On June 6, New York-based artist Rebecca Allan and Tom Swinford, Assistant Division Director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and Co-Chair of the ROW Ecology Element Committee, led participants in creating nature drawings and poetry while learning about the ecology of Pleasant Run. While encouraging participants to connect to and reflect on this important Indianapolis waterway, the event culminated in the on-site creation of an electronic book of artwork, photos, and poetry.
Download the IAHI Pleasant Run Walk and Sketch Booklet.
The event was sponsored by the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute, the Rivers of the Anthropocene Project, Big Car, Reconnecting to Our Waterways, Prizm: The Artist’s Supply Store, the Center for Urban Ecology at Butler University, Earth Charter Indiana, and the daVinci Pursuit.