Below the Surface
A collaboration between Artists & Scientists
Background artwork: “Coastal Surface: Community” — Heather E. Stivison
“Marine Heatwaves” — Deb Ehrens
Below the Surface was an exhibition and collaboration between Art League RI (ALRI) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). This exhibition featured artwork made by 11 artist-scientist teams from both organizations. Each team met, determined their compatibility of interests, and collaborated on works of art that communicate the scientists’ areas of ocean science expertise. Because of COVID-19, the planning and much of the collaborative work done on the project throughout 2020 was conducted online. Given the novelty of such a situation at the time, this created many new challenges for the teams working on Below the Surface. However, after more than a year of ideating and creating, the artist-scientist teams exhibited the first version of their work at the Falmouth Art Center in April 2021.
Below the Surface was displayed in three exhibition spaces and virtually from April 2021 - January, 2023.
Curious about the artist-scientist teams behind Below the Surface? Read about them here:
SPONSORS
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Falmouth Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. Funding has also been provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Center for Marine and Environmental Radioactivity, the Council for the Arts at MIT, and the MIT Office of Graduate Education.
