PST Art | Embodied Pacific: Ocean Unseen
This fall, UC San Diego will unveil Embodied Pacific, a multi-sited exhibition in partnership with the Getty initiative PST ART: Art & Science Collide. Embodied Pacific, a collaboration between UC San Diego’s Department of Visual Arts and Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, features artworks created by artists in partnership with scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and laboratories across UC San Diego, as well as with Indigenous community leaders in environmental and ocean science, engineering and design.
Forest Bathing
Forest Bathing - a collaborative exhibit with the work of Oriana Poindexter, Michaela Rabinov, and Marie McKenzie will open with a reception in Ventura at 643 Project Space on Friday, May 2, 2025, and will be on view through May 30, 2025.
Hold Fast: Opening Lecture Event
JEFFREY B. GRAHAM PERSPECTIVES ON OCEAN SCIENCE LECTURE
Join biologist Mohammad Sedarat and artist Oriana Poindexter in an exploration of their collaboration on the Aquarium’s new art exhibition, Hold Fast, an immersive journey through our local giant kelp forests. Learn how their unique perspectives are combined to provide visitors with insight into climate change through the lens of art.
Hold Fast: A New Way to Experience Kelp
On February 8, 2024, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is opening Hold Fast, an immersive art installation that explores our local kelp forests and climate change through the lens of three local artists and scientists who are using their unique skills and talents to take climate action.
Opening Reception: Ebb + Flow
Please join the UC San Diego Library for an exhibit reception to celebrate "Ebb and Flow: Giant Kelp Forests through Art, Science and the Archives".
Surfing Madonna 4th Annual Exhibit
Surfing Madonna Oceans Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Encinitas, California and was officially formed in 2013 by Robert Nichols and Mark Patterson (artist of the Surfing Madonna mosaic). Our intention is to partner with local arts groups and recognize the excellence of local artists and promote the arts through active engagement between artists and the community.
Ebb and Flow: Giant Kelp Forests through Art, Science and the Archives
Beginning January 12, 2024, the UC San Diego Library will host Ebb and Flow: Giant Kelp Forests through Art, Science and the Archives, an exhibit curated by Oriana Poindexter ’15, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) alumna and artist. The exhibit displays works created as a result of continued observation of the local giant kelp forest environment by artists, scientists and community members over the past 134 years.
SciArt Panel Discussion: S.CA Giant Kelp Forest Ecosystems
Sciart Panel Discussion: Southern California Giant Kelp Forest Ecosystems