TRASH: Art + Science Intersect
Monday, February 6 | 6pm– 8pm
Free admission!

Location
Birch Aquarium at Scripps
2300 Expedition Way
La Jolla, CA 92037

Schedule

6pm
Enjoy wine and hors d'oeuvres, network, and explore the aquarium.

7pm
Panel discussion and dialogue with Margaret Wertheim, Institute For Figuring; Miriam Goldstein, Chief Scientist on the Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition; and Nigella Hillgarth, Executive Director of Birch Aquarium at Scripps. Special remarks by Julianne Markow, Executive Director & CEO
of The New Children's Museum.

RSVP
RSVP required. Click here or call 619 795 1721.

This presentation is part of an ongoing series of events and collaborative discussions about the intersection of art, science, creativity, and innovation.

Panel

Dr. Nigella Hillgarth is executive director of Birch Aquarium at Scripps, the public exploration center of world-renowned Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. She is a distinguished zoologist who came to the institution in 2002 from her position as executive director of Tracy Aviary, the nation's largest bird park, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Nigella is passionate about helping to shape the public's perception of science and the environment.

Miriam Goldstein is a PhD graduate student in biological oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Her current focus is the abundance and ecological effects of plastic debris in the North Pacific Gyre, specifically the impact of plastic debris on marine invertebrates. In August 2009, she served as chief scientist on the Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition (SEAPLEX), a 20-day expedition to study accumulation of plastic debris in the central Pacific.

Margaret Wertherim is an artist and co-founder of The Institute For Figuring (IFF), a non-profit educational organization based in Los Angeles. Inspired by research into the devastating impact of plastic trash on the world's oceans, IFF has developed exhibitions for art galleries and science museums around the world since its inception in 2003. In 2005, Margaret and her sister Christine created the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef, which has been exhibited internationally. IFF's Midden is currently on view at The New Children's Museum, as part of its current exhibition TRASH.