Join artist Jane Kim and Museum Associate Director of Education Jenny Rieke in conversation about the art and science of interpreting nature. Learn how the artwork for the Treasured Trees exhibit was developed, and hear how the partnership between institutions like the Museum and artists can bring to life scientific concepts for public education in exhibits and interpretive signs in green spaces like Cotoni-Coast Dairies.
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About the Speakers
Jane is a visual artist, science illustrator, and the founder of Ink Dwell. Her art career started when she was a little girl, obsessively painting flowers and bears on the walls of her bedroom. She received more formal training with a BFA in Printmaking from RISD and then attended CSU Monterey Bay, where she received a master’s certificate in Science Illustration. She has created large-scale public art across the country, including the Wall of Birds at The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and produced works for the National Aquarium, the de Young Museum, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, and more. She is the creator of the Migrating Mural campaign, a series of public installations that highlight wildlife along migration corridors it shares with people. She still enjoys painting flowers and bears, though nowadays she doesn’t get in trouble for painting on the walls. As the inaugural Forest Fellow of the Sempervirens Fund, the oldest land trust in California and one dedicated to the protection of the redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains, Jane Kim has spent the last year studying the wonders of redwood trees.
Jenny grew up on the shores of Lake Erie, amongst the gurgling streams and sprawling deciduous forests of the Great Lakes region. She completed her undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies at UCSC, where she was exposed to the wonder-full world of Natural History. There she discovered her passion for field-based learning and environmental education. Since graduating, she has worked for various environmental organizations as an educator and field biologist. Although she is a certified bird-nerd, her love and wonder for the natural world extends to all things, both living and nonliving. Jenny joined the Museum in 2022 and when she is not working, you can find her swimming in mountain streams, riding her bike, or hiking with her adorable dog, Tule.
