Presentation - 1-3 pm, Living Education Center: Visiting artist Alberto Rey will offer a presentation of his previous "Local Species" Projects and introduce students to his ecological and artistic vision. In the past, his work has focused on the documentation of endangered fish in Iceland, Cuba, the United States, and other regions of the globe. Local educators who may wish to inform their students about the Workshops are invited to attend.
Gallery Talk - 5.30 pm, UVa Art Museum: Rey will exhibit paintings and video work in the University of Virginia Art Museum, as part of Fourth Fridays events. A reception will follow.
Saturday, January 28Local Stream Visit - North Fork of Moorman's Creek: Rey, project coordinators, local educators, and students from the Living Education Center will embark on an expedition to the North Fork of Moorman's Creek, a local trout stream. Everyone will observe the fish in their natural habitat.
Rey, project coordinators, local educators, and students from the Living Education Center will embark on an expedition to the North Fork of Moorman's Creek, a local trout stream. Students considering involvement in the workshops are welcome if accompanied by a parent or guardian. Everyone will observe the fish in their natural habitat.
Those interested in carpooling and caravaning should meet at 9.45 am on Saturday in the parking lot immediately in front of the Dell Studio Art Modules beside Ruffner Hall. It's in the gray space bounded by Ruffner, Physics, and Bonnycastle on this UVa campus map. To see the spot marked on the same map, click here. We will leave by 10 am. Travel time to Moorman's Creek is about 25-30 minutes. Everyone should pack a snack or light lunch, as we probably won't finish at the creek until 1.30 - 2 pm.
Directions to Moorman's Creek from the Dell Modules:
1) Turn left out of Bonnycastle Circle onto McCormick
2) Immediate left before the bridge, head down ramp and turn left onto Emmet St.
3) Continue on Emmet St, approx 1.5 miles
4) Turn Left on Barracks Rd and go 2.4 miles
5) Barracks turns into Garth; continue on Garth 9.1 Miles (after 3.8
miles the road bears right, do NOT turn left onto Owensville at this
point - you still have 5.3 miles to go on Garth)
6) After the 9.1 miles on Garth you will reach White Hall. The road forks a few ways. Bear slightly left (though it is mostly straight) and get on Sugar Hollow Rd and go 5.5 miles up past the
reservoir.
7) The road conditions continue to get worse, but there is parking right along the stream bed.
Although Alberto was unable to make the return trip, the second field trips to Moorman's creek was a success. The younger printer class came and explored, as did many of the mentor. The long-awaited stream shocking conducted by the Game Commission biologists also brought everyone closer to some beautiful brook trout.
April 29The Local Species Project concluded this April with an exibition at the New Art Across the Bridge Exhibition Space. The exhibition showcased the block printing masterworks of the talented student printers and the workshop mentors. See the pics here.