Have started this mothing this summer. Oh my goodness how I have been wasting my life up to now.... #moths #nature #springwatch

Held on 18 March, the Spring Festival brought colleagues together to celebrate research, knowledge exchange & impact across the School of Arts and Humanities. 🎥 Stay tuned for recordings of short presentations on OpenARC-funded projects. @eltonteb.bsky.social @artandecology.bsky.social

I was hugely saddened to hear of the death of the wildlife photographer Doug Allan last week. I was lucky enough to interview him about polar bears back in 2024. He was super generous with his time and great fun to work with #dougallan #polarbears youtu.be/kGDrDWX9U84?...

It was a pleasure to be blurring the boundaries between museum-going and birdwatching at Tate Britain's fantastic 'Birds in Art' exhib yesterday with @chrisgpackham.bsky.social and others www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-b... (lapwing image by the wonderful Michael Warren) #birds #museums #artandecology

Featuring not one but two @openuniversity.bsky.social academics... @openarc.bsky.social @oulibrary.bsky.social @openartsjournal.bsky.social

How Can Art Save Meadows? Find out in this lovely article by @openuniversity.bsky.social team @artandecology.bsky.social, @vickybowskill.bsky.social and our own Emma Rothero 👇 (Image: ‘Long Mead in Late June’, by Julia Loken) tinyurl.com/mssv8usy

It's the Year of the Horse 🐴 Celebrate the Lunar New Year with the animals of the Chinese zodiac in art 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/animals-of-the-chinese-zodiac 'Whistlejacket' by George Stubbs (1724–1806) 📷 National Gallery

"If we learn to read landscapes through art – as records, symbols and visions – we may discover that saving meadows is not only a scientific challenge, but also a cultural one" @vickybowskill.bsky.social @openarc.bsky.social societal-challenges.open.ac.uk/blog/how-can...

'Art and visual culture has a huge role to play in communicating information about the environmental crisis' youtu.be/TXdoHdZRXnU?...

In his upcoming solo exhibition, French artist Steeven Salvat contends with bird migration through humanity’s desire to control the world, especially amid climate change. trib.al/7QBXJwX

Can art help save our meadows? Open University art historian Samuel Shaw is keen to find out... Explore the Curation 👉 artuk.org/discover/cur... @artandecology.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social 📷National Trust

🌿 Read about painting nature for the East India Company in this recent story 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/patnas-great-artists-painting-nature-for-the-east-india-company 🧑‍🎨 Shaikh Zayn-al-Din (active 1774–1783) 📷 World Museum Liverpool

How can art help us protect floodplain meadows? I very much enjoyed scouring UK art collections for this online exhibition... @openarc.bsky.social @artukdotorg.bsky.social @openartsjournal.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social

PhD opportunity 👇 Come and work with our awesome team to explore whether our understanding of niche segregation can be harnessed to predict the response of vegetation to alterations in hydrological regimes that are likely to result from global change. 🌱 centa.ac.uk/studentship/...

theconversation.com/how-the-nati... Lovely article from @artandecology.bsky.social on our recent joint project with @nationaltrust.org.uk, looking at how how art and visual culture can help us better understand and engage audiences with meadow restoration 🥰🌱 Read it here: tinyurl.com/39r2kkk2

youtu.be/WSaOnZD0Ajg?... Full film available here now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Se...

How the National Trust’s art collections can shape meadow restoration theconversation.com/how-the-nati...

Did you know, floodplain meadows deliver multiple benefits to our ecosystem and are a crucial tool in efforts to address critical environmental challenges. They reduce and delay flood peaks, help to combat drought, provide a home for diverse animal and plant species and help improve water quality.

youtu.be/Y72tRZyEM1Y?... It's been a while since I made and shared this video, but looking back at it today and thinking anew about landscape painting, rivers, and pollution I feel pretty proud of it... #artclimatechange #pollution #rivers #anthropocene

Wonderful to visit Achurch Meadow with colleagues from Floodplain Meadow Partnership, Natural England & Environment Agency. Vivid reminder of the HUGE importance of such places, for biodiversity, clean rivers, flood storage, carbon & more. 99% is gone, but massive opportunities for restoration.

I've been really lucky to be working on a project with @nationaltrust.org.uk and @floodplainmead.bsky.social on the role that art can play in promoting floodplain meadows restoration. Short film on its way...

Whilst some are busy in the field, others in the team presented the TREASURE project at the Open Societal Challenges Showcase event. Great to meet folk & encourage them to have a go at making pipe cleaner species found on the meadows! @openuniversity.bsky.social ‬ @nationaltrust.org.uk

For those in the Glasgow area this coming weekend @tannahillcentre.bsky.social @paisleymuseum.bsky.social

For those in the Glasgow area this coming weekend @tannahillcentre.bsky.social @paisleymuseum.bsky.social

I asked google whether GenAI is sustainable and it told me it was, so everything is a-ok ..... oh wait.... #ai #genai #robotsaretakingovertheworld

I never tire of talking about this painting with students. Something new every time.... (Eduoard-Louis Dubufe and Rosa Bonheur, Rosa Bonheur, c.1857, Palace of Versailles collection) #bull #animalsinart #rosabonheur #shorthorn

AI doesn't make you a better writer. Writing makes you a better writer.

Always happy to see this re-posted!

I have discovered a new way of working. It's called 'do everything you normally do, but listen to Jeff Parker while doing it'. All tasks suddenly seem easier and cooler... #newwayofworking #resolution #newyear www.youtube.com/watch?v=arwp...

I very much enjoyed taking part in this at the weekend.... #botany #NewYearPlantHunt

Read about our fishy bears from the Assynt bone caves that roamed north-west Scotland 40,000 years ago - we aren’t sure if they are polar bears yet, but luckily the press are 😅 www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...

In 1819 the skin of a polar bear was put on public display at the British Museum. Here's George Cruikshank's imagining of the bearskin being carried to the BM....

Still not used to checking this website, but hoping to be more present soon. In the meantime, to celebrate icy winds here in the UK, here's another short video about polar bears 🐻‍❄️... youtu.be/M7iAFsAzzk8?...

Just migrated here from a previous inhabitable habitat... I'm an art historian with a keen interest in animal history, ecocriticism, the long 19th century, etc. I keep finding myself researching monochrome animals: it started with zebras, and now involves polar bears: youtu.be/kGDrDWX9U84?...