Thursday, April 21, 2022
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Chiego Lecture Hall
FREE
Donald Moffett, Lot 020619 (nature cult, fertile blue), 2019. Pigmented epoxy resin and acrylic on wood panel support and steel. Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen. © Donald Moffett
Thursday, April 21, 2022
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Chiego Lecture Hall
FREE
RegisterAn artist and an ecologist walk into a Museum. Witness the collision as artist Donald Moffett converses with scientist and bird expert Jennifer Smith, PhD. Moffett and Smith nurture common ground between visual art and environmental science, sharing perspectives about overlapping topics of birds, South Texas, and migration.
Registration is required for this free program.
Donald Moffett grew up in San Antonio and studied art and biology at Trinity University. Working as both artist and activist since the late 80s, Moffett incorporates nontraditional materials and techniques that challenge, perforate, deconstruct, reimagine the painted surface.
Jennifer Smith, Ph.D is a wildlife ecologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She oversees The Smith Lab at UTSA with the research aim of evaluating the effects of global change on wildlife in San Antonio and South Texas.
