PNCA Art + Science Initiative: Five-Year Art Science Partnership between NOAA Fisheries and PNCA
The Art + Science Initiative represents a collaboration between NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region and Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) to expand regional and national dialog around the relationship between art and science while directly supporting NOAA’s mission to protect and preserve living marine resources and their habitats throughout Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho. Through this partnership, PNCA students engage in creative research and making and work closely with NOAA Fisheries and EPA representatives to increase public awareness of watershed and community resource issues. The Art + Science Initiative aims to engage student artists and designers in creatively addressing the pressing environmental and sustainability issues of our time and provide an opportunity for artists to have agency in shaping this discourse.
As the principal investigator of a $40,000 NOAA Fisheries grant and founder of the Art + Science Initiative, Emily Bosanquet will present the work and collaboration to date with colleague Kileen Hanson.
Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts & Science and MFA Print Media
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Emily Bosanquet is an interdisciplinary scientist interested in describing the connections between natural phenomena, social and cultural dynamics, and the political, legal, and economic institutions that organize our lives.
Her current focus is in examining ecological theory and earth systems and the ways anthropogenic influences are shaping such systems. She is concerned with humans’ engagement within these systems and in investigating the ways nature is perceived and how humans develop resilience mechanisms to move through changing patterns in their world. Environmental and social justice, ecological thought, and activism are central themes in her study and teaching curriculum.
She has worked as a geologist and environmental scientist in Australia, Southeast Asia, and the United States and has studied at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the University of California, Santa Barbara.
KILLEEN HANSON
Assistant Director of Foundations Relations and Content Strategist
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Killeen Hanson graduated in 2008 with a BA in English from Stanford University and in 2012 with a dual MFA in Applied Craft and Design from Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) and Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC). She most recently served as Managing Editor for PNCA's UNTITLED Magazine, an online publication about art, craft, and lives of creative practice. She currently teaches courses on interviewing for radio and film at NW Documentary, and freelances as a thought partner and content strategist.
