Paradise Lost? Climate Change in the North Woods

An Environmental Art Exhibition
On display at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin
January 12th to February 8th
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 12, 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Come help us celebrate the opening of an innovative environmental art exhibit with Olbrich Botanical Gardens and the University of Wisconsin Center for Biology Education and the Department for Forest and Wildlife Ecology.

Twenty artists, seven scientists, and six educators met in May 2006 to learn about climate change and the role that art might play in increasing public awareness of the issue. The result, Paradise Lost? Climate Change in the North Woods, is a free environmental art exhibit that addresses how Wisconsin’s North Woods may be affected by global warming.

Participating Visual Artists, Musicians, and Authors:

Marilyn Annin, Amy Arnston, John Bates, Mary Burns, Melissa Cooke, Rachel Dorn, Terry Daulton, John Glaeser, Connie Kerkove, Helen Klebesadel, Joyce Koskenmaki, Frank Montano, David Niec, Howard D Paap, Scott Pauli, Bonnie Peterson, Diana Randolph, Jeff Richter, Jennifer Daryl Slack, Charles Thomas, Sarah Wright, Jamie Young

Schedule

All activities listed below are free and open to the public.

10 a.m. Paradise Lost Exhibit Opens to the Public

10:30 a.m. Performance by Kanopy Dance Company: "Dancing in the Greenhouse: Come Heat or High Water" Supported by the Madison Arts Commission

11 a.m. Artist & Scientist Panel: Artist introductions, scientist presentations

11:30 a.m. Alter the Course: Highlighting statewide and local efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with information tables featuring actions everyone can take hosted by Focus on Energy, MG&E, Mpowering Madison, Green Building Alliance, EnAct, Focus the Nation, and Green and Healthy Schools

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Reception: Refreshments sponsored by the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, exhibit viewing, meet the artists, and displays on reducing emissions

All events are free. Visit www.olbrich.org for more details. Call 608-246-4550 for more information or to register for a children’s dance workshop that precedes the opening. Olbrich Botanical Gardens is located in Madison, Wisconsin on the shore of Lake Monona at 3330 Atwood Avenue.

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