When you’re the biggest bird in North America, it takes a little while to grow up. Illustrations by Jane Kim.
Fall 2023 Almanac: Condors, Cones, and Raccoons
October 10, 2023 •
Art & Design
Plants Are Culture, Too
August 30, 2023 •
¡Plantásticas! Our Lives with Plants, a temporary exhibition at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, explores the myriad relationships between people and plants, with a special focus on Latinx and Indigenous perspectives.
With Instruments of Rocks and Shells, Cheryl Leonard Brings Nature’s Music To Life
August 1, 2023 •
“Anything can be musical instruments!” Leonard exclaims, in a studio full of bones, driftwood, feathers, stones, and homemade instruments.
Summer 2023 Almanac: Barnacles, Bats, and Berries
July 18, 2023 •
This issue’s almanac features barnacles, berries, Steller’s jays, and more.
An Artist Goes Bird-Swatching
March 22, 2023 •
Artist Christopher Reiger’s “field guides” are on view at the Laguna Environmental Center in Santa Rosa until April 28.
Genre-Defying Art: Textiles and Maps
January 3, 2023 •
If you’re like most people and have never thought about textiles and maps at the same time, together, then you just might be the target audience for artist Linda Gass. Add climate change, land use, and Bay Area waterways into the mix, and it’s safe to say her work is unlike anything else out there.
Naturalist’s Notebook: Thrush Henge
January 3, 2023 •
You can use thrushes as a sort of seasonal calendar, as they fly in and out of the Bay Area.
Cheeky Bobcat Kitten, Owl on the Hunt: How a Young Wildlife Photographer Gets the Goods
December 1, 2022 •
You don’t have to go far. But it helps to spend all your spare time in the woods. That’s what Vishal Subramanyan, 20, does.
An Invitation to Imagine Utopia, and See What Sticks
October 17, 2022 •
Two murals at the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art in Novata are the work of San Francisco painter Elisheva Biernoff. By choosing from a library of magnets, visitors to The Tools Are In Your Hands can decide where to place depictions of native species, agriculture, and the elements of the built environment.
Landscape Paintings From Within
June 22, 2022 •
Shara Mays’ solo exhibition, Paint. All. The. Things., is on view at Chandran Gallery in San Francisco from August 4 through September 1, 2022.
