{"id":5457,"date":"2017-01-12T13:27:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T21:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/?p=5457"},"modified":"2017-01-12T13:49:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T21:49:15","slug":"beaver-tales-celebration-beaver-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/2017\/01\/beaver-tales-celebration-beaver-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaver Tales: A celebration of beaver art"},"content":{"rendered":"

How many ways can you \u201csee\u201d a beaver? The possibilities are endless at the upcoming February exhibit \u201cBeaver Tales Environmental Art and Science,\u201d which will feature more than 150 artists\u2019 renderings of OSU\u2019s beloved mascot–in painting, sculpture, photographs, and beyond\u2013as well as interdisciplinary presentations of the beaver\u2019s uniqueness through scientific, environmental and\/or historical lenses.<\/p>\n

The exhibit, coordinated in collaboration with The Wetlands Conservancy<\/a> and others, is part of Oregon State University’s yearlong SPARK<\/a> celebration exploring the interplay between the arts and science and elevating the relationship between them. The College of Science is a proud sponsor of SPARK and home to many artists as well as scientists.<\/p>\n

The artwork will be on display during the month of February in the Giustina Gallery at the LaSells Stewart Conference Center, with an opening \u201cMeet the Artists\u201d reception with posters and presentations February 9, 2017, from 6-8:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Canadian freelance journalist and the author Frances Backhouse<\/a> will present a talk at 6:30 p.m. in the Agriculture Room at LaSells Stewart Center followed by a book signing. Backhouse has written six nonfiction books, including her most recent, Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver<\/em>, which was heralded by The Globe<\/em> and Mail as one of the \u201c20 books you\u2019ll be reading \u2013 and talking about \u2013 for the rest of the year\u201d and selected as one of the National Post\u2019s Top 99 Books for 2015. Her previous book, Children of the Klondike<\/em>, won the 2010 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize. Frances also teaches in the Department of Writing at the University of Victoria in Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n

The beaver, our beloved state animal and OSU mascot, is woefully misunderstood and blamed for dam building, flooding and munching on plants. In fact, the Oregon beaver, nearly exterminated by trappers by 1900, create wetlands, spawning and rearing habitat for salmon and steelhead, habitat for insects, birds and amphibians and creates pools that keep water clean and moderate fluctuations in water flow, according to the Wetlands Conservancy website. They are nature\u2019s hydrologists.<\/p>\n

The objective of the exhibit is to highlight the aesthetic, ecological, and cultural significance of beaver. The beaver is increasingly recognized for its positive contribution to the creation and maintenance of wetland habitat.<\/p>\n

Both the exhibit and the reception are free and open to the public. All of the artist\u2019s works will be for sale, too, so if you have a spot on your wall that needs filling, consider a beaver! A percentage of all sales will benefit The Wetlands Conservancy and their partners.<\/p>\n

Much of the artwork uses images that depict beaver and wetland habitat, stream habitat that is clearly modified by beaver activities \u2013with dams, lodges, chewed trees, and more. The media include photographs, paintings, carvings, sculpture, mixed media, ceramics, glass, fiber art,\u00a0 prints, cards, and other materials. The styles range from realistic and abstract to whimsical.<\/p>\n

After February, the exhibit will travel to five other venues throughout the state, including Lake Oswego, Seaside, Astoria, and North County Regional District, and will finish up at the Oregon Zoo in September 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The exhibition “Beaver Tales Environmental Art and Science” features over 100 artists\u2019 renderings of OSU\u2019s beloved mascot through scientific, environmental and historical lenses.<\/p>\n

The exhibit, coordinated in collaboration with The Wetlands Conservancy and others, is part of OSU\u2019s yearlong SPARK celebration exploring the interplay between art and science. The artwork will be on display during the month of February in the Giustina Gallery at the LaSells Stewart Conference Center, with an opening \u201cMeet the Artists\u201d reception the evening of February 9, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5667,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[702886],"tags":[712367],"class_list":["post-5457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events-news","tag-spark"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6vHeb-1q1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6720,"url":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/2017\/04\/microbiomes-connecting-communities\/","url_meta":{"origin":5457,"position":0},"title":"Microbiomes: Connecting Communities","author":"nayaks","date":"April 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Microbiomes: Connecting Communities exhibit is open to the public until May 12, and displays artwork by students and faculty\/staff shaped by collaborations between art and microbiology.","rel":"","context":"In "Events"","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/category\/news\/events-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/files\/2017\/04\/microbiome-art_header-700x329.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/files\/2017\/04\/microbiome-art_header-700x329.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/files\/2017\/04\/microbiome-art_header-700x329.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/files\/2017\/04\/microbiome-art_header-700x329.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8209,"url":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/2017\/10\/sparks-continue-fly-osu-art-science-giant-petri-dish\/","url_meta":{"origin":5457,"position":1},"title":"Sparks fly between arts and science \u2014 and a giant petri dish","author":"Katharine de Baun","date":"October 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Catalyzed by OSU's yearlong arts+science event SPARK, a Harvard scientist purchases a stunning work by an Oregon artist who was in turn inspired by his experiment with bacteria on a giant petri dish.","rel":"","context":"In "Breaking News"","block_context":{"text":"Breaking News","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/category\/news\/breaking-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6746,"url":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/2017\/05\/exhibit-data-visualization-beautiful-science-useful-art\/","url_meta":{"origin":5457,"position":2},"title":"Data visualization exhibit spans six centuries","author":"nayaks","date":"May 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The College of Science and OSU Library present a new exhibit, \u201cBeautiful Science, Useful Art,\u201d exploring the evolution of graphics and data visualization through six centuries.","rel":"","context":"In "Alumni and Friends"","block_context":{"text":"Alumni and Friends","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/category\/people\/alumni-and-friends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/files\/2017\/05\/Data-Viz_CLN.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5839,"url":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/2017\/02\/seeing-unseen-science-art-converge\/","url_meta":{"origin":5457,"position":3},"title":"Seeing the unseen: Where science and art converge","author":"Katharine de Baun","date":"February 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Microbiomes: To See the Unseen\" is a groundbreaking exhibit that brings art into one of the hottest areas of scientific research: the microbiome.","rel":"","context":"In "Biohealth Science"","block_context":{"text":"Biohealth Science","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/category\/area\/biohealth-science\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/files\/2017\/01\/LindaReichenbach_BeyondTheNakedEye1-347x700.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4899,"url":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/2016\/09\/sparking-year-arts-science\/","url_meta":{"origin":5457,"position":4},"title":"Sparking a year of arts and science","author":"farrisd","date":"September 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The College of Science presents SPARK, a yearlong celebration of the convergence of the arts and science to elevate the relationship between the arts and science at OSU, their critical interplay with each other, and the rich partnerships and collaborations.","rel":"","context":"In "Alumni and Friends"","block_context":{"text":"Alumni and Friends","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/category\/people\/alumni-and-friends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5003,"url":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/2016\/10\/5003\/","url_meta":{"origin":5457,"position":5},"title":"A year of arts and science kicks off with SPARK","author":"Sharon","date":"October 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Photos from the SPARK reception October 7 , 2016, kicking off a yearlong celebration of arts and science at OSU that continues through August 2017.","rel":"","context":"In "Alumni and Friends"","block_context":{"text":"Alumni and Friends","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/category\/people\/alumni-and-friends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2121\/files\/2016\/10\/spark-reception-october-7-2016-55_30183891515_o.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2121\/files\/2016\/10\/spark-reception-october-7-2016-55_30183891515_o.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2121\/files\/2016\/10\/spark-reception-october-7-2016-55_30183891515_o.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2121\/files\/2016\/10\/spark-reception-october-7-2016-55_30183891515_o.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2121\/files\/2016\/10\/spark-reception-october-7-2016-55_30183891515_o.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5457"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5468,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5457\/revisions\/5468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}