Join us for a hike with artist Alexis Callender Dr. Britt Crow-Miller, part of the Berkshires as Living Laboratory walk and workshop series.
Berkshires as Living Laboratory aims to increase inclusion and accessibility to natural and cultural resources. Please join these artist- and scientist-led programs to experience new perspectives on the histories, current conditions, and barriers to inclusion. Imagine possible futures along BNRC trails.
BNRC is partnering with CALL/City as Living Laboratory, the Berkshire Museum, and several community stakeholders: Living the Change, Word X Word, NAACP, Berkshire Environmental Action Team (B.E.A.T.), Manos Unidas, to launch Berkshires as Living Laboratory. education, and outdoor recreation initiatives.
WALK Leaders
Alexis Callender was born in New York City, completed her MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and is an Assistant Professor of art at Smith College. Her work draws largely from archival sources, and incorporates painting, drawing, and installation to recontextualize history and explore the interrelations of race, gender, and capitalism. She has been exhibited in galleries across the nation and internationally in France and Trinidad. alexcallender.com
Dr. Britt Crow-Miller is a Senior Lecturer in the Departments of Environmental Conservation and Geosciences at UMass Amherst. Her academic research is focused on environmental politics, sustainability, global development, and water resource management in China and cities of the Western U.S. In 2018, Britt founded CityWild, a nonprofit organization with the mission of inspiring curiosity about nature through fun, exploration, and hands-on learning for kids and families, including those in underserved communities. The foundation of CityWild was laid in Portland, Oregon, and the organization relocated with Britt to New England in 2020. Primary Interests- sustainability, environmental politics, hydropolitics, global development, water, sustainability education: Education: UCLA, Geography (PhD), Harvard University (MA), Bard College (BA) co.umass.edu/people/faculty/crow-miller-britt/
This project has been supported by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation and the Lee Bank Foundation
Project Partners
https://berkshiremuseum.org
http://livingthechangeberkshires.com
http://wordxwordfestival.com/index.html
https://manos-unidas.wixsite.com/manos-unidas-
https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/
https://www.naacpberkshires.org