The brown pelican, which nearly went extinct but then recovered, is a main character in a new art installation in San José.
Apocalypse Not: Confronting Extinction with Art
January 4, 2022 •
Matthew Harrison Tedford
Matthew Harrison Tedford is an arts writer focused on ecology, history, and politics. Based in San Francisco, his work has appeared on KQED, Hyperallergic, SF Weekly, Art Practical, and elsewhere.
“Slow Down and Open Up” On a Soundwalk Through Golden Gate Park
October 1, 2021 •
Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK is a free, GPS-enabled app that covers much of the eastern half of Golden Gate Park.
Sculpting California, Post-Fire
June 23, 2021 •
Artist Ashwini Bhat reckons with intensifying blazes in her adopted home in Sonoma County
Gallery View
March 30, 2021 •
An Oakland art gallery funds environmental advocacy.
A Golden Eagle Alights in Sunol
January 3, 2021 •
An immersive sculpture of a golden eagle will honor the history and culture of the Muwekma Ohlone community.
Abstract Art? Floating Laboratory? Oakland’s Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Is Both
September 27, 2020 •
The Float Lab is both an experiment in resilient architecture and a piece of public art.
Meditations in an Emergency
June 21, 2020 •
The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s “MeditOceans” focus on breath, presence, non-judgment, and jellyfish.
In ‘These Lines Are Living,’ Artists Engage With the Changing Shoreline
March 24, 2020 •
Can site-specific dance and other forms of art help us more deeply grasp the reality of our changing shorelines?
A River of Ink
January 6, 2020 •
See the California works from the most accomplished Chinese
painter of the 20th century
The Impossibility of Describing Nature …
September 16, 2019 •
In his 1979 book The Tree, British novelist John Fowles characterizes nature as “an experience whose deepest value lies in the fact that it cannot be directly described by any art … including that of words.” Undeterred by the impossibility … Read more