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2024/2025 Inclusive Arts Initiative Gallery

By aohoward

The second Inclusive Arts Initiative gallery opened on October 24, 2024. It is displayed on the first floor of the George D. Aiken Center at UVM. The 2024/2025 gallery features thirteen pieces of multimedia artwork from Rubenstein School staff and students.

A wide-angle photo of the art gallery in the Aiken Center.

The gallery rotates annually and an archive of each gallery lives on this website. If you are interested in submitting artwork to a future gallery, fill out this form.

Environmental Data Science and Art: The Story of the Damaged Leaf Data Set

By aohoward

On March 7, 2024, the Rubenstein School Inclusive Arts Initiative hosted a talk and panel discussion with Dr. Jenn Karson, a Lecturer in the Art and Art History program, Director of the UVM FabLab, and founder of the Art + AI Research Group at UVM. Dr. Karson uses scientific processes and technologies as creative catalysts. Through her work, experiments, and data sets, she challenges traditional concepts of artistic authorship and human-machine collaboration.

The presentation focused on intersections between environmental data science and art. The panel discussion included Lauren Cresanti with the UVM Spatial Analysis Lab, Olivia Welford ’24 Computer Science and Studio Art double major, and Maya Griffith, a Computer Science graduate student. The two student panelists are working with Dr. Karson on the use of artificial intelligence and technology in art, data science, and environmental healing.

Left to right: Hannah Kershaw, Inclusive Arts Initiative Co-leader; Dr. Jenn Karson;

A recording of the presentation and discussion is available below.

About the Rubenstein School Inclusive Arts Initiative!

By aohoward
The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Inclusive Arts Initiative was created with the goal of representing the Rubenstein School community, with its wide range of talents, passions, and identities. We aim to create spaces for artists in our community to be visible, especially those who hold traditionally underrepresented or marginalized identities, such as LGBTQ+, BIPOC, individuals with disabilities, and the many other identities that people in our community hold.
The Inclusive Arts Initiative is one way we are pursuing our mission question: “How can the Rubenstein School unleash empathy, passion, innovation, and creativity to heal and radically change human-environment systems in a just, equitable, and ecological direction?” We acknowledge that art and creativity are important tools in the movement towards justice and healing the environment, and strive to reflect these values in our physical space.

Submit your Artwork

If you are interested in submitting artwork to a future gallery, fill out this form.

Galleries

View past and present annual rotating Inclusive Arts Initiative Galleries.

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