plant noticing

Spring 2024 Art Exhibition: In A Hotter House

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In A Hotter House

An Earth Day art exhibition in a greenhouse on top of a parking garage.

The Biological Sciences Greenhouse mimics the warming effects of the Earth’s atmosphere to nurture a cornucopia of plant diversity and botanical research. On April 22nd from 8:00-10:00pm, it will also serve as a cultural hotbed to present an exhibition of phytophilic (plant-loving) art. This venue is uniquely situated atop a central parking garage on Ohio State University’s campus, carbon dioxide from the exhaust of humans and cars below drifting upwards to the plants who transform it into oxygen.

The Department of Art’s Living Art & Ecology Lab, partnered with resident artist Doosung Yoo, the Lichen Likers research group, eleven invited local artists, and this semester’s Art & Science course (co-taught by faculty members Amy Youngs and Iris Meier) cordially invite you to experience their artistic creations at this plant-human meeting ground. In an age of rapidly changing climate, the greenhouse is not the only hothouse of our own making. The artists of this exhibition* are united by the question, what solutions to our warming climate may we learn from paying attention to plants?

Address: Biological Sciences Greenhouse, 332 W. 12th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210. Directions.

Spring Phenology Walk Series

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Have you ever found yourself waiting impatiently for spring, only to look up and realize that it’s suddenly summer? If so, this walk series may be for you! Starting Thursday, February 29th, join the Living Art and Ecology Lab for afternoon walks along the Olentangy River Trail to notice and appreciate signs of spring. Sights of interest may include a range of seasonal wildflowers, migrating bird species, and various other fungi, flora and fauna. Walking groups will meet on the steps outside of Hopkins Hall at 11:45am and take the bus together to the St. John’s Arena stop, which is located adjacent to the Olentangy River Trail. From there we will have a free-form exploration of the trail with the goal of returning to the bus stop by 1:00pm. The main path of the Olentangy trail is flat and well-paved with unpaved side trails that we may explore depending on group interests and abilities. A limited number of binoculars will be available for participant use. To join us on one of these walks, please submit your interests to the sign-up links below:
Sign up forms for additional dates will be posted as the semester progresses. Any questions about this event series can be directed to the Living Art and Ecology Lab Coordinator Emma Kline at kline.434@osu.edu.