In 2023, Yolanda Busbee Methvin was looking to create a marketing campaign for a new snack product her health and wellness company, LithaFlora African Botanicals, was selling. What she developed was a far cry from your traditional advertisement. The 13-minute film tells the story of an African girl’s health struggles and journey to healing guided […]
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Ash Dieback is a Dementia of the Landscape: A Painter Depicts a Story of Loss and the Impact of a European Union LIFE Project’s Restoration Work
News of the disease first reached painter Sue Prince and her husband on their organic dairy farm a few years ago. Prince had not noticed the subtle changes, the slow fading of life from the landscape, as a fungus took root in England’s Peak District. Once she did, she saw it everywhere. Ash dieback was […]
This Artist’s Mosaic Pieces Together the History of Bison and Their Ongoing Role in US Land Management
Bison once freely roamed grasslands and prairies from Mexico to Alaska. Herds of several thousand traipsed patterns into the landscape, the weight and scuff of their hooves, their grazing behavior, and the nutrients of their dung all taking, coaxing, and replenishing health and balance across ecosystems. Beginning in the 1800s, hunters began to deplete these […]
With Pen and Ink, Mattie Rose Templeton Illustrates the Importance of Darkness and the Intricacies of Nature
“Maybe we never would have turned our backs on the night had we not come to define darkness as an absence—as a lack, a deficiency, an aching void calling out to be filled. But that is among our acts of original sin, and so—fiat lux (let there be light).” — Peter Friedrici, Freelance environmental journalist; […]
Topote de Acahual: Learning the Languages of a Regrown Jungle Through Art, Writing, and Health
In 2020, in the region of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico—an expanse of high evergreen and evergreen tropical forest, defined by volcanic mountain ranges, and rich in diverse, endemic flora and fauna—a series of political-campaign posters began appearing around Veracruz. It was not an election year, and the signs did not promote any of the nation’s mainstream […]
Across Australia, Carran’s Murals of Birdlife Explore Human Identity and Connection to Place
Lily Robinson This artist profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting the role creative work plays in connecting people with nature and inspiring a culture of stewardship. If you are an artist whose work is inspired by nature and would like to be featured in a future ILCN newsletter, please reach out to lrobinson@lincolninst.edu. We […]
Sorrow, Love, and Concern Flow Through Katie James’ Songs of Lost Rivers and Bountiful Mountains
Lily Robinson This artist profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting the role creative work plays in connecting people with nature and inspiring a culture of stewardship. If you are an artist whose work is inspired by nature and would like to be featured in a future ILCN newsletter, please reach out to lrobinson@lincolninst.edu. […]
An Indian Artist’s Unique Style of ‘Folkindica’ Blends Traditional Artforms to Reconnect People, Land, and Biodiversity
Sudarshan Shaw’s art builds bridges where cultural connections between people and wildlife have eroded.
Art, communication, and science intersect in Cheung’s environmental work, which explores the human-nature relationship
Lily Robinson – ILCN Program Coordinator This artist profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting the role creative work plays in connecting people with nature and inspiring a culture of stewardship. If you are an artist whose work is inspired by nature and would like to be featured in a future ILCN newsletter, please […]