Apocalypse Not: Confronting Extinction with Art
The brown pelican, which nearly went extinct but then recovered, is a main character in a new art installation in San José.
Author Archives: 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
Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK is a free, GPS-enabled app that covers much of the eastern half of Golden Gate Park.
Sculpting California, Post-Fire
Artist Ashwini Bhat reckons with intensifying blazes in her adopted home in Sonoma County
A Golden Eagle Alights in Sunol
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
The Float Lab is both an experiment in resilient architecture and a piece of public art.
Meditations in an Emergency
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
Can site-specific dance and other forms of art help us more deeply grasp the reality of our changing shorelines?
A River of Ink
See the California works from the most accomplished Chinese painter of the 20th century
The Impossibility of Describing Nature …
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...
