JCSM called nine members of the university community to respond objectively and subjectively to art from JCSM’s growing collection of natural history prints. The resulting exhibition is an orchestrated chorus of diverse voices responding to the art, science, and wonder of representing the natural world.

To expand the conversation, Ralph Brown Draughon Library’s Special Collections Department loaned materials from their collections; JCSM appreciates their kind collaboration. We also thank the Auburn University Museum of Natural History in the College of Science and Mathematics for loaning materials from their ornithology collection.

Respondents participating in the exhibition: 

Barb Bondy, visual artist (drawing)

Kathryn Braund, historian

Anton DiSclafani, fiction writer

Andrew Kozlowski, printmaker

Zdenko Krtic, painter

Keetje Kuipers, poet

Jessye McDowell, new media artist

Rose McLarney, poet

Claire Wilson, editor, “Encyclopedia of Alabama”