Don't Box Me In - Building Community Resilience

1551 Mulberry Street,Charleston SC 29407

26 July, 2021

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FREE Cultivate Science + Art + Community Dinner at the Pink House NRC with the South Carolina Aquarium We hope you can join us, in-person or virtually, for a lively discussion around empowering our communities to meet the growing challenges that rising sea-levels, changing climate and inequitable resources bring to sea-islands and other coastal areas. Craft your own resilience while making shadow boxes with repurposed supplies. Dinner will be provided for in-person participants by our friends at Destiny Community Cafe. Resilience: 1. The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. 2. The ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity. Our resilience has been tested these past years in so many ways. While we hope we are rounding the corner on some of the hardships, our social and environmental challenges continue to loom large. Albert George, the South Carolina Aquarium’s first Director of Conservation, has made it their priority to help all our communities participate in and reap the rewards from local conservation. An ecologist, conservationist and Harvard Kennedy Master of Public Policy, Mr. George will share how we envision and create more resilient communities in the wake of a dynamic changing world. He will introduce us to R.I.C.E. (Resilience Initiative for Coastal Education), an exciting collaboration between the South Carolina Aquarium, the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, local communities and world-renowned scientists, education, research and government institutes. To help us explore the concepts of resilience and building with our resources at hand, Marielena Martinez, a teaching artist, will introduce the work of Louise Nevelson. Nevelson was a Russian American immigrant who repurposed wooden pieces and other objects into elaborate shadow boxes she painted in monochromatic colors. Her work is found at museums throughout the world. Participants will get to build their own shadow boxes to take home. Due to covid precautions, in person space will be limited, and advance registration is required. We are excited to also offer live-streaming for this event! We encourage you to organize your own pods and register to join us virtually. Following registration to attend virtually, you will receive an email notification of art supplies needed and pickup options. This event is free and open to all ages. NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED! CULTIVATE SciArt started amongst a group of scientists and artists – friends who appreciated the beauty and unity found within these fields. As teachers and lifelong learners, we wanted to share our passion with others. We believe learning is not something confined to a classroom or an age group. It is something that is fun and meant to be shared amongst new friends and old. Through Cultivate Workshops we seek to make knowledge and creativity more accessible to the public. We provide social opportunities for people to explore their own artistic talents while learning how science sheds light on the world, the individual and our community. CultivateSciArt.org