I work at the intersection of art, science, and nature.
In my creative practice I use drawing & painting, fiber, and mixed media to explore themes of ecology and evolutionary biology. My artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums in the US and Europe. I have a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
I teach art-science workshops at colleges, universities, biological field stations, schools, museums, and other institutions. I also lead faculty professional development workshops, sharing skills for using art as an educational tool in the biology classroom, lab, and field.
For over two decades I have catalyzed and facilitated art-science projects. I am currently a Bullard Fellow at Harvard Forest, where I am making art about complexity & emergence, and further developing best practices for arts programs at biological field stations. Since 2021, I have been leading Ecotones, a network of biological field stations and marine labs that offer artist in residence programs. I founded and directed Art + Science In the Field: asIF Center (2017-19), an art-science residency program in the biologically diverse North Carolina mountains. I initiated and curated several art-science exhibits. I was a lab technician in three different research labs over a period of about a decade, focusing on botany, entomology, and landscape ecology, where I also initiated multiple citizen science projects and art-science collaborations. Professional development activities include membership in the Biology Through Art network, the National Academy of Sciences Colloquium on the Science of Science Communication, and Two Cultures Converging Conference, NYC.
Let’s have an art-science conversation.
Nancy Lowe
Contact me at sciencecandance@gmail.com.
