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Beyond the Surface

On May 31, 2013 The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education presented Beyond the Surface: Environmental Art in Action – A conference of ideas and innovative thinking about the relationships between art and nature. This unique, first time conference brought over 100 professionals from… Continue reading

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Land Lab Program

We are very excited to announce our new residency program, The LandLab Program. As a collaboration between The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education (SCEE) and The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA), The Landlab program invites professional artists to create… Continue reading

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Collaboration As a Means, Not an End

By Amy Lipton In my work with ecoartspace over the past 12 years focusing on ecological artists and their projects, the term collaboration has been frequently evoked. The intention behind much of this work is to restore, remediate or transform… Continue reading

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Post Normal Art

by Frances Whitehead “All that was ‘normal’ has now evaporated; we have entered postnormal times, the in-between period where old orthodoxies are dying, new ones have not yet emerged, and nothing really makes sense… We will have to imagine ourselves… Continue reading

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Below is the information about our upcoming conference, a large part of this planning project. Online registration is available here! Beyond the Surface: Environmental Art in Action Hosted by the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education May 31, 2013 Join us for a… Continue reading

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Time Frames

by Sam Bower 2013                           Standing in the woods near the pond at the Schuylkill Center, we can look out and see a range of time scales. The… Continue reading

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Ecological Design Thinking

by Jenny Sabin   Figure 1 – Sabin’s myThread Pavilion for NYC Nike FlyKnit Collective; featuring a responsive Whole Garment knitted structure; image courtesy of Nike Inc.   Sustainable building practices should not simply be technical endeavors. They should include… Continue reading

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Making Room for Rain

Stacy Levy ©2012   The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education is working to investigate the intersection of nature and the city. The role of rain in the landscape is being actively explored in programs and planning around its buildings. As… Continue reading

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Art/ist Roles

By Eve Mosher October 29th, Hurricane Sandy made landfall. The eye of the storm passed over New Jersey but the hurricane winds, and worse, a massive storm surge hit New York City. The storm surge, combined with high tides and… Continue reading

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