Eleanor Sterling
Director, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History and YIBS External Advisory Board Member
Speaker Introductions
Elizabeth Sidamon-Eristoff
Artist and member of the YIBS External Advisory Board
Art and Science in Philadelphia
Amy Meyers
Director, Yale Center for British Art
Robert Peck
Senior Fellow and Curator of Art and Artifacts at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Picturing the Unimaginable
Alexis Rockman, Artist
Collaborating with the Museum of Natural History
Mark Dion, Artist
Taxonomy through Art
James Prosek
Artist and member of the YIBS External Advisory Board
Conservation and Art
Caroline Niemczyk
Independent Philanthropy Professional and member of the YIBS External Advisory Board
Art of the Field Guide
Kristof Zyskowski
Vertebrate Zoology Collections Manager, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Appreciating the Dynamism in Nature: Impressionistic Perspectives of Species and Landscapes
OS Schmitz
Director, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies, and Professor, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Reception to follow.
Program sponsored by the Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture Series and the
Yale Institute of Biospheric Studies.











