Seeing Climate Change? Exhibition Walkthrough
Friday, February 16, 2024
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Learn about the Seeing Climate Change? exhibition with Guest Curator Robert Thorson.
Seeing Climate Change? invites you to learn to see the effects of climate change in our daily lives by examining natural phenomena in works of art. Join guest curator and Professor of Earth Sciences Robert Thorson for a climate primer as he defines key terms and explains their relationship to climate science through paintings, prints, and photographs in the Benton’s collections.
Robert Thorson is Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Connecticut, His current scholarly interest is the interweave between archaeology, environmental history, environmental literature, and the Anthropocene Epoch that creates our sense of place. He also teaches three courses for the Honors Core Curriculum and coordinates the Stone Wall Initiative within the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History.
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