Welcome to the Art in Nature Blog for the Rambling Adventure Club!
We're super excited to have the opportunity to teach this class this semester and hope you get a lot out of it. We want this to be a co-creative experience and would love to incorporate any ideas that you have throughout the semester into course activities.
Our intention is to highlight some of the people who have had an impact on our personal development as artists, and on the field of nature art in general. Each day will begin the way art should - with the search for inspiration! We will look at the work of a different artist: some well known and influential, some local, and some who may never become famous but are nonetheless pushing art outside of the stale galleries and boundaries of museums and into the natural world. Drawing inspiration from these men and women who lived with passionate dedication to their ideas, we will then travel to different locations around Santa Cruz and make our own art.
Thanks for coming to our blog! This is our opportunity to stay connected with each other throughout the weeks, and to share the art we make with the world. Feel free to leave comments and take inspiration.
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Art in Nature Calendar (Tentative):
January 12 Bonny Dune - Andy Goldsworthy, Natural Sculpture
January 19 Upper Campus - Ansel Adams, Nature Photography
January 26 Fall Creek - Leaf Prints
February 2 Waddell Creek - Gary Snyder, Poetry
February 9 Arboretum - Pine Needle Baskets
February 16 Capitola Beach - Drawing 1
February 23 Land of the Medicine Buddha - Mandalas
March 2 Wilder Ranch - Candle Making
March 9 Natural Bridges - Print Making
March 16 Henry Cowell - Drawing 2
March 23 Davenport Landing - Jewelry
March 30 Palm Beach - Bonfire
