Winter 2023 Lyceum

Wool and Water: Interweaving Art and Science

Tuesday, February 28 at 7:00

$5 / students free

Michale Glennon will discuss Wool and Water, a collaborative data art project of the Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute, blending fiber art and scientific data to create visual representations of changing water quality conditions in the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain Basin.  She will highlight examples of completed projects and describe how interested artists can become involved.

The idea is to represent water-related information and trends using fiber art. Each piece incorporates a concept or a dataset. Many were improvised but based on existing patterns and tools readily available. The exhibit is traveling around the region and interested participants are creating their own pieces. Wool and Water will be on exhibit at Whitcomb’s Arts from February 1-28, 2023.

Michale Glennon is a Senior Research Scientist at the Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute. She has conducted ecological research in the Adirondack Park for more than two decades and has been knitting for almost four.