Held at Tufts University, the Environmental Humanities Symposium brought together artists and educators at the intesection of the arts, science and the humanities. Representation included Tamiko Beyer, a poet, Min Hyoung Song author and chair of Boston College English Dept., Dr. Jerry Zee, Assitant Professor in the Anthropology Dept. at High Meadows Environmental Instititue at Princeton University, Eugenia Kisin, a visual anthropologist and Associate Professor of Art and Society at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Jessica Horton, Associate Professor of modern and contemporary Native North American Art at the University of Delaware, Natalie Doonan, a new media and performance artist, Mark Richardson, the Director of Horticulture for New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, MA, Dr. Susannah Lerman, a research ecologist with the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, Eli Brown an interdisciplinary artist focusing on queer ecologies, Adam Romero, an Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society at the University of Washington Bothell, Erin Genia, a multidisciplinary artist educator and community organizer specializing in Indigenous arts and culture, and myself, a Professor of the Practice in Metal at SMFA at Tufts whos work focuses on Identity and sustainable practices in Jewelry.

Convenors: Alex Blanchette, Silvia Bottinelli, Emily Gephart, Patte Loper, Kate Risse, Modhumita Roy

Symposium made possible by: Tufts Green Fund, Tufts Office of the Provost, Toupin-Bolwell Fund, Center for the Humanities at Tufts, Environmental Studies Program, Department of English, Visual and Material Studies Deptartment, SMFA at Tufts University.

Metalwerx's 2021 Virtual Spring Symposium includes two live sessions every weekday, at 12 PM and 4:00 PM (all times EDT), with morning social events on Tuesday and Thursday and a final social event on Friday, April 30, 2021. All sessions will be presented live over Zoom, with links sent in advance to all registered Symposium attendees. Recording access will be available through August 1st. Each featured presentation is approximately 90 minutes long. Each presenter "short" is approximately 40 minutes long.

Fri, April 30

12:00-1:30 PM: Meditating on Pattern with Tanya Crane

Repetitive pattern and mark making has opened up an entire realm of possibilities for my work. In this lecture and demonstration, I will talk about how mark making can be a meditative practice that you can return to daily. In the demonstration I will show participants how to mix, apply and subtract enamel to reveal graphic patterns. Because of the nature of the material, your patterns can be left unfinished and returned to as a daily practice.

4:00-4:45 PM: Making A New Reality Through Form and Color with Mando Bee

7:00-8:00 PM: Closing Party- The closing social event of the symposium week!