Art

Art

Learn about ocean-related art and performances and the ways that art can be used to communicate scientific concepts in these short video podcasts from the Aquarium of the Pacific. The Long Beach, California-based Aquarium regularly hosts exhibits and performances to inspire interest in the ocean and environment in new ways. Speakers in the institution’s Guest Speaker Series have included sculptors, painters, photographers, filmmakers, and also sound artists.

Josie Iselin

Josie Iselin recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 30, 2020. Iselin is an artist and author of the new book, The Curious World of Seaweed.

12-23
07:03

Lecture Archive: Josie Iselin

Lecture date: January 30, 2020. Josie Iselin will share images of her artwork, discuss how her interest in art and science brought her to study seaweed, and introduce a few women scientists who were crucial in broadening our understanding of the oceans.

12-23
01:19:39

Danielle Eubank

Danielle Eubank recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on November 5, 2019. Eubank is a painter and member of The Explorer’s Club, and a 2018 Creative Climate Awards nominee.

11-04
05:36

Lecture Archive: Danielle Eubank

Lecture date: November 5, 2019. Danielle Eubank discusses the process of documenting the world's oceans in her paintings.

11-04
52:31

Lecture Archive: Andres Pruna

Lecture date: June 27, 2018. Andres Pruna shares stories of his experiences, photos, and film clips documenting his travels, mainly in Patagonia.

05-29
01:18:16

J.D. Talasek

JD Talasek recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 18, 2018. Talasek is the director of Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences.

01-02
04:41

Lecture Archive: J.D. Talasek

Lecture date: January 18, 2018. J.D. Talasek provides an overview of some of the activities occurring in the office of Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences that explore the integration of art, science, and other creative inquiries.

01-02
39:02

Mac Stone

Mac Stone recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 18, 2016. Stone is a conservation photographer who frequently works in swamps and wetlands of the southeastern U.S.

09-23
13:23

Lecture Archive: Mac Stone

Lecture date: October 18, 2016. Photographer Mac Stone shared images and stories from his book, Everglades: America’s Wetland.

09-23
55:49

Lecture Archive: Gail Wight

Lecture date: October 12, 2016. Artist Gail Wight discussed how topics in biology—like deep time, species diversity, extinction, and the forces of weather on habitat—drive her studio practice.

09-23
51:57

Kyna Leski

Kyna Leski recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 29, 2016. Leski is a professor of architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design, a founding principal of 3six0 Architecture, and an artist, actor, and writer.

06-14
06:40

Lecture Archive: Kyna Leski

Lecture date: March 29, 2016. Kyna Leski discusses her book, The Storm of Creativity, which examines the creative process.

06-14
52:47

Lecture Archive: Symphony of Jellies

Lecture date: December 8, 2105. Marty Quinn, Wendy Quinn and Eddie Freeman discussed Symphony of Jellies, a project that translates the movements of sea jellies into music.

12-22
01:02:20

Lecture Archive: Ty Bowman

Lecture date: October 21, 2014. Ty Bowman discusses his photography of the Grand Canyon.

12-18
59:30

Ty Bowman

Ty Bowman recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 21, 2014. He discussed his photography of the Grand Canyon.

12-18
03:07

Lecture Archive: Jerry Zucker

Lecture date: September 29, 2014. Jerry Zucker is the Hollywood lead on the Science-Entertainment Exchange, a program of the National Academy of Sciences.

11-21
56:10

Jim Hellemn

Jim Hellemn recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on April 23, 2013. His photography has appeared in National Geographic magazine and at the American Museum of Natural History.

08-05
03:08

Lecture Archive: Jim Hellemn

Lecture date: April 23, 2013. Jim Hellemn's photography has appeared in National Geographic magazine and at the American Museum of Natural History.

08-05
55:16

Lecture Archive: Richard Theiss & Victor Douieb

Lecture date: March 7, 2013. Underwater cinematographer Richard Theiss and sculptor Victor Douieb discussed their personal experiences with sharks, shark conservation, and their work documenting sharks.

08-01
01:06:30

J.J. L’Heureux

Painter, photographer, and naturalist J.J. L'Heureux shared her photographs and stories from her eleven years of annual expeditions to Antarctica during her lecture on March 20, 2012.

08-01
03:21

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