Dr. Lucy is a lifelong animal lover, educator, scientist, and writer. A board certified zoological medicine veterinarian, she treats all species. She is a board-certified zoological veterinarian, faculty/senior lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design, clinician at Ocean State Veterinary Specialists, a member of the board of the Wildlife Clinic of Rhode Island, and founder and executive director of Creature Conserve.
NEW STUDY ABROAD ART-SCI WILDLIFE COURSE!
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NEW STUDY ABROAD ART-SCI WILDLIFE COURSE! *
The Bushveld as Canvas: Art and Symbiotic Relationships in South Africa.
This study abroad course is for any college/university student interested in combining art and science to explore the intricate connections among animals, fungi, and plants and their conservation value. It is led by Dr Lucy with course credit through RISD, the Rhode Island School of Design where she is Faculty/Senior Lecturer. The in-country host is Bushwise.
Students will spend time drawing, sketching, photo-graphing, or filming on location — not only to create a visual record of their experience but also to process what they are experiencing and how this impacts their thinking and making.
Dr Lucy recently co-edited a new book with poet Christopher Kondrich and fiction writer Susan Tacent. Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation is a polyvocal call to arms about animal extinction and habitat loss that harnesses the power of literature and scientific research to move us, and stir our hearts and minds, toward action and change. This book emerged from the work of Creature Conserve.
Dr Lucy talks with a group of kids invited to tour a Creature Conserve exhibit - Urban Wildlife: Learning to Co+Exist - featured in the hit PBS television show, Arthur.
