Meet Your Greens: Meet Researcher and Artist Dr. Katharine Owens

We are excited to announce Dr. Katharine Owens to be the next speaker in our Meet Your Greens series this summer! Join us on Thursday, June 16 at 5:30pm at the Wadsworth Mansion outside patio.

Dr. Katharine Owens will share how she uses the arts to communicate about the pervasive problem of plastic pollution. A researcher and artist, Dr. Owens has spent the last year creating a series of forty-six life-sized portraits of animals harmed by marine debris. She creates most of the pieces herself by hand sewing film plastic onto canvas, but the largest pieces (including three life-sized whales) are being co-created with the public.

Dr. Katharine Owens is a Professor in the Department of Politics, Economics, and International Studies and Director of the University Interdisciplinary Studies program at the University of Hartford. Her work has been supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Geographic Society, the Fulbright Nehru program, and the Connecticut Office of the Arts. She is an interdisciplinary scholar who seeks to merge science, policy, and the arts.

Thursday, June 16 | 5:30pm, Outside Patio at The Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate, 421 Wadsworth Street, Middletown, CT. Bring your own food & drink. Free to participate. **This event is weather permitting, rain cancels**