Art of the Week: Where Leaves Speak — Artist and Plant-Namer Abel Rodríguez on the Language of the Amazon
Artist “Abel Rodríguez is a sage of the Nonuya people, who live in the Amazon rainforest. He is known as a ‘plant namer’ because of his astonishing ability to remember …
Song of the Week: Joan Baez’s Protest Song Nasty Man Went Viral — And Its Message Is More Urgent than Ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHQ7N9lEl_E Joan Baez singing her 2017 hit Nasty Man, a song still reverberating during the second Trump presidency. Credit: Joan Baez By Alliance Communications Coordinator Amy Durr Famed folk singer …
Art of the Week: Song for the Turtles in the Gulf – Linda Hogan’s Poetic Medicine for a Wounded World
A sea turtle serves as the inspiration for Linda Hogan’s poignant poem. Credit: Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (left), Chickasaw Nation (right) By Alliance Communications Coordinator Amy Durr Have you ever had …
Art of the Week: Beauty and Ecological Grief — Kate MacDowell’s Haunting Porcelain Sculptures
Sculptor Kate MacDowell on parakeets in her piece Feather trade: “The use of fur, feathers, and hide in fashion is in part an extension of prehistoric attempts to clothe and …
Song of the Week: (Don’t Give Up Hope for a) Brighter Day by Michael Franti
By Alliance Intern Hannah Nicklay from St. Olaf College ‘28 Don’t give up when your heart is weary Don’t give up when your eyes are teary Don’t give up when …