2018), Miami-based visual artists Franky Cruz (2015) and Naomi Fisher (2013), Israeli and Australian collaborators Itamar Freed and Courtney Scheu (2019), Florida-based photographer Karen Glaser (2009), Miami-based sculptor Brookhart Jonquil (2016), Miami-based performance artist Ana Mendez (2013), Savannah based fiber artist Sara Beth Rabinowitz (2014) and British artist Rebecca Reeve (2012).

As official Volunteers in the Park, AIRIE residents work with park rangers, scientists and the public to create new and creative ways to experience and engage in one of our country's most fragile resources - our wild, public lands.

For this special Saturday in the Park, enjoy free admission not only to the AIRIE Nest Gallery to view the exhibition Fragile - a multi-media exhibition exposing and examining the delicate fragility of the Everglades ecosystem - but also enjoy free entrance to the park itself to explore the over 1.5 million acres of the country's only subtropical wetland. (Park entrance fee normally $30 per vehicle).

Deborah Mitchell is one of three selected artists speaking at the Rubell Family Collection about artists as Cultural Producers on Saturday, April 13th, to the International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art.

Open to the public with RSVP.

AIRIE WILD BILLBOARDS LAND NEAR PAMM

 ON DECEMBER 10th, 7-8pm, 2015

Stirring it up, 5:30-6:45 on the 3rd floor Terrace

MIAMI—In this centennial year for the National Park Service, AIRIE is lifting the Everglades into the air above Miami metropolitan freeways. Selected Artists In Residence in Everglades (AIRIE)  begin rewilding Miami through AIRIE’s Wild Billboards project this month, initiated with support from the Knight Arts Challenge.  Join us for In Conversation with AIRIE in the auditorium at the Perez Art Museum Miami at 7pm on December 10th with Everglades National Park Superintendent Pedro Ramos, billboard artist Susan Silas and Audubon Society Executive Director Eric Draper, moderated by Deborah Mitchell.

“The mission of Wild Billboards is to use cultural arts to strengthen the bonds between humans and our wilderness. Our imaginative urban billboards, based on the series Flight by AIRIE fellow Susan Silas, will inspire the public to renew their dedication to the Everglades”, says Deborah Mitchell, Executive Director of AIRIE.

In Conversation with AIRIE at PAMM will offer the public a rare opportunity to engage in Q&A with the new Everglades National Park Superintendent, Pedro Ramos, who says “Art and America's National Parks have a long rich history. The AIRIE Wild Billboard Campaign reminds us of all of that history and inspires our community to develop a personal connection with their Everglades, America's wildest and most special place.” Special guest Eric Draper will discuss how this dynamic, high visibility campaign can help the general public understand the effect that abundant, clean water has on birds and other species.