2020: Student Success and the Public Good
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arts engagement; prairie conservation
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"Drawing the Prairie Workshop” is driven by a central question: How do we authentically bring arts and sciences together to promote understanding of grasslands? The project brings Wiersma’s large scale drawings on paper together with recorded interviews of scientists and land managers collected by Kingery-Page. While this artistic collaboration is experienced in galleries, the project also engages people of the region, in a variety of settings, to build their understanding of grasslands through drawing of grassland plants.Grasslands provide essential ecosystem services, such as groundwater recharge, water quality improvement, pollinator habitat, and carbon sequestration. But worldwide, the outlook for conservation of grasslands is bleak: just 45% remain, and only a little over 4% of these are in a protected status.The faculty team invites a broad public to experience the workshop they have offered in locations across the state of Kansas. During 2019-2020, the workshops reached more than 240 people.
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Grassland Interview: Drawing the Prairie Workshop
"Drawing the Prairie Workshop” is driven by a central question: How do we authentically bring arts and sciences together to promote understanding of grasslands? The project brings Wiersma’s large scale drawings on paper together with recorded interviews of scientists and land managers collected by Kingery-Page. While this artistic collaboration is experienced in galleries, the project also engages people of the region, in a variety of settings, to build their understanding of grasslands through drawing of grassland plants.Grasslands provide essential ecosystem services, such as groundwater recharge, water quality improvement, pollinator habitat, and carbon sequestration. But worldwide, the outlook for conservation of grasslands is bleak: just 45% remain, and only a little over 4% of these are in a protected status.The faculty team invites a broad public to experience the workshop they have offered in locations across the state of Kansas. During 2019-2020, the workshops reached more than 240 people.
https://newprairiepress.org/cecd/engagement/2020/9
