August 10, 2022 - Boston Flora

Wednesday, August 24, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Martha’s Vineyard Atlas of Life: Citizen Science and Biodiversity

August 10, 2022 by Boston Flora

The Polly Hill Arboretum in West Tisbury is hosting a free public lecture on Wednesday, August 24 at 5:30 pm.

Launched in 2021 by BiodiversityWorks and the Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation, the Martha’s Vineyard Atlas of Life project seeks to enlist a broad community of nature enthusiasts to document the distinctive biodiversity of Martha’s Vineyard. We protect what we value; we value what we understand—preservation of the Island’s irreplaceable biological wealth ultimately depends on building a constituency of Vineyarders committed to studying and preserving diversity. MVAL Program Director Matt Pelikan will explain how the Atlas of Life is achieving this through tapping both archival information and the power of “citizen science” websites.

Registration is required. Sign up here: bit.ly/MV-Atlas-of-Life-Lecture

Through September 11 – Symbiosis

August 10, 2022 by Boston Flora

Celebrated art collector and curator Beth Rudin DeWoody continues her four-part exhibition, “Symbiosis,” at Berkshire Botanical Garden in both the Outdoor Sculpture Garden and Leonhardt Galleries. The second exhibition of “Symbiosis” runs through September 11, and features works by Christopher Adams, Charles Arnoldi, L.C. Armstrong, Madeleine Bialke, David Brooks, Leidy Churchman, Peter Dayton, Margot Glass, Mimi Gross, Paula Hayes, Robert Hawkins, Marc Horowitz, Kathy Klein, Seffa Klein, Nancy Monk, Charles Ray, Tomás Saraceno, Max Hooper Schneider, Katherine Sherwood, Simone Shubuck, Coleen Sterritt, and Tabboo!

In all, “Symbiosis” features more than 100 well-known and emerging contemporary artists that celebrate our natural world. The exhibition not only focuses on the interaction between organisms that mutually benefit each other but speaks in a greater sense about the overall interconnectivity of all living things.

Featured in the Outdoor Sculpture Garden throughout the summer and fall are works by Kiki Smith, Ned Smyth, and Thaddeus Mosley, among others. For more information, visit BerkshireBotanical.org