Second Nature(s): Drawing Together Research and Art
Workshop with Nick Earhart and Melusine Martin
22.02.2024
Location: Rachel Carson Center
This environmental writing workshop explores the connection between artistic and research practices. The focus is twofold: How can researchers incorporate creative media into their scholarly efforts? And how might artistic explorations, done for their own sake, inform the more structured, regimented work of academia? The workshop’s facilitators, Landhaus Fellows Nick Earhart and Melusine Martin, both maintain creative practices in addition to their scholarship. Nick has published his stream-of-consciousness comics widely and plays in bands; Melusine exhibits her abstract paintings in galleries and works in several media. Both see their art as integral to the overall learning and thinking process, rather than something that is separate or supplemental. For the workshop, Nick and Melusine will share brief accounts of their journeys through art and academia, lead a dialogue about creative research strategies, and offer prompts for participants to create their own drawings and paintings linked—however loosely—to research questions. Following the workshop, Nick and Melusine plan to host an art show at the Landhaus, on 22 March 2024, and workshop participants and others are invited to contribute. Art supplies will be provided.
This workshop is limited to 15 participants. To sign up, please email Nick Earhart at nearhart@usc.edu.
Exhibition Submission Guidelines
Art in all forms and shapes is accepted, including three-dimensional artwork. Participants can either use the A3 painting sheets available at the RCC or choose another support/medium with size restrictions of 45 x 45 cm.
Everyone is welcome to contribute (workshop attendees and others), and materials are due on 15 March 2024 at the RCC.