Pictured: student nest assemblage

Insect ecologist Dr. Amy Mertyl, environmental scientist and artist Dr. Nicole Weber, and interdisciplinary artist Leah Craig collaborated with elementary school students on Our Place, a STEAM-based, multi-part installation. Guided by student inquiry, the project explored local ecologies and considered how more-than-human habitats can inform architectural thinking in the built environment.

For Our Place: Nests, fourth-grade students produced a group installation of individual artworks that reflect on the “nest” spaces in their own lives.