Shannon Chance shares images from her year in Dublin, Ireland as a Fulbright Scholar. Her images show layers of the visual aspects of their culture while her talk reflects her studies and experiences of that culture.

Steve Sullivan talks about the importance of ecology and being aware of our natural surroundings and how we interact with them. He specifically talks about squrriels in the Chicago area as a means to encourage people to become more aware of how impactful they are to the urban ecology. 

Les Luxemburger is a visual artist, art educator and creative director. He discusses his projects where he uses visual and eco-art to educate people about environmental issues like habitat loss and climate change.

Bryan Quinn talks about how his company, OneNature, through use of ecological knowledge, construction experience, and design principles, remeadiates and redsigns the urban landscape.

Fascinated by reflections in windows – Marilyn Griffin has spent the last 12 months photographing reflections around the world and launching her first  exhibition of Art Photography.

Timothy Roepe is a painter who's art is rooted in painting directly from nature. He explores what it is to paint from nature, and how he derives his abstract works from what he sees in the world. 

Dr. Tabassum Shaheen is influenced greatly by nature and natural elements, and her work revolves around this inspiration. She produces intricate and complex pen and ink drawings that represent the multilayered aspects of reality in nature or at least the perception of it. 

Dr. Reuben Woods is an art historian and writer. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on street art and graffiti in post-earthquake Christchurch. Reuben believes that graffiti and street art have played a central role in the city's recovery and renewal. As a post-graduate in the Art History and Theory Department, he seeks to engage a wider audience with the city's intriguing and evolving relationship with urban art by exploring the various narratives and personalities that form these diverse cultures. Reuben also contributes to the website Watch This Space and hosts guided tours of the city's urban art.

In this talk, Reuben reflects on Christchurch’s relationship with street art that has emerged following devastating earthquakes. He tells us how street art can have a significant impact on the built environment and how Christchurch is a space for artists to respond and react.

Ever wanted to try plein air painting? You don't need an art degree, and you don't even have to show anyone your work! Loraine Stephanson takes artists outside every year at the Meadowlark Nature Festival in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley.