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Carrying the Torch Public Art Exhibit by Gillian Moore


  • Kalamazoo Nature Center Glenn Vista Gallery 7000 North Westnedge Avenue Kalamazoo, MI, 49009 United States (map)

Glen Vista Gallery

June 3 - Sept 4, 2023

Carrying the Torch: Rekindling prescribed fire in Michigan’s prairie peninsula by Gillian Moore

Southern Michigan was once a diverse landscape of prairies and savannas sustained and shaped by frequent fire. Over the past century, deeply shaded forests have overtaken these ecosystems in the absence of the flames that created them. Carrying the Torch explores the unique fire ecology of the region through the visual arts. Probing the history, ecological dynamics, and cultural ethos surrounding fire on the landscape, it suggests through the presentation of the scientific evidence that to inhabit the prairie peninsula of southern Michigan is to be a mutualist with fire, a carrier of the torch.

Free public exhibit included in cost of admission at Kalamazoo Nature Center

Find out more: Arts at KNC - Kalamazoo Nature Center

Earlier Event: May 30
Quarterly MPFC Steering Committee Meeting
Later Event: June 24
Fire: Rekindling Land and People Public Exhibit

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