USU's Science Unwrapped Probes 'Salty Metaphors' Friday, March 20
USU artist Mark Lee Koven is featured Science Unwrapped speaker Friday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in USU's Eccles Science Learning Center Auditorium. Admission is free and all ages are welcome.
In response to Utah Public Radio’s request to listeners to share their experiences of the Great Salt Lake’s Spiral Jetty, Utah State University ecologist Paul Rogers wrote:
“We, of course, walk out on the jetty — high water or low — and feel the art for ourselves,” he says. “It seems to me, the key is not art that is stable over time, but art which lives within a landscape and adapts to it.”
USU artist Mark Lee Koven explores the intriguing relationship between nature and the land art of Utah’s massive salty sea as featured speaker for USU’s Science Unwrapped Friday, March 20. The assistant professor in USU’s Department of Art and Design and co-director of USU’s ARTsySTEM presents “Salty Metaphors: Land Art of the Great Salt Lake,” at 7 p.m. in the Emert Auditorium (Room 130) of the Eccles Science Learning Center on campus. His talk, free and open to all ages, is followed by hands-on learning activities, exhibits and refreshments.
Among the exhibitors is Utah Public Radio reporter Jennifer Pemberton, who will collect Spiral Jetty stories from attendees for use in her program, The Source [http://upr.org/programs/source], which airs Friday, March 27, at 9 a.m. The Source is an hour-long conversation broadcast the last Friday of each month that highlights efforts of USU water scholars in celebration of USU’s “Year of Water.”
Hosted by USU’s College of Science, Lee Koven’s presentation is the third of four presentations in Science Unwrapped’s spring 2015 “Great Salt Lake Today” series during the university’s “Year of Water.”
“We welcome our community to experience this fascinating series,” says Nancy Huntly, Science Unwrapped chair, director of USU’s Ecology Center, professor in the Department of Biology and co-director of ARTsySTEM. “Our presentations offer something for everyone.”
New to this month’s event is the “Science Unwrapped Challenge” for children in grades K-5. Science Unwrapped organizers will explain the rules for the challenge, which includes the opportunity to win prizes, at the March 20 presentation.
For more information, call 435-797-3517, visit the Science Unwrapped website or view the ‘Science Unwrapped at USU’ Facebook page.
Related links:
“ARTsySTEM: USU Awarded NEA Grant, Matching Funds to Integrate Art and Science,” Utah State Today
Contact: Nancy Huntly, 435-797-2555, nancy.huntly@usu.edu
Writer: Mary-Ann Muffoletto, 435-797-3517, maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu
At a recent Science Unwrapped event, Watershed Sciences student Hope Braithwaite of USU Water Quality Extension, left, guides a child through a learning activity. The March 20 gathering will feature an array of activities for all ages.
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