College of DuPage Artist in Residence
What: Public lecture followed by walk in the prairie
A brief history of the COD prairie and a dive into the exciting world of macro insect photography
When: Tuesday, September 20th, 1 pm
Where: College of DuPage
McAninch Arts Center ("The MAC")
425 Fawell Boulevard
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
The Belushi Performance Hall
What: Public lecture followed by walk in the prairie
A brief history of the COD prairie and a dive into the exciting world of macro insect photography
When: Tuesday, September 20th, 1 pm
Where: College of DuPage
McAninch Arts Center ("The MAC")
425 Fawell Boulevard
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
The Belushi Performance Hall
2022 Activities
September - October
Artist-In-Residence at the College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
August - October
Joint show at the Napleton Gallery, Merrillville, IN
April - May
Insect-centered show at the Red Cup, Chesterton, IN
June
The Field Museum, Chicago, IL
Rapid Color Guide: Selected Insects in Your Midwestern Native Garden
https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/sites/default/files/rapid-color-guides-pdfs/1475_usa_chicago_selectedinsects_midwestern_native_garden.pdf
September - October
Artist-In-Residence at the College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
August - October
Joint show at the Napleton Gallery, Merrillville, IN
April - May
Insect-centered show at the Red Cup, Chesterton, IN
June
The Field Museum, Chicago, IL
Rapid Color Guide: Selected Insects in Your Midwestern Native Garden
https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/sites/default/files/rapid-color-guides-pdfs/1475_usa_chicago_selectedinsects_midwestern_native_garden.pdf
Art On The Air Interview!
Listen to my conversation about photography with Larry A. Brechner and Ester Golden in an interview airing on Sunday, July 11th at 7 pm (CST) on the NPR Lakeshore Public Radio station, Northwest Indiana, 89.1 FM.
https://www.lakeshorepublicradio.org/programs/art-air
Listen to my conversation about photography with Larry A. Brechner and Ester Golden in an interview airing on Sunday, July 11th at 7 pm (CST) on the NPR Lakeshore Public Radio station, Northwest Indiana, 89.1 FM.
https://www.lakeshorepublicradio.org/programs/art-air
Photographer and Committee member for the brand new Save The Dunes Pollinator Garden Landscaping Guide for Indiana’s Coastal Communities. This guide is full of fabulous information and several dozen of the photographs within this guide are mine, including the cover! This exciting new guide can be found on the Save The Dunes Website at: https://savedunes.org/resources/
You can watch me in a 8-minute long video on me talking about taking photographs, while at Cressmoor Prairie in Hobart, IN, that was filmed for the grand guide reveal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eEjTS77ntw
You can watch me in a 8-minute long video on me talking about taking photographs, while at Cressmoor Prairie in Hobart, IN, that was filmed for the grand guide reveal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eEjTS77ntw
Wow! Four Shirley Heinze Land Trust Cover Photographs. Over the past 40 years this organization has preserved over 2,600 acres in a four county region in Northwest Indiana. To see the preserves you can visit and follow the great work they do, just go to the following website: https://heinzetrust.org/
Monarch butterfly caterpillar on common milkweed on the Indiana Dunes State Park foredune overlooking Lake Michigan is the 2021 Dig The Dunes cover photograph.
Over the last two decades, these beautiful and iconic butterflies have lost 80% of their population east of the Rocky Mountains, while the population west of the Rockies has lost over 99% of their population, with just 2,000 butterflies overwintering in California. Numbers have plummeted so far it has already been considered for protection under the United States Endangered Species Act in 2020 (although it has not yet placed on it).
To help out this species, it is important to plant native milkweed plants (which are not weeds at all!) as these are the only plants the caterpillar can eat, as well as plant food sources for the adult butterflies, such as blazing star.
Here is a link to a few of the milkweeds native to the Chicago Region:
https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/milkweeds-can-save-monarchs-and-beautify-your-garden
Over the last two decades, these beautiful and iconic butterflies have lost 80% of their population east of the Rocky Mountains, while the population west of the Rockies has lost over 99% of their population, with just 2,000 butterflies overwintering in California. Numbers have plummeted so far it has already been considered for protection under the United States Endangered Species Act in 2020 (although it has not yet placed on it).
To help out this species, it is important to plant native milkweed plants (which are not weeds at all!) as these are the only plants the caterpillar can eat, as well as plant food sources for the adult butterflies, such as blazing star.
Here is a link to a few of the milkweeds native to the Chicago Region:
https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/milkweeds-can-save-monarchs-and-beautify-your-garden
Under The Shelf Ice
Kemil Beach, Indiana Dunes National Park
On display at the Indiana Statehouse as part of the Hoosier Women Artists program. Information at: https://www.in.gov/lg/ask-suzanne/hoosier-women-artists/
Kemil Beach, Indiana Dunes National Park
On display at the Indiana Statehouse as part of the Hoosier Women Artists program. Information at: https://www.in.gov/lg/ask-suzanne/hoosier-women-artists/
I appeared in the Indianapolis Public Radio program, Curious Mix, on February 7th, 2019 to talk about photographing Northwest Indiana's rare dune and swale habitat. This photography project was made possible by an Indiana Arts Commission Grant.
The 5.5 minute audio segment is part of a broadcast entitled "Unexpected Art" and starts at marker 14:58.
Direct link: https://media.wfyi.org/wfyi/audio/CMIX/CMIX_19-02-07.mp3
From the Curious Mix website you want to listen to the episode aired on February 7th. It is entitled "Unexpected Art."
https://www.wfyi.org/programs/curious-mix
The 5.5 minute audio segment is part of a broadcast entitled "Unexpected Art" and starts at marker 14:58.
Direct link: https://media.wfyi.org/wfyi/audio/CMIX/CMIX_19-02-07.mp3
From the Curious Mix website you want to listen to the episode aired on February 7th. It is entitled "Unexpected Art."
https://www.wfyi.org/programs/curious-mix
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