Where do art and science intersect? Anna Weitelmann’s notes on water quality illustrate an obvious answer.
Do you consider yourself an art person or a science person? And is it possible to be both? Yes, says the Sitka Fine Arts Camp. Along with the Sitka Sound Science Center and the Island Institute, the camp hosted the first ever Arts & Science Festival in July.
For two weeks students could sign up for classes than straddled the right brain/left brain divide, in everything from paper cutting to photography, geology to fish skin sewing. Anna Weitelmann attended one of the student showcases and sent this audio postcard.
Sitka Arts & Science Festival Slideshow
Hydrologist Chris Cianfrani collecting water samples in the muskeg near Sitka. (Anna Weitelmann photo)
Gathering for the final showcase of the festival. (Anna Weitelmann photo)
A sundew growing in the muskeg near Sitka. (Anna Weitelmann photo)
A sundew under a microscope. (Anna Weitelmann photo)
