With Brian Dykstra, Researcher
Artistic representations of bees around the world -- from the past to the present -- teach us much about our human story, our values, and our relationships with bees. From ancient petroglyphs to modern graffiti, from encaustic paintings to digital art, worlds of meanings are contained in the art of the bee. This class will cover art from all major continents and explore famous paintings, religious and spiritual symbolism, environmental messaging, allegorical aspects, and much more related to bees and artistic traditions. Register by September 18.
Sat., Sept. 21 • 2-4 p.m.
Online
$35 • Class #: 44128
Brian Dykstra
Brian Dykstra is a botanist and ecologist. Bees, pollination biology, botany and ethnobiology are his interests. He completed his M.S. thesis on pollination ecology, and he earned a certificate in community college education (Humboldt State University). He has taught community college and managed an academic greenhouse for a large university. He has worked in pollination research and outreach, agricultural extension research, field botany, science editing, and served as education/outreach chair for a native plant society, farming, and much more. Brian has been working for more than a decade on a book related to all-things "bee." He is happy to share some of his progress occasionally in a visual storytelling format for OLLI at Cal Poly Humboldt.
