https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog daily 0.75 2026-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/d5a6fad2-87e3-416f-af13-ed62e63b87e1/10BF9C13-E943-4C95-8F42-8FC2F25C9960.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/8282ff39-8626-4abc-a027-8388e9a73f22/The+Many+Faces+of+Me-+Kd+VM Art Journey - Experimenting with Wire was, for me, an extension of liner play and wonder of the shadow play. Wire works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/a6b3df90-4663-4967-a463-bd1a410522b8/37B05B74-A4AA-4B0A-852D-B53BC46EE4AE.jpeg Art Journey - Make it stand out Ink and watercolors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/c86e5166-1d2c-444d-9d02-01d8ebd7ae6a/tempImageNQmBdP.jpg Art Journey - Make it stand out Paper Mache https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/8ffde493-4647-45e0-8f77-1e2e95ab5fca/77A3ACD7-31E4-4C6C-8F8A-7659069AA365.jpeg Art Journey - But just pondering on life is of little use without practical use in living Life; so I design projects that help me understand the mysteries of Life even further. Apart from experimenting with Art, I design projects that help me understand the mysteries of Life even further. https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/art-experiences-of-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/50eb70cf-1fde-4454-b548-751a7d613fee/IMG_1221.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 - Make it stand out One of the paper collage works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/ecaa2a8a-7d3e-4df4-a463-c6a09e87f18b/IMG_1745.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 - Make it stand out Paper dying with Oak ink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/7e1cd883-af2e-4138-8900-0d1d8fb23b19/Amerillys+-+2025+series.png Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 - Make it stand out Exploring the Color and form of Amaryllis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/3640b526-1607-4224-8683-0ac5c303dceb/IMG_4765.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Rough Sketching as prep for Water exhibit Art entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/b9e9e01f-681e-4dae-adc7-2260395df002/IMG_3540.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Making handmade cards for various occasions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/e638b248-bf49-4146-9bd7-f8680cc37d99/copper+glass-+3.png Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 A sample work paying tribute to our cultural water containers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/560d406d-decd-466b-a00f-1b29f9d329cc/IMG_6309.jpg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 One of the samples created to bring attention to the ecological conditions of Asian waters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1bc9ecee-f939-44df-ad7b-faf36fae4966/tempImage71Ceup.png Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 - Make it stand out Setting up materials for workshops at AACC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/c8877f3a-fb62-43dd-8fb7-71b91492f851/tempImageJWrIBB.png Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 - Make it stand out Watching students create was fun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/12c357ee-f445-4612-94c3-cc0b27ca2b9c/H20+photo+exhibit+display+pic.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 - Make it stand out A part of our collaborative community work that was exhibited at Water exhibit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/64828074-ca0c-4a57-9aa4-5553c91a04be/ED8391EB-6D33-4355-8431-F5C26FAA1BFC.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 - Make it stand out Panel of entries from Art workshop at the AACC exhibit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/19d6108b-d3ee-4b50-9457-b387489e1c13/6C1DB65F-1D3C-4723-B915-41F9DC1695D3.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 - Make it stand out My tribute to Sansei. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/f732cc6c-dfbc-4e1b-bb79-4bb775435e8b/IMG_6122.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Art display at OLLI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/c2f767dd-9b20-4344-8104-3415e3a9ea92/IMG_6103.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 OLLI venue artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/f962a445-a73c-4f69-a409-d2c3b5d18f62/IMG_6072.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 M2 Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/6f1bb160-cf75-41c2-8804-1b4c70f733c2/IMG_6080.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Fire doll Candle shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/0d1a156b-46e8-4912-a182-59f39560129e/IMG_6084.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Old Railway yard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/a50fdfc4-87fc-47b8-8779-7c5bfe816ca3/IMG_6187.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Lincoln Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/091d9e9a-84a4-4ed0-97b4-5d7a684ff755/IMG_6228.jpg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Wooden Handloom at CUSWG display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/0b6751b3-46d8-44da-9d8e-6f16f4c9bf3c/IMG_6626.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Paper cache leaves- Re-Cycle in Nature- display at SECS Earthday event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/141b5dcc-132b-4dc9-9da8-d01e2271924b/8A2461FB-D505-4BA7-A4D8-EDA7B7E0EC9E.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 - Make it stand out SECS event- Sustainapalooza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/def548b2-9792-49a8-b067-636c2f9d7f84/IMG_8058.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Pleasure in casual everyday Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/bc949a08-163a-404c-a4ca-21c077b343ae/IMG_9267.jpg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Making leaf Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/82b49329-60da-4aeb-98c2-5c11c31d71dc/IMG_7217.jpg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Enjoying Art making with my niece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/e137d0f0-8377-4cc4-a6e9-93377776bae2/IMG_8077.jpg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Kogei exhibit at the Spurlock Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/acf6c5de-580c-4a32-b765-e1f28fb8c631/IMG_8395.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Ballet performance by Urbana Fine Arts center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/e441329e-4430-4f5a-bc78-ece2a0f8c579/IMG_7814.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Self-Portrait as self reflection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/c4b549fd-a30a-409e-b990-33164ef75c32/IMG_8221.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Book on Ancient wisdom of Water systems https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/7d393889-94f2-48f3-9302-53363b29fbc0/IMG_9376.jpg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Mrs Thiele helping kids with Sewing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/f4031666-8eb6-448f-a6ac-81ce44095d46/IMG_9270.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/e42cea88-c5b8-4186-b731-5aeb514373ad/IMG_0223.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/69e45b5a-9b29-402b-a826-473162adcfeb/IMG_0384.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1926aa3d-0eea-4b12-8925-7fc6cd9d7cc9/IMG_0528.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Dr Tam Wei arranging flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/792570fa-c3ae-43ec-9fcf-2ea16542b856/IMG_0760.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Cahmpaign county 4-H youth Art exhibit at Parkland College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/d6462e5b-5045-477f-b5f1-7c50e79d3bb5/IMG_0819.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Study from Praiires https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/7d8b7adf-3ea4-42db-8c12-f646cd6a21ee/IMG_1125.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Nature study in watercolors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/027b4a7b-a81e-44ab-a808-e5b160fe794c/IMG_1675.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Kids weaving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/15aba263-9218-486b-aeab-a3d422817e93/IMG_1801.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Enjoying forms lines colors during ceremonies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/8c1ec82a-a44b-43bd-b1fd-ba62227b3bb6/IMG_1590.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Giertx Gallery annual exhibition at Parkland college https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1bfce035-b979-4f0d-b968-5378abc08615/IMG_2301.jpg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 Casually kids play with mud and natural elements around https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/f0847694-f6be-4549-83cd-6d57b823fa1d/IMG_1920.jpeg Art Journey - Art experiences of 2025 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/what-is-an-environment monthly 0.5 2026-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/15fd8b90-fb34-4c1e-a724-8c2a66e040c3/image_2025-06-06_093508620.png Art Journey - What is an Environment - Make it stand out Yard with Native prairies, looks untidy but is it a better environment for the creatures residing in them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/7a6492e1-13e7-41c0-90dc-124cd3505157/tempImageVrFqKj.jpg Art Journey - What is an Environment - Make it stand out Sunrise on a misty morning with freshness in Air! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/2fc01221-4089-4cfc-a870-98e7d89e998c/image_2025-06-06_095728035.png Art Journey - What is an Environment - Make it stand out Do we attend to the Aesthetic Environment of our home, of schools, in hospitals, at public spaces? Are the elements, the settings, the space, portray artistic outlook or conducive to creativity, joy and compassion? Does it matter in first place? And How much, if it does? What about the media which is a virtual space completely different in its nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/ace0f797-72a0-4d65-aa5b-227a67100a29/IMG_9011.jpg Art Journey - What is an Environment - Make it stand out Environmental day 2020 virtual Animal Puppet show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/541ad70b-1404-4acb-bf68-aac022d56f47/IMG_9076.jpg Art Journey - What is an Environment - Make it stand out Dr Wei’s book, on Folklores with few words on importance of storytelling in child’s development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/4d406717-7deb-43b0-9abb-2a6218869184/2021+SOI++STEAM+virtual+camp.jpg Art Journey - What is an Environment - Make it stand out ED virtual STEAM camp with SOI kids https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/5fddbc95-81d6-4847-9467-d3d7041e08a2/6B860339-C861-4F20-BC92-32FE9AED751F.jpeg Art Journey - What is an Environment - Make it stand out Mushrooms at Allerton park photograph by Suci. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/141b5dcc-132b-4dc9-9da8-d01e2271924b/8A2461FB-D505-4BA7-A4D8-EDA7B7E0EC9E.jpeg Art Journey - What is an Environment - Make it stand out Sustainapalooza event at the main Quad UIUC by Students for Environmental concerns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/bf49f25d-c172-48ff-9f46-b202335978a9/image_2025-06-06_173616376.png Art Journey - What is an Environment - Make it stand out A poster that was used for more than 7 years while hosting Eco-Art activities in schools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/43127141-f12f-4e96-b29a-4582d76f0d70/tempImageLSsl7z.jpg Art Journey - What is an Environment - Make it stand out Students at FSA Gardening Club enjoyed working with soil (without gloves) and being careful not to hurt the earthworms. Unfortunately the future of this club is uncertain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/e10955f7-3eab-488d-8256-9debdd766aa6/IMG_8714.JPG Art Journey - What is an Environment - Make it stand out Mrs. Thiele helping repair a machine and oiling it thereafter as part of the free Sewing sessions she holds for her 4-H club members https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/24739799-3bb7-49bf-a7b4-3f4003a4a33f/image_2025-06-06_172857910.jpg Art Journey - What is an Environment - Make it stand out Gift wrapping Papers with sparkles. I did not buy them but had to clean up knowing more microplastics will be added wherever i discard them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/a51679d6-3091-4bf0-bdd7-61c76db49a26/image_2025-06-06_172805983.png Art Journey - What is an Environment - Make it stand out Types of Raw wool displayed at the Champaign Library by SUSWG group along with tools and educational materials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/6e916e2f-7af2-4ce6-b5f1-72559c5a0169/image_2025-06-13_075811264.png Art Journey - What is an Environment - Make it stand out While creating samples or working on Paper as material, or helping curate exhibit, it was fun to explore the elements of Art and Aesthetic. https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/tribute-to-sansei-with-aesthetic-inquiry monthly 0.5 2025-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/7b5dfe56-3a80-4e14-bb62-11cdf9b3640e/E9BF30E8-B777-4E1C-B962-E26E32FBD3D5.jpg Art Journey - Tribute to Sensei - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/4423550b-3c5d-4ddf-9d61-4a38155ceeda/A6EBEAEF-5581-4A31-933A-2D78AFD16F42.jpeg Art Journey - Tribute to Sensei - Make it stand out A page from Sensei’s book for my study on Mu/ Mushin/ Shunya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/c31097dc-0dcd-44a2-8eac-107693fb6da4/FA865413-7CA4-4219-B36C-4737C3E3245A.jpeg Art Journey - Tribute to Sensei - Make it stand out A sloka from ‘Natya Shastra’ that is linked to principles of Indian Aesthetic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1de39620-a51a-4722-88fc-6b1268b711ae/12AFBCFF-9F1D-4E54-9849-C6CF8B99F59A.jpeg Art Journey - Tribute to Sensei - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/8b4420f4-597f-43be-a468-d61bfd07d444/Bust+at+entrance.jpeg Art Journey - Tribute to Sensei - Make it stand out A stone Bust, probably a Buddha, at the entrance of Senseis house, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/e661eaf2-0c03-47c0-a7f7-a511803b49d4/44EAF4FC-3496-401F-85AB-EC8ED2D554EC.jpeg Art Journey - Tribute to Sensei - Make it stand out Kanji for Mizu (Water)- picture from Sensei’s book on Shodo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/19d6108b-d3ee-4b50-9457-b387489e1c13/6C1DB65F-1D3C-4723-B915-41F9DC1695D3.jpeg Art Journey - Tribute to Sensei - Make it stand out My Artworks inspired by 'Mizu kanji exhibited at the Spring exhibit at AACC. https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/women-warriors-the-yin-way monthly 0.5 2025-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/0ae911c0-725a-4e24-ae84-8d8659599c82/tempImagewL4ifd.jpg Art Journey - Women Warriors-the Yin way - Make it stand out Dr. Wei shares an illustration from her book, ‘Legends and Folklore of Vietnam’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/7cb9aa06-a6cd-4fea-8ea9-db04b681f358/tempImagego2e4k.jpg Art Journey - Women Warriors-the Yin way - Make it stand out Some interesting Books besides the chair of Photobiologist and Scientist Rajni V Govindjee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/a512cb42-a6ad-4e70-ac34-b1464f73c7e3/8192E28D-902E-403D-9DAA-5F8D081643A9.jpeg Art Journey - Women Warriors-the Yin way - Make it stand out Dr Tam Dang Wei sharing incidents from her book- ‘The Story of my life’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/736bbf43-3a82-4a01-a5bc-358f9ca94480/66F078A9-9321-4289-99D4-C51D767591E4.jpeg Art Journey - Women Warriors-the Yin way - Photobiologist and Scientist, Rajniji shares her research stories and experiences on her journey as a Women Scientist of her times. impressive to hear Rajniji’s memories for details and the complicated terms and incidents dating back more than half a century ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/f5833eb8-7ffd-4a47-8012-d6726512497b/tempImageMmrjxY.jpg Art Journey - Women Warriors-the Yin way - Make it stand out Ms Newman with one of the underwater robot project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/0c3dbcc6-b5c6-47a8-895d-8ac0a207743d/tempImage84Mb5D.jpg Art Journey - Women Warriors-the Yin way - Make it stand out Lego robotics tournament at UIUC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/ce6b6220-41fe-4b38-95fa-eb26fac6b038/32D18351-5372-4601-8FBF-CB90D5497AEE.jpeg Art Journey - Women Warriors-the Yin way - It feels an honor to be able to share the inspirations from these Women of high achievements. They have paved the way for us and for generations to come. They are the reason for the advancements in many respects we see today. Hope their stories and their work catalyses a progressive change, inspiring Women and men equally. Salutations to them All! Salutations to them All! https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/4skeagbd8cl2mbd24rep8334921wh6 monthly 0.5 2024-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/5abdd95f-ee0f-4843-8ca7-d46af194db4d/tempImagejBk73I.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out AAHM 2022 Cultural event, part of E2Re project at the Spurlock Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/d669c4ab-9560-4a37-a6aa-1f81cf2d7eeb/tempImagedNXEds.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Restart of FSA Garden club 2024-2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/7f8341b2-2fdb-4a4d-937a-af2fcf1b449d/tempImageJbfVmN.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Students harvesting potatoes from a veggie bed. It was their choice not to wear gardening gloves and it amused me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/35774690-17bb-406a-b2b1-9680c7a25131/IMG_5428.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Searching for books in response to letters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/bc36a921-8292-47e1-95fb-01492d7ec9f7/tempImageQEulgW.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Books2 prisoners at UCIMC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/cf9c39df-c081-4a01-932c-44b072a48de0/IMG_5454.jpeg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out I quote by Gandhi in the local public school https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/90f4a346-b24c-4b44-b0ee-be6bc851e454/IMG_7109.jpeg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Program flyer for event- celebrating Dr. King and Gandhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/452f6a83-78a7-495d-93cb-ed494e8eb538/IMG_5715.jpeg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Band concert at Franklin steam Academy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/6046eb26-faee-4f73-8f42-2e2ff0d3f6e5/IMG_5612.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Concert outside of Co-op Common Grounds Store https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/c6f1e476-56cf-4d07-998f-bab9cd23304e/IMG_5807.jpeg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Uni High School students sketching across the road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1731260236173-7AUJQ9WE7KJ3IZHND2CL/IMG_5855.JPG Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Pricing the brushes at the Idea store https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1699f33e-74a0-4021-b4f6-a7434c34e696/IMG_5816.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out ‘Podcasting Workshop’ by Graduate students from the ‘Idea lab’ at the Grainger Engineering Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/afa56c4f-34dd-4f00-b93f-5989006adf6a/IMG_5842.jpeg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Organizing can be therapeutic. Thread pools organized by color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/b92c95b8-2c89-4c55-9fef-ab737bff67e1/tempImage6bIBcZ.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Mrs Thiele setting up for the October 4-H Club meeting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/5f69c151-b85c-4609-8bbc-805a23836f09/IMG_5936.jpeg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out A high schooler helping setup materials for the Book2prisoners Book sale fundraiser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/3220a0f6-6192-4ca7-b9a7-3bcdf8119358/tempImagecBrtsY.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out A small hill at Colber park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/42cc7ba0-513a-4e57-a16c-a765b657e24b/tempImageAGHN0A.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Garden Club members under the tarp when it showered https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/dd366148-b623-4b5e-91a8-68e72fdd54bb/IMG_6559.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out WILL FM public Radio entertain sin car https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/bf42b247-99ea-4a95-981d-d76530c881a3/IMG_7107.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Listening to classical music in Will radio while enjoying the fall while waiting on signal light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/9260dc39-fb83-4df7-abb2-8af0dfbe0f8f/IMG_6647.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Chinese berry rolls homemade with homegrown berries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/3d84bb29-93f7-4b45-bf14-d932788310c0/IMG_6680.jpeg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Making Shakerpala and exploring geometric designs other than conventional crisscross diagonals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/fe013248-7b28-4aaf-9d8e-229b99db0e71/tempImageJq48hD.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Cleaning the space and Setting up music equipments for Jazz concert to follow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/d71f074a-461b-43e8-9b11-21c4bc30ed60/IMG_7113.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out leaves fell off after swirling in air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/d8ba090d-11e5-4500-84c7-7fdbc8f360d8/IMG_6744.jpeg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out at Krannert to attend Meastro Zhakir Hussain’s concert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/b9ba43af-513b-4654-80ab-1ef822c0aa12/IMG_7105.jpeg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out a big buzzingg insect seen during garden club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1a7ad440-55aa-4ec8-bf5d-0d652ce542ab/IMG_7114.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Dr Stake talking to attendees of the book reading event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/f81c252c-b915-4f50-98c2-fff7daf94004/IMG_6774.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out a screen shot of Thay giving a discourse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/8b7a6213-a8c1-429d-9697-ca1bba5ee7e8/tempImageTrWzib.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Thrash generated in one week by one child who is low on candies. Not to mention the toxic artificial chemicals this deteriorating our kids’ microbiomes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/553b86b9-64bb-4a1d-bfda-2c9fc8eaf332/IMG_6785.jpeg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out Prairies in front yard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/9ebc0974-abaa-4d81-8856-31e0d59a860f/IMG_6763.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out moths seen end of oct https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/084b3962-8666-4861-bc8d-5a40f7272bc0/IMG_6780.jpg Art Journey - Humanities make Arts possible. - Make it stand out while raking parts of yard, an insect crawled from under dried leaves trying to hide somewhere else https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/compiling-c-designing-events monthly 0.5 2024-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/45c83cdb-a61b-4c09-a168-78ea15610efa/292E2D56-BECA-47DD-AA32-CFE192F97B8C.jpeg Art Journey - Compilation of C. Designing events - Make it stand out Book reading event infant of the ‘Books 2 Prisoners’ boxes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/16ddc2f0-8d75-4729-b472-10af8a112122/9CD0DD4E-9968-4B7D-B900-16E70F7DBC02.jpeg Art Journey - Compilation of C. Designing events - Make it stand out SECS Sustainapalooza event at the main quad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/fb0043da-0fef-4c1c-8079-4d377a83845a/B5F6AF84-6DF0-408F-B33B-DBB4135909B5.jpeg Art Journey - Compilation of C. Designing events - Make it stand out School students Making display cards for Teacher’s week using outdated fliers from school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/a71d027d-4590-4026-a97a-864741e91faf/collaboraotrs+section.png Art Journey - Compilation of C. Designing events - Make it stand out Virtual exhibit for April. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/90230468-4c39-4228-a255-fc5a0c86c6b9/Screen+Shot+2024-02-13+at+10.45.38+AM.png Art Journey - Compilation of C. Designing events - Make it stand out Puzzle day special https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/ce98e6f8-41d0-4123-b998-8ac780c4ef95/Screen+Shot+2024-01-14+at+3.18.13+PM.png Art Journey - Compilation of C. Designing events - Make it stand out Kiri sharing her weaving process while talking about natural fibers and dyes https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/welcome-feb-happy-imbolc monthly 0.5 2024-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/637548f8-3147-4b92-9e26-c3f501f5797e/5C5DB3EC-0DE0-46DA-A919-DF7934380A1C.jpeg Art Journey - Welcome Feb! Happy Imbolc - Make it stand out Drops turned Ice like diamonds hanging on Carb Apple tree.. Pic from early Fen 2022 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/the-joy-of-being-a-rasik monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/58844b04-2977-4388-b7a7-d584f06cb76c/tempImageDazKIA.jpg Art Journey - The Joy of being a Rasikā - Make it stand out The artwork on right is one of my abstract ink works from couple decades ago but recently found a piece of wood that resonated with that artworks so I tried to compare it. In this case the art developed my taste to enjoying the aoristic visuals in natural elements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/fb03c42c-8400-49a7-a7f8-c5755d50c235/B9A66AD4-793F-4531-92E6-4E464917AB68_1_201_a.jpeg Art Journey - The Joy of being a Rasikā - Make it stand out Frank Llyod Write’s ‘The Falling Waters’ is a piece of beauty mist the serene mountains. The architect must be a true Rasika to perceive the existing beauty and add, not destroy it. https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/happy-new-yearning monthly 0.5 2024-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/ab3628a2-113c-45c1-a24c-b18b3680edbf/212C1ED1-5A1F-403D-B3DC-039BA8CC6C2A.jpeg Art Journey - Happy New Year(ning) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/10895aae-d6fc-43be-9686-8e1fe4c38a96/362514B3-B1BF-4473-858A-171D2E8CA94B.jpeg Art Journey - Happy New Year(ning) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/913c0a8a-1a60-4ddd-8332-3fe03bd4c144/E5E64940-B0A9-4362-AFDE-0BE80DE9C3D1.jpg Art Journey - Happy New Year(ning) - Make it stand out Painted repurposed Map as part of redesigning a room.. https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/flashback-on-inspiring-designs monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/5cebf04b-6924-4657-ad05-85214f8a05b0/B758E3D9-5CB1-4124-9655-F05163DD2546.jpeg Art Journey - Flashback on Inspiring Designs - Make it stand out Tutorial Designing for Seniors' Art Boxes aiming for Zero waste. Thanks to Champaign Family Services for their commissions. The designing was fun and easier but the amount of technical work it demanded, felt like a pain then. But now looking back, i feel good about myself and inspired to use them in the near future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/fcd60a77-f1b0-4a65-af63-e97d37b9fa91/9AAF9CBF-63E4-4B58-B545-5B251859487E.jpeg Art Journey - Flashback on Inspiring Designs - Make it stand out Water poems and collage works around 'Waters'. during SAL Conference at Siebel Center for Design While leading this activity, the focus was on promoting creative thinking rather then make good Art.. It might not pass the norms of good art technically but they had an element of spontaneity, originality and involvement! Thanks to AACC for organizing our talks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/3ea9be8a-6fe6-41e6-9c17-67434910ab7c/tempImage6xorW4.jpg Art Journey - Flashback on Inspiring Designs - Make it stand out Kiri's Handloom designing I met Kiri Fagen-Ulmschneider at the Spinners and Weavers exhibit. She designs Fabric with Cotton material on her own handloom and is a propagator of natural materials. We were fortunate to have her on our intro designing talks as she continued to speak of natural dyes too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/284f915f-62bc-456a-adc7-86c837bbee4d/0F94919A-8D1C-45A1-883A-C09D4F635B41.jpeg Art Journey - Flashback on Inspiring Designs - Make it stand out Designer Easter Egg collection for reuse. Anuvaa Joshi and her mom initiated a plan for collecting the plastic eggs but coming from.an Arts background it would not be any simple cointainer. They made posters and designed a collection center stand. The concept and execution is impressive and the intentions, commendable! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/0429a8fd-8b31-4cbd-93f4-53c7322c015e/59EBA862-5759-4E3C-B961-E600904FA1B0_1_201_a.jpeg Art Journey - Flashback on Inspiring Designs - Make it stand out The designing of 'Art with Nature' activity has been an invigorating experience for me. From planning, to gathering and cleaning natural material, to arranging it in given space, I enjoyed it all and would definitely want to work more on this concept. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/25d22419-618b-432b-9f7e-31e245135990/7C947A40-B0B2-4315-8166-C880BA94498D.jpeg Art Journey - Flashback on Inspiring Designs - Make it stand out The Dolls with Repurposed Fabrics and cardboard/ papers in reference to Spurlock Museum’s artifacts at AACC The Boxy' by Jinyung was a wonderful execution of materials in hand. It was neat work and creative thinking. He was aptly named Boxy adding to the emotional touch with designing. Also Sinyee's Doll though 2D had some action that added movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/f08ac654-d72c-4d5b-a180-d767ed69980a/E507F2D4-538F-4994-A705-3FFA833A71ED_4_5005_c.jpeg Art Journey - Flashback on Inspiring Designs - Make it stand out The Pine cone Fish by visitor at EDE, MIC during ‘Art with Nature’ activity. Thanks to Urbana Park District for organizing this huge event This Pine cone Fish was innovative and original, most impressive was the patience and involvement of a pre-teen kid. He carefully selected the suitable rose petal for fin and cut Oak leaf carefully to fit in. Then put much effort in tying the thread. His fingers seemed to be in total union with pinecone and thread with focused attention. It will always be one of my memorable experiences as a facilitator and an audience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/7554e8bd-ff6b-4684-80b5-a383494af62c/tempImagerqgT3E.jpg Art Journey - Flashback on Inspiring Designs - Make it stand out The Paper Upcycling activities most kids at the teens lab were creative and innovative, encouraging me to design more challenging assignments. It made me realise how potentially new thinkers our kids are! ts my generation that need to open our minds and step into newness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/550b1f41-8784-462d-b176-16a77ca92f18/9DD41D16-1640-4C4C-8B64-155DFFF18403.jpeg Art Journey - Flashback on Inspiring Designs - Make it stand out Rattlesnake Runner Puppet I encountered this Puppet in the beautiful ambience at Kalyx center.for sustainability. It is skillfully created by Miriam Larson, Exc Director of UCMIC . As it arrived from far, its presence felt more and more powerful, yet playful until I could connect to its vibes. It is large but Miriam has engineered it to attach it as backpack and move it while walking. Her companion was holding the stick hands and jovially waving at us. i had a chance to handle one of the arms and dance with the music at the background. It wa truly a touching experience! I feel the surrounding environment, the gathered group, the intention of gathering, all were supportive to creating such feelings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/26a0ef75-394e-462a-be6d-c97270e04ebc/tempImage7bPl3O.jpg Art Journey - Flashback on Inspiring Designs - Make it stand out Circles designed on Fabrics for Boneyard show Mohan Tracy has been engaged in her creative pursuits with Fabrics since a long time. Apart from Fabric art making she makes blankets to donate too. She inspires me in many ways! I loved Mohan’s ‘Circles’ representing various concepts. it was on display at this year‘s boneyard art fest,. I could connect to her circles thru my own works on ‘Mu’ and ‘Shunyã’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/39e71ee9-06ac-4d4f-9f96-7c22e323829f/tempImageXfh1ID.jpg Art Journey - Flashback on Inspiring Designs - Make it stand out At the same event, for David Monk’s memorial, at Kalyx center.for sustainability the owner-sisters distributed small cotton bags with Prairies seeds. The bags made for a nice gift packaging and i could sense the careful effort gone into categorizing the seeds (full sun/ woody areas/ partial sun etc) and ready to serve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/afd213fa-75b5-4fcb-b9f8-8bd2ba475fc8/tempImagePBWXle.jpg Art Journey - Flashback on Inspiring Designs - Make it stand out Life-size ply figures at Adams book store While attending the CU poetry event, I couldn’t resist capturing these dramatic figures reclining on windows on the topmost floor of Adams Book store.. The structure of building itself (architecture) is tricky. just climbing the stairs and reaching the venue at top was a fun time. that mixed with the poetry and theses figures creating a drama, in all it was a wonderful chemistry! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/09b95f5a-360e-4133-9084-8ee1eca0370a/tempImages9r9CH.jpg Art Journey - Flashback on Inspiring Designs - Make it stand out The SECS booth (Students for Environmental Concerns) at UIUC’s Engineering event showed integrity to their work on sustainability. The table covered with cloth not plastic, the boards were hand written and painted. The booth was well thought about in relation to the their message. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/f545388a-52d6-4ca5-9641-527b26797e7f/tempImagetsVqwm.jpg Art Journey - Flashback on Inspiring Designs - Make it stand out 'Companion Species' by Marie Watt at KAM large reclaimed textile assemblage with Wolf embroidered.on it. Everything about this piece moved me- the color scheme, composition, the liner subtleties of fine drawing and apart from its Aesthetically appeal, the repurposed material with Humane theme was impressive. https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/questions-pause-direction monthly 0.5 2023-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/0b6b0d84-6607-4b27-8387-b74193cb4bc3/Mu+nothingness+kuldeepa+vm Art Journey - Questions, Pause, Direction - Make it stand out My Paper maché experiments on ‘Mu’/ ‘Shunya’ (nothingness) https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/zero-waste-arts monthly 0.5 2024-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/fa8b142a-471a-4570-b593-c34a14459ec7/Make+with+ascend+art360 Art Journey - Can Crafts be Zero waste? - Make it stand out A Paper recycling Tutorial designed for repurposed Handmades. More about our craft projects on the picture link. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/60b53fad-876e-4e30-bf8d-cad7eafeb156/4C913E1F-AA20-4238-9390-AFD56280A389.jpeg Art Journey - Can Crafts be Zero waste? - Make it stand out A Paper Mache (truncated) Tutorial designed using magazine papers, and flour glue, (almost Zero waste) but also Re-used cleaned cut plastic bag for covering and bowl as base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/c46b2567-85e6-46fb-b67d-8943cf6a67c4/F25E6143-AE1F-4301-BBE1-587B5FDA467E.jpeg Art Journey - Can Crafts be Zero waste? - Make it stand out Materials used for the Language-Arts workshops during SAALC workshop at the Siebel Center for Designing- Reused papers, (magazine papers, Cardboards pieces, punch machine colored waste) glue, discarded yarn. This was not a fully zero waste for use of gel pens. but most other material, though clean, would have gone directly to landfill. Any efforts add up?! We are thankful to AACC UIUC for a chance to share our Water- language arts project during their conference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/a0ea13e4-096c-4ac6-80ce-14f00995d9b4/19EDDA06-C58C-4405-A941-FB9BF4C6E2AF.jpg Art Journey - Can Crafts be Zero waste? - Make it stand out Prep material for making ‘Worry Doll’ for a birthday party. We made worry dolls 7 years ago for our first Craft Month celebration. In those learning stages, we had used Pipe cleaners fro our base sticks. Pipe cleaners are so convenient, cheap and fancy looking! But guess how many plastic microfibers it contains? This year we use not just all Recycled material but most of it was compostable. Yet it was not Zero Waste as the donated fabric pieces might contain polyesters, the donated yarn might not be wool but acrylic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/e3a0332e-1c62-4ae1-9564-edf2f9dff08b/E6E299D6-DD0F-4CAF-910D-6C72F77247A0.jpeg Art Journey - Can Crafts be Zero waste? - Make it stand out A Worry doll made by Audrey Chan with the materials provided. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/d4f1a9fe-d9b6-46a1-9a43-81dd2710d69a/7DB9AEEB-34DC-4527-9C10-14CC63064FEC.jpeg Art Journey - Can Crafts be Zero waste? - Make it stand out Paper flowers made from outdated fliers. Clean Repurposed bottles were used for creating paper vase and discarded Fabric pieces and magazine papers for decorations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/fb99f52d-bff0-4faa-ab6a-faa2d53bd7d0/6C974857-17B2-40E2-B7FE-609913F64263.jpeg Art Journey - Can Crafts be Zero waste? - Make it stand out After the paper flyers were done the left over paper cuttings looked so colorful, we saved then for next time’s raw materials while having fun creating designs with the Re-re-Cycled bits of Papers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/b797b284-924e-4552-9448-8cd3d53db79d/444F5095-2CC9-4364-9C91-AC040755A23E.jpg Art Journey - Can Crafts be Zero waste? - Make it stand out A poster for Teacher’s appreciation used hearts. When more hearts were needed we suggested using magazine papers for background color and plain center made with worksheets (other side plain). Thought it was partly a recycled project, now the idea will hopefully stay and grow for their future projects, like the flowers ‘made with Hearts’ Raw material for Papers don’t always come from where it is used, Paper is taking a toll on our forests and wildlife. I thought it was very symbolic to click that Tiger on opposite page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/e90dc3a1-1bd6-4e77-b358-62f0afdc2bd2/97BCDA35-56E1-4C6A-A254-DF70E9034537.jpeg Art Journey - Can Crafts be Zero waste? - Make it stand out A Pencil holder made from glass bottle and card made from discarded papers exhibited fro Boneyard fest. We are thankful to Planted for making us a part of their Boneyard 2023 venue. Though the glass bottle was reused, it was painted using acrylic colors. That would make it useless for reuse plus acrylic paints are Not eco-friendly. As per Artsy.net- “Propylene glycol, for example, is safe enough for use in the food and cosmetic industry, but has a disastrous effect in aquatic environments, meaning that pouring acrylic waste water down the drain is damaging to waterways.” We are thankful to Planted for making us a part of their Boneyard 2023 venue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/589c65db-0410-401c-9bab-30c5d92fe99a/64AAB8C5-7307-4E39-B506-C013A1683388.jpeg Art Journey - Can Crafts be Zero waste? - Make it stand out Its not craft but part of my Yard designing multiyear project. The corner of lawn was dug up to make it bio diverse. after couple of years it is taking shape. The yellow flowers belong to Wood Sorrel, considered as weeds where I stay, but we use it in salads and just pop in mouth while gardening! Just for fun, if u are still reading this, any idea what other plants are seen here?! In Nature there is always Zero waste. everything is re-cycle, regeneration. no issues with manicured lawns but the sprays needed for non-native green cover comes with its own toll on local waters and atmosphere as a whole. As I am trying to write this on my deck, someone in next yard started the lawn mover and disturbed the birds songs. but their lawns are more leveled up, greener and cleaner than mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/284f915f-62bc-456a-adc7-86c837bbee4d/0F94919A-8D1C-45A1-883A-C09D4F635B41.jpeg Art Journey - Can Crafts be Zero waste? - Make it stand out Creating Greener ‘Egg Hunt’ by Anuvaa Joshi, her family and community members. ”For the second year in a row, we successfully hosted a plastic-free egg hunt, but it wasn't without its challenges. Our biggest hurdle was figuring out how to collect all the eggs for recycling, but we came up with a fun solution. We created "egg catcher stations" and games for the kids to use, which turned the hunt into a game-like event that they loved” Thanks to Mrs Shilpa Deshpande for sharing their inspiring works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/fc7b16ba-c198-4a52-848d-9d3f7ebba8a4/CA71BB82-D2E4-4CDC-9158-4A42C34789E4.jpeg Art Journey - Can Crafts be Zero waste? - Make it stand out Repurposed Christmas Tree bird cover project. by Paige Sigmund and her Dad, Del Sigmund. Talking about the project, some excerpts from Del, “The branches relax down and once again the evergreen becomes an excellent tree/bush for small birds to use for cover…It is a fun project that looked very nice when done and was good for wildlife too’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/a8bc0b73-f7f2-41c2-876e-0d5ef93e8947/03ACF239-D3C4-422B-9107-FD43833E6D05.jpeg Art Journey - Can Crafts be Zero waste? - Make it stand out Diary making activity for Earthday 2023. We offered Notebook papers and magazine/ flier papers to create Notepads. thought non of it created any new demand on Paper production, the projects when done might not be Zero Waste, and that’s not because of what we did but what the companies did when they created the magazines. even the most basic magazines are plastic coated papers these days making it hard for the paper to decompose easily. It adds to the plastic waste and then there are chemicalized ink eventually sipping into our waters. We are thankful to Urbana Park District for for including us in their EDE event. https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/process-and-prep monthly 0.5 2023-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/fc746509-3b03-4cfb-ab91-650837b0db50/2EEB4C49-51A5-4184-B4C3-A89444E89B71.jpeg Art Journey - Process and Prep - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/81a666ed-1fba-418d-ba4d-c44437f87212/B3C483D1-48CB-4D78-92DE-06F9BE9189FF.jpeg Art Journey - Process and Prep - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/5771c3a9-79c9-4b0e-8662-2d1289d675df/FEA81E5F-FDFC-4D64-9296-3D5E8E6E8E50.jpeg Art Journey - Process and Prep - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/wetland-wonders monthly 0.5 2024-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/ef23f736-bf89-48cb-8eb0-f61090c42237/A406EAC5-B492-404E-9C79-99079C98B826.jpeg Art Journey - Wetland Wonders It's International Wetlands Day 2023. Though not as popular as Valentines in Feb but much important in relation to its significance. As Love is unseen, so is the function of a Wetland ecosystem, concealed out of our direct sight but crucial for the blossoming of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1ab29167-718a-484e-8501-2cc84eefb72d/0E5A017D-F8A1-4C24-8B88-394CE081A498.jpeg Art Journey - Wetland Wonders Cherishing all the wetland experiences I have come across. Thankful for life's chances to experience these interesting ecosystems and a pleasure to share them on this Wetlands' Day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/53236079-5d46-4002-86f7-e2cd1da927fd/tempImagebiSvNt.jpg Art Journey - Wetland Wonders - I carried my water bottle everywhere on the trip. it watched the edge of Meican mangroves while saving many plastic bottles from ending up in thrash. Awareness grows as Climate Change sends frequent alarms, yet much education is needed on ground level, meaning, with the immediate localities who directly affect and are in turn affected by the states of surrounding ecosystems. Ramsar convention has played a good role in conservation and restoration of wetlands. Yet, local support is pivotal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/dfd225c0-5c14-49b8-b4a0-7290107b4b92/0ABB4603-932B-4770-A586-5578FEC48079.jpeg Art Journey - Wetland Wonders - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/a8ab7807-587b-47f3-b363-130f421fcbd3/The+Forever+Glades+03.png Art Journey - Wetland Wonders - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/6248725a-0cc0-43f7-8796-fcba82503035/BE1A2A8D-65D0-4854-B827-B7FAD8A60E12.jpeg Art Journey - Wetland Wonders While visiting Cancun, amazed but not surprised to see a board that mentioned it as a ‘MANGLARES DE NICHUPTE’ a Ramsar site. After returning I began studying about the area and found this APFF-org Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Manglares de Nichupté that helps protect the mangroves. Wondering how the localites approach this site? And first hand experience of how we as travelers undervalue its ecological wonder at the cost of our momentary enjoyments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/b7cc3331-44ef-45a9-9295-ef1bffca34d0/5d758679-1ed7-4f8d-bf14-ef52c653945f.JPG Art Journey - Wetland Wonders - Make it stand out Flemingoes as migratory birds add beauty to the Thane creek areas and surroundings. Developing an infrastructure might help promote eco-awareness and Eco-tourism but might also add to the destruction of some natural areas. How do we deal with this kind of development? https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/continuity-in-transition-2022-23-1 monthly 0.5 2023-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/86699e5d-fcc1-4d1f-be81-02f10363c186/1FB40585-9140-4A4A-AD48-5A3D851A5015.jpeg Art Journey - Continuity in Transition 2022-23 - Transition is a period, a place where one plane ends and the other begins. Just like the simultaneous play of these Sea waves. Change does not happen in a singular point. Some newness has to begin before the previous ceases so there is continuity from the past and that is how our life too sustains. Nothing New can arise without some raw-material from the preceding past. Transition is a period, a place where one plane ends and the other begins. Just like the simultaneous play of these Sea waves. Change does not happen in a singular point. Some newness has to begin before the previous ceases so there is continuity from the past and that is how our life too sustains. Nothing New can arise without some raw-material from the preceding past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/ac480a18-5f70-4b5a-85dc-fac89c3cd64b/B9E02462-616F-46C5-A66A-EE86D9BE1A26.jpeg Art Journey - Continuity in Transition 2022-23 - Make it stand out Renovated floors at the O’Hare airport with Welcome in various scripts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/2e230079-f0cc-4afb-b63a-738e7e7b2588/E118CB00-07B1-4B76-987B-35B5A4AEEC63.jpeg Art Journey - Continuity in Transition 2022-23 - Make it stand out Youth entries from ‘Lingo Language Dialect’ exhibit displayed at the IAS Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/410792c3-a0a2-4f90-a125-0e9e7e376c10/6FCC51E8-3413-42EE-80EE-D2F5412836C7.jpg Art Journey - Continuity in Transition 2022-23 - Make it stand out Weaver park, Urbana Park Dist, IL. Prairie wetlands filter ground water that gets stored in aquifers underground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/738207c9-50aa-4357-a144-23a1e9997384/C1375818-FAC1-4F0E-8BB0-720CEC77E451.jpeg Art Journey - Continuity in Transition 2022-23 - Make it stand out The Quintana Too Mangroves, a type of Wetlands, serve as water filters benefiting the underwater sea life as well as the life offshore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/60313073-b319-495d-a1e9-473353ca59ec/E727576C-6977-4F6E-8B11-31F4D7291DD3.jpeg Art Journey - Continuity in Transition 2022-23 - Paper collage activity as part of E2Re America Recycles Day’ with school students. in some ways, do we need more unlearning as adults than providing too much learning for children. Today’s youths are much smarter,. they are moving much faster, but is it the right direction…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/904b89b6-ff3b-4155-af50-4488fe36ce17/26CA271A-A576-40C1-B913-CE148532697D.jpg Art Journey - Continuity in Transition 2022-23 - Fabric waste is one of the major concerns not just for its heavy carbon footprint production process but also the microfiber waste that follows. Though presently it feels hopeless for any talk on Circular economy, some more efforts to try and introduce the concept might help feed the bigger global change.d out https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/a-glance-at-e2re monthly 0.5 2023-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/29206329-d27a-4e2f-a9e4-01fe5cd734d7/tempImage57a5Mz.jpg Art Journey - A glance at E2Re. - Make it stand out 3D Paper Tree Samples at ‘Spurlock Sundays’ as part of E2Re up-cycling activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/03587e01-79b2-4302-925c-b9ce1b8da58b/tempImageTZ9qkU.jpg Art Journey - A glance at E2Re. - Make it stand out Creating Faces with fond objects’ activity hosted at Anita Purves Nature Center as part of Urbana Park District’s America recycles day event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/2181813c-2f7d-428d-b9a8-6f4066c37de5/E2Re+fresh+press+paper Art Journey - A glance at E2Re. - Make it stand out Fresh Press Paper showcased samples of locally made papers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/fa0be1fe-5124-4ff8-9dea-ba69808307f2/tempImage1N6B8x.jpg Art Journey - A glance at E2Re. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/498ca856-037d-4071-81ad-ff87ce0f7a9c/e2re+idea+store Art Journey - A glance at E2Re. - Make it stand out Displays at the IDEA store https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/85d326e8-9e05-490f-b4fe-8006d93fffda/Image.jpg Art Journey - A glance at E2Re. - Make it stand out ‘Repair it and Rewear it’ Fabric repair event at Museum of Grand Prairie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/4a8783a7-4e9e-4a16-a5ec-80024fae151e/E2Re+paca+showcase Art Journey - A glance at E2Re. - Make it stand out Displays at the PACA Warehouse. https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/natures-poetry-in-a-red-maple-tree monthly 0.5 2022-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/f99412d1-27cf-4e71-ba80-c82829614660/pandemic+poem+Kuldeepa+VM Art Journey - Nature’s Poetry in a Red Maple Tree! - Make it stand out These scribbles were chosen to be read with other local authors during ‘Pandemics as a Portal to Change’ virtual meet. it was a shared experience of revelations and insights into ‘We’ as a community facing common challenges. Thanks to Champaign Public Library for bringing us together! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/9e2f6b39-87d2-4178-872e-722d8ce45af2/Studying+Red+Maple+blossoms+and+tree+bark Art Journey - Nature’s Poetry in a Red Maple Tree! - Make it stand out Studying the textures of Red Maple bark and blossoms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/cade7de5-a827-4732-9cf0-6eef2be316fc/Me+and+Maple+are+part+of+cosmos Art Journey - Nature’s Poetry in a Red Maple Tree! Me and Maple tree are part of one Cosmos https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/gfpw5xc7755npmfshchjikru59g1zx monthly 0.5 2022-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/007f0fff-9a28-42d6-8160-f4487d3f054a/3C85D046-E135-4422-9FDC-E77D5F5B8275.jpeg Art Journey - Creativity- What? Why? How? - Make it stand out Halloween Monsters made out of recyclables for exhibiting at ‘Thrash Flash’ exhibit in Makerspace event- 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/5f22f6e5-c833-431f-840f-e15fd7d99871/94EC4017-F5D9-4467-9E45-A5878DC86C7C.jpeg Art Journey - Creativity- What? Why? How? - Left: Casually made cave with fallen grass cuttings and rocks around. Nature play or just being surrounded by it, has profound effect on quality of brain development. Where arts are concerned, Nature has influenced the many artistic expressions, even if there was no trace or direct reference to it in the art works. As an advanced animal species, we do not need to try hard to connect with Nature, we just need to disconnect with unhealthy mental and physical practices that stop our creative organic flow as a part of Nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/aa83922e-d9d8-492a-8be3-bcdbdde2a52b/FE733E7E-E1E9-41BB-A9A3-FDBE61FB1773.jpeg Art Journey - Creativity- What? Why? How? - Right: Friends playing as princesses with long colorful hair. Girls made Paper flowers with colorful streamers and used the rest to make their hair streaks. The dances and gestures that followed were a visual treat with novel play! Unstructured play time is a great platform for promoting child’s own creativity. Being Mindful of the materials that surround them during that time of their exploration, can help give it a meaningful direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/049c6a31-736d-459d-9be5-2f89411ed7f5/C5BD6922-D784-481E-8D91-665A5EFB9131.jpeg Art Journey - Creativity- What? Why? How? - Left: Environmental Day 2020 virtual celebration with puppets. Puppets made during Earth Day-week Zoom meets, came to life in Puppet Show on World Environmental Day 2020. Puppets spoke about the effects CoVid19 has on their Habitat and discussed possible ways of co-existence with humans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/2d35f29e-f888-4bac-acb6-bca74ab8f155/63910618-F990-4336-9BFB-1EC3BD333FFF.jpeg Art Journey - Creativity- What? Why? How? - Make it stand out Making available Natural world can amaze and inspire, bringing in the wonder of creation while touching ones own naturally creative channels. Why not use dry materials found in Nature that can be decomposed into nourishing earth for life! For example our creating activity at Maker Fest 2017. https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/transitions monthly 0.5 2022-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/589b6321-88d9-4efb-8bb7-ee73a0aebbd3/F07E55EB-1450-431A-977F-796A24ED4C44.jpeg Art Journey - Transitions- Gratitude for 2021 - Make it stand out Movie Night at Anita Purves Nature Center. Wall-E in Moonlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/0e038fcd-4ffd-48a6-bfb9-bb532610d0a7/604680A7-A62C-4031-BA16-9D76E8BCE5CA.jpeg Art Journey - Transitions- Gratitude for 2021 - Make it stand out Collage of Art works display at Boneyards Arts fest 2021- Artists from right to left: Michael Roughton, Mohan Tracy, Michael Sherfield, Kuldeepa VM https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/autumn-leaves monthly 0.5 2021-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/661c0c91-1411-46d1-95fe-264df1212556/1D795E24-64E0-48B9-9921-0643325731CD.jpeg Art Journey - Autumn Leaves - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/106507ef-8ce5-4c8b-ab4a-421e7e350021/425158A4-4897-4501-BE7D-22A96B9717DC.jpeg Art Journey - Autumn Leaves - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/03330056-54d1-42c7-ba54-29a37fc9bd70/9C74B1FD-48B1-4FC5-8C21-FB411CD671C0.jpeg Art Journey - Autumn Leaves - Photo credit: G. Zhang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/d9cb5c83-9722-4e70-88d5-384d14502fbc/3E059646-EAD0-4412-9390-4FEEA794C851.jpeg Art Journey - Autumn Leaves - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/046dad14-875b-4038-954a-baeb0ac41952/73C7E438-B1A0-45D3-B6A6-DA5C8D3C0FB6.jpeg Art Journey - Autumn Leaves - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/zen-experience-with-living-structures monthly 0.5 2021-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1635787095932-M7VHCYH4ZQCKN9JEDPM4/E1D91BC0-836E-42E5-B1C6-4E2B96352E43.jpeg Art Journey - Zen experience with living structures - Guggenheim from inside Guggenheim Museum from inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/011cd960-1b29-4411-97ca-6c843c8352c2/C66C9730-F202-485F-9AB4-13A45EF63652.jpeg Art Journey - Zen experience with living structures - Make it stand out Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘Falling waters’ built on top of a waterfall. https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/art-encounters-through-pandemic monthly 0.5 2021-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1628903640869-RXJBEHVX1OBSW0MX9Z6T/IMG_1879.jpeg Art Journey - Art encounters through Pandemic - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1628894085188-41P9WVXGRIKO7ZOJ8H2X/IMG_1413.jpeg Art Journey - Art encounters through Pandemic - MAM’s Sketchpad activity for kids to note their favorite artifacts. Sketches by Khushboo Mehta, 9yrs. Sketches by Khushboo Mehta, 9yrs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1628895058099-SHEZFPVR69SISKDMCIMM/IMG_1374.jpeg Art Journey - Art encounters through Pandemic MAM’s Sketchpad activity for kids to note their favorite artifacts. https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/tag/reduce monthly 0.5 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/tag/climate+change+solution monthly 0.5 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/tag/stop+paper+waste monthly 0.5 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/tag/reuse monthly 0.5 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/tag/recycled+crafts monthly 0.5 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/tag/sustainable+arts monthly 0.5 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/tag/rethink monthly 0.5 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/tag/zero+waste monthly 0.5 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/blog/tag/creative+recycling monthly 0.5 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/c-designing daily 0.75 2026-04-19 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1709408245164-NDLUI3SW9NROHYOV00B5/Screen%2BShot%2B2024-02-13%2Bat%2B10.50.23%2BAM.jpg C Designing Vyom Mehta's samples for decorative puzzles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/02433bf8-fa57-4468-a7e8-a5bbb027e1ae/014E528F-63B7-411A-811C-1A14B1D54875.jpeg C Designing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/86a9603b-04c2-4dd5-bec3-5f83133fb30e/tempImagegzU9zY.png C Designing At the Sustainapalooza event with SECS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/fd9a19ad-a18e-481a-b175-c24a6b121d07/FF18D925-8AFD-42EA-AF3D-BE25A462D3AA.jpeg C Designing Dr Stake and Dr Visse share themes from their Book 'A Paradigm of Care' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/64828074-ca0c-4a57-9aa4-5553c91a04be/ED8391EB-6D33-4355-8431-F5C26FAA1BFC.jpeg C Designing 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- Autumn Gratitudes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/6f65651b-8dc0-459b-89d9-514c91295fb5/Make+together.png C Designing - Autumn Gratitudes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/01f728fe-a2a4-42dd-a78c-2a4075011534/EBD7D91D-F3F4-467D-B03B-9551C405B089.jpg C Designing - Autumn Gratitudes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/5140bfcc-c184-4572-b1a4-a6532dc6f769/IMG_4209.jpg C Designing - Autumn Gratitudes - Make it stand out Boardwalk at Busey woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/472e9092-7a29-4c1e-b593-f06719b046e4/IMG_4262.jpg C Designing - Autumn Gratitudes - Make it stand out Fall Hike at Busey woods, Urbana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/2522a4b2-f612-4bde-a836-e8594a31f323/Volo+bog+events-+winter+2025-26.jpg C Designing - Autumn Gratitudes - Make it stand out Winter events at Volo bog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/decc7cd3-1b38-4cdd-8071-d4b6be3d2ab1/DNR+news.jpg C Designing - Autumn Gratitudes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://ascendingaesthetic.org/c-designing/book-reading-event monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/c-designing/virtual-exhibit-and-earthday-special-meet monthly 0.5 2024-06-19 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/c-designing/february-virtual-meet monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/c-designing/puzzle-day-special monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/c-designing/j9bkgb1s0zewi6ivaju2f11d8mnhgm monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/c-designing/introduction monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/contact daily 0.75 2024-10-29 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/home daily 1.0 2026-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1590531972927-9DMO47TCPSFUHLVELJTH/IMG_1818.JPG Home Unlimited supply of market products can hinder ones creative stimulus Also increasing our Carbon footprint Extensively… Can we re-think Creativity Sustainably https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1594416224803-Y8K5ZZTHJEXILHYIUGDE/IMG_0727.jpg Home - Make it stand out Also Culturally, We connect Globally. But instead of mono-culture, can we flourish together celebrating each other? Not imitating, not uniformly May be Amalgamation, Inclusion, Evolving in Cultural Harmony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1594642879770-8Q1LHLNC1BMVL2UBJQ67/IMG_1282.jpeg Home Art is as easy as a breeze On the canvas of Space But also takes highest efforts to help reach higher states. To support the range between these two aspects, We aspire to create conducive Exhibiting Space https://ascendingaesthetic.org/mission daily 0.75 2026-04-19 https://ascendingaesthetic.org/c-design daily 0.75 2025-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/153eed79-e352-416e-81b3-64877b085122/Screen+Shot+2024-01-14+at+3.18.13+PM.png C Design Kiri Fagen-Ulmschneider talks about her weaving process and Natural materials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/4a151229-4a8c-44de-819b-5f2f8a034b6e/2DB6896B-C104-4A02-8450-108F9C80ED87.jpeg C Design This flier for Puzzle day special talks represents Phil Nyman's wooden puzzles. Presentations were made by Phil Nyman, Abigail Padfield Narayan and Vyom Mehta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/fcb15d2e-33e0-4681-a615-a7d4b08c9f94/Screen+Shot+2024-01-14+at+3.41.11+PM.png C Design Julie Nieset talks on the Wetland Ecology and designing while preserving natural areas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/16c3572e-7772-4944-b517-220438a29dda/Screen+Shot+2025-07-03+at+8.59.11+AM.png C Design Claire Sullivan talks about SECS group and its work at the UIUC campus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1df1cf04-18de-42a6-8dc4-667f013ef377/Design+with+Ascend+Art360 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/9ea37295-11d0-45f5-a19d-13e511ca3035/Nyman_Phil_06.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/63b9ab84-57fb-4096-b30d-5933d6c94772/Handmades+w+A.Art360 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/e614bb8d-86c6-4797-8fbc-f4e5928e1364/212C1ED1-5A1F-403D-B3DC-039BA8CC6C2A.jpeg https://ascendingaesthetic.org/creative-member-homepage daily 0.75 2025-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/39e10dd3-9fc5-4a55-b786-339b6d1f94d9/B758E3D9-5CB1-4124-9655-F05163DD2546.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/57f4a18f-060a-454b-b385-8c4d0c01ef0e/tempImagekYz9zX.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/08fb83cd-7b35-45e2-b082-cc543a304f99/tempImageA8ZUc3.jpg https://ascendingaesthetic.org/water daily 0.75 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1685121422170-SLB02KTREY2W2QAV7Y6A/D3A47129-A723-4D22-A118-26B1A95D8538.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/ad145708-998f-4023-83cf-5b573437e29d/805DF261-FBCA-42DA-8813-7B563EC5BA0C.jpeg https://ascendingaesthetic.org/water/culture monthly 0.5 2023-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/93565504-cd32-4e15-a5b4-3880e5324ac1/C54B10AD-B903-4279-B6A1-A7C9A52ACAB9.jpeg Water - Culture Celebrating Poetry month with kids, making poems/ haikus/ tankas/ on Waters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/855eebf5-8a73-440e-b25e-1e7e48e586c1/37981CE0-6909-4323-9165-AB1C5A0D53C2.jpeg Water - Culture Cards made during Asian American Cultural center's Leadership workshops at Siebel Center for designing. Thanks to AACC UIUC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1e31cd31-0f0a-4577-a129-42f530f7e47f/50FFFF5A-F66E-429B-8A7D-E85FCCC2960E.jpeg Water - Culture Dr Sowmya presenting the Language- project at Siebel Center as part of Leadership conference, AACC UIUC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/a3b4ca58-1026-471b-a6f5-ef8b81347db4/4B765CA3-3482-4DDF-83C0-F5F28094920B.jpeg Water - Culture Embroidery workshop with Hindi group kids learning embroidery with Mrs Gothe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1682710571543-Z00DDMRYP8X77DTDWCI2/8B8030C6-29ED-4905-9336-98216415D9C9.jpg Water - Culture Language Arts (with Waters) exhibited at Urbana Park District's Earthday event at Meadowbrook Interpretive Center. Thanks to UPD for including our displays for this event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/722e2111-bf1b-4773-bbf6-2476d94e339b/tempImagefLpdTj.png Water - Culture Poems/ writings created by kids displayed for the International night celebration at Central High School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/ffe05a3c-f02f-4625-98c3-aaba9cb85cb8/tempImageWipdoF.png Water - Culture Embroidery motifs and writings based on Water displayed at the Boneyard Arts fest. Thanks to Planted CU for hosting our exhibits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/e6254353-2c14-4452-b2d0-361271b6ba11/IMG_2146.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1674357837633-5GIBIG2H1E9NYUCC8DPW/F476F97C-8688-4D19-A2C8-5025D8174C9A_1_201_a.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/2e230079-f0cc-4afb-b63a-738e7e7b2588/E118CB00-07B1-4B76-987B-35B5A4AEEC63.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/ac480a18-5f70-4b5a-85dc-fac89c3cd64b/B9E02462-616F-46C5-A66A-EE86D9BE1A26.jpeg https://ascendingaesthetic.org/water/collab monthly 0.5 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1746830454186-WWKD5KJ8YL6QBJSMMZBA/tempImage71Ceup.jpg Water - Collab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/059117f3-b5b5-47f3-9fee-12bff2d4d4f1/SECS+table+w+Leaves-+at+FSA.jpeg Water - Collab SECS leaf display at Franklin STEAM academy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/3750ffe8-8784-4161-95b0-912a7f0547be/tempImageM46EJ6.jpg Water - Collab School students taking.a hike at Weaver park as part of collaborative activities on Wetlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/52806bc2-e615-47bc-9148-2f561b6de7b4/WEaver+park-+2+Julie.jpg Water - Collab Weaver Park, Urbana.- Willow Cattails, pondweed. Photo by Julie Nieset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1743604820371-TYCDYZELW7PP0J16BC6N/Sowmay%2Btalk%2Bon%2BLanguages.jpg Water - Collab Dr Sowmya Anand co-led Language and Water workshop for AACC Leadership event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/d5784274-dd22-46f4-83c6-9d178fc16776/tempImage5QutFY.png Water - Collab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1742140618288-5O2FHTYKGAHGUVZMWGDP/IMG_2439.jpg Water - Collab Origami Fish made with up cycled fliers during Art playdates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/7bdf8583-0466-4e2e-9848-0f8a7451bdaf/531E3612-00A0-4A7D-9009-4BE89D2C4DF4.jpeg Water - Collab Water display at Urbana park district Earthday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1743532179851-4WDB2BNO4OKDWZRUUDDZ/Phil%2Bon%2BFungi%2Bbook%2BScreen%2BShot%2B2024-11-20%2Bat%2B11.44.27%2BAM.jpg Water - Collab Phil Nyman shares his books on Waters and related topics during zoom meets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/43938e58-ecb0-4905-b274-40b44eb06fec/Screen+Shot+2025-04-02+at+8.45.09+AM.png Water - Collab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/749f71e4-db07-4a94-8b6f-3ed24036d83a/Water+by+Suci.png Water - Collab Pond- Allerton Park. Photo by Śuci https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/4798af22-648e-4b5a-9589-3bbd9b0934ed/tempImagenXBC3j.png Water - Collab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/0fad7e7a-6d79-48ab-8e10-eadfba060986/6B860339-C861-4F20-BC92-32FE9AED751F.jpeg Water - Collab Mushrooms at Aleerton park. Photo by Suci https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/8c38d2a2-55e6-4ee2-9ece-674c36f70801/DFF83EAD-BB28-4D94-827B-A003EFB788CD.jpeg Water - Collab Creative entries around Waters displayed for Warthday event Urbana Park District. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/28f42090-ef1a-430f-9ea5-e83e207b910e/tempImageLdXXsX.png Water - Collab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/6e687a27-5f97-4f0c-a5c5-1822016c17ad/water-+Kd_VM.JPG Water - Collab Water grasses at Champaign Park Photo by Kd VM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/8eaa4e04-8986-4cc5-8676-ebec5fbb0990/Wetland+enrichments-+weaver+park.png Water - Collab Julie Nieset, Wetland scientist, led an educational activity at Weaver park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/3a41c8cc-2505-4396-90bf-52b7f8b75e48/IMG_6610.jpg Water - Collab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/f4d8e640-ba12-4b71-94d0-15579f9e9f3b/tempImagetS0wzm.jpg Water - Collab Garden club volunteers clean the pollinator patch at FSA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/c2b3bcfd-5448-411e-821c-9cd241617502/Naza+seaweed+dance.png Water - Collab Naza Agassi composed a dance on Water themes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/01641872-e3ce-4880-ba1c-a3120a1a6537/tempImageG10ssg.png Water - Collab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/28d9e7f7-1672-43e9-8975-8942673aa763/tempImageTGynDI.png Water - Collab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/c8877f3a-fb62-43dd-8fb7-71b91492f851/tempImageJWrIBB.png Water - Collab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/a227b305-e275-43ba-b4cd-e31054b1dd8f/tempImageucOl62.png Water - Collab Exhibit at the PACA as part of past projects to celebrated America recycles day- Repurposing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/65261aec-8a51-4f78-be9a-0876d126ceaa/Screen+Shot+2025-04-02+at+9.35.11+AM.png Water - Collab Kuldeepa VM lead a watercolor workshop for AACC wellness event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/0467c4ee-30cc-4722-822a-15f610ff7ab1/tempImageD9AbSk.jpg Water - Collab Book talks by Phil Nyman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/0c3dbcc6-b5c6-47a8-895d-8ac0a207743d/tempImage84Mb5D.jpg Water - Collab This is not our collaboration but were allowed to use the graphic to share about Robotics challenges around Water themes- 'Submerged' for 2024-25 academic year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/622cc610-8cb4-4759-9500-c6f07d7b4629/Flyer-+Sustainapalooza25_8.5x11in+%281%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/141b5dcc-132b-4dc9-9da8-d01e2271924b/8A2461FB-D505-4BA7-A4D8-EDA7B7E0EC9E.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/7f8c6228-d4aa-4cd4-9b3a-d78e2cce9f4e/BE11F30E-2A7C-46BC-B10B-AD8F88D99865.jpeg https://ascendingaesthetic.org/water/handmade monthly 0.5 2024-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/35b0a338-4886-4d3a-ba6a-c7ebfe2cbd2f/D4811773-B13F-44F9-BF89-31ACF21214E3.jpg Water - handmade Paper Crafts at 'Spurlock Sundays' as part of E2Re 2022 Fall Collaborative project. Paper tree inspired by Spurlock Museum's Samples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/8d3d7964-307b-4320-9cc6-98d7d112ea84/DCB27EF3-6939-4479-8C68-81317BE12B8E.jpeg Water - handmade 4H Club Flower-making with recycled flyers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/ecd1540d-20d4-47c5-b1a6-7e1464b5d089/tempImage8n0xRQ.png Water - handmade Eco-Crafts workshops at Champaign Public Library- making standing structures with discarded papers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/e3a0332e-1c62-4ae1-9564-edf2f9dff08b/E6E299D6-DD0F-4CAF-910D-6C72F77247A0.jpeg Water - handmade Dolls with zero waste material https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/0a9f2232-fe47-43d2-b0a6-0d8624b53e8e/tempImagewZtBef.jpg Water - handmade Drawing and Painting yard Flowers during Arts and Humanities month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/73b409a7-e7cc-4cd6-969c-da06ddc9952e/E2B2B6A0-FF5D-4984-ACE5-45D6B58AE624.jpeg Water - handmade Paper crafts with repurposed papers- magazines, flyer, card papers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1677709338619-JGQWK85VBWPBYOCB7PXF/tempImagetPDVhW.jpg Water - handmade 'Faces' created using discarded metal scraps at Anita Purves Nature Center during America Recycles Day event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/dea36c8b-98c6-4d73-840f-e2ae0400a013/056906E9-9730-4167-B2E1-C4EB59FB9687.jpeg Water - handmade Collaborative Crochet designs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/858cc4d7-a6ba-4e8d-80f6-f6a00d5d5bc8/3DF242DD-5740-4E0B-9CF3-2BB0B4185EB4.jpg Water - handmade Trying to teach Hand-weaving during creative virtual meets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/313bbe03-b3b1-4a29-8c69-869b1327db38/E66428D5-3555-4BD8-814D-C1C470F8157D.jpeg Water - handmade Painting a scenery with waters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/f43ac9dc-0984-4649-a138-e2e2390fe255/tempImagefZBoO7.png Water - handmade E2Re enrichment at Barkstall school Art class- making collage with with magazine on Maps from PACA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/9c64458a-f627-494f-aaeb-5d57da4890e4/59943535-E775-4535-A095-9F9B700C6CED.jpeg Water - handmade collage cover for notepads made with left over notebook pages at the UPD's Earthday for everyone, activity at meadow brook park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1677712154518-FPZSOYEFU8NKN4AIGMBU/tempImageQkkYR7.jpg Water - handmade Sketches, drawings from Nature Playdates in parks started from Environmental day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/a3b4ca58-1026-471b-a6f5-ef8b81347db4/4B765CA3-3482-4DDF-83C0-F5F28094920B.jpeg Water - handmade Embroidery with designs based on water elements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/734a1e73-8bad-4781-be1c-014f969d2d27/62143C21-35ED-498B-9C48-A47FC6CBC78B.jpg Water - handmade recycled plastic bottle decorated with discarded fabrics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/bfc4b954-99dc-4a21-a4c5-6f4ac2bfff51/IMG_0837.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1613779836028-ABHN2FX655MG4EOX3G8O/96D9DA6F-B035-4F69-9E2A-1E6CFFA8FB02.jpeg https://ascendingaesthetic.org/water/ecology monthly 0.5 2025-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/f0aef730-8d4d-48e4-9602-1944d7ec9195/E4199246-EEA1-480A-BFD8-E2C6A85F528F.jpeg Water - Ecology Displays at EDE event by Urbana Park District included art works, examples of community initiatives, and informative links https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/631a592c-e1f4-4d5a-b330-e6537342951f/682D9F88-BA07-4733-B3BF-6C70F214AAE8.jpeg Water - Ecology Wetland enrichment by Urbana Park District and Natural History Survey teams at weaver park, Urbana IL. with students of Dr Preston Elementary school, Urbana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/1682315215474-0RM6LPRQIAC9FHZ48ZKV/083663E1-DE9F-4E11-9CC8-6264B76505A9.jpg Water - Ecology State map with watersheds Courtesy @Urbana Park District https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/8d3d7964-307b-4320-9cc6-98d7d112ea84/DCB27EF3-6939-4479-8C68-81317BE12B8E.jpeg Water - Ecology Crafts with repurposed materials made at the Creative recycling workshop with 4-H youths. Learn more about handmade on the link https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/b07b21d3-d8f5-4695-a7d9-d964c660b3ae/430A21EF-8929-422C-8FFC-C118E2A00B38.jpeg Water - Ecology various crafts generated during March and earlier, were part of display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/855eebf5-8a73-440e-b25e-1e7e48e586c1/37981CE0-6909-4323-9165-AB1C5A0D53C2.jpeg Water - Ecology Language-Arts workshop at Siebel Center for design organized by AACC UIUC. Learn more on the link. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/adb1a4b6-e986-4006-914c-cf0da99f9e77/6A4A793C-9C93-47CA-836D-8ECC9BE5F54F.jpeg Water - Ecology Educational posters of water ecologies. Thanks to George Hardebeck for these valuable additions to the display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/7da95395-4e5c-4523-91d4-082be347297d/IMG_1988.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/4db0d281-70f8-4b9e-8e52-c71d48f1b416/IMG_5536.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/672fd00c-6cc6-4088-b71e-a5e88885d2bb/FD61FA68-69EC-479B-9135-29F9DE511C26.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/3eb86b09-bcbb-4713-a9e0-28c46881dd74/C346CE83-DAE5-4DDC-B40E-CF8F307F963E.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/3750ffe8-8784-4161-95b0-912a7f0547be/tempImageM46EJ6.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecc3033e7531e2750f93d9d/726c4e19-a5d1-46c9-8822-8bf8879dd190/tempImagex3s9Ki.jpg