I’m excited to be joining the Rockfall Foundation this Thursday at the Wadsworth Mansion for their Meet Your Greens event.
| Meet Your Greens With Dr. Katharine OwensThursday, June 16 | 5:30pm – 7:30pm |
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| Join us on Thursday, June 16 at 5:30pm at the Wadsworth Mansion outside patio. **This event is weather permitting, rain cancels**Dr. Katharine Owens will share how she uses the arts to communicate about the pervasive problem of plastic pollution. A researcher and artist, Dr. Owens has spent the last year creating a series of forty-six life-sized portraits of animals harmed by marine debris. She creates most of the pieces herself by hand sewing film plastic onto canvas, but the largest pieces (including three life-sized whales) are being co-created with the public. Dr. Katharine Owens is a Professor in the Department of Politics, Economics, and International Studies and Director of the University Interdisciplinary Studies program at the University of Hartford. Her work has been supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Geographic Society, the Fulbright Nehru program, and the Connecticut Office of the Arts. She is an interdisciplinary scholar who seeks to merge science, policy, and the arts.Bring your own food & drink. Free to participate. We will meet at the outside Patio at The Wadsworth Mansion, 421 Wadsworth Street, Middletown, CT Plan to arrive around 5:30 with the speaker beginning at 5:45. Registration is not required, but helpful to inform you of changes or cancelations due to weather. It would also help us determine event set-up and other supplies to bring. |
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