The
Anthropocene Lab
  Anthropocene Lab    (AL) is a speculative, exploratory laboratory that fosters innovative mixtures of extra/inter/cross-disciplinary research among various fields in the sciences, education, engineering, humanities, law, medicine, social sciences, planning, and the arts. AL will also prioritize genuine research collaborations with communities outside of academia.
art garden
ART
April 20, 2023
works 2023-2024
Event
Prof. Francine McCarthy @ UIC
October 16, 2024
When: October 16-18, 2024 Where: Art Department and Earth and Environmental Science @ University of Illinois at Chicago, if you are interested please (...)
Workshop
Underwater Camera Housing: Art and Engineering
January 4, 2023
From 2022-2023 students from engineering worked on an underwater camera housing for the Canon EOS R5 C with an interchangeable VR180 lens attachment. (...)
Event
Open Hours Art Garden
February 1, 2023
In 2023, Katelyn Patton held open hours throughout the year for students and the community, during which she explained the plants, demonstrated (...)
Moon
Workshop
Bee Workshop: Bee Check In
August 21, 2024
August 2024, check in: determining how much honey there is to harvest and potentially treating one of the hives with Thyme oil for their varroa mites.
Workshop
Bee Workshop: Honey Harvest
September 2, 2024
We're so excited for our first UIC Greenhouse - Art - Honey!!!!!
Workshop
Bee Workshop: beekeeping 101
April 18, 2024
Lecture around bees, bee history, bee keeping, bee care, bee hives, .... Bee Research: (...)
Workshop
Bee Workshop: Bee Colonies April 2024
April 3, 2024
In April 2024, the AL/Art Garden / Plant Research Laboratory at UIC will welcome its first bee colonies during a workshop led by beekeeper Noah (...)
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workshop
Mushroom Workshop
March 9, 2024
This program is an introductory budget friendly workshop to research and learn about the world of mushrooms. We will focus on how to inoculate (...)
Artifact Earth
The Inaugural Workshop + Lecture of the Anthropocene Lab at UIC
May 9, 2022
Planetary Practices / Knowledge Cultures In the Anthropocene, the Earth has become an artifact of human culture. In such a condition, this (...)
Workshop
Bee Workshop: Meet and Greet
March 27, 2024
In March 2024, the AL/Art Garden / Plant Research Laboratory at UIC will welcome bee enthusiasts. We're excited to explore topics such as bees, (...)
Garden
UIC ART GARDEN 2022
January 1, 2022
In 2022 we were able to grow our first plants at the Plant Research Laboratory at UIC. Gourds, Loofah and Red Beets. The Art Garden is a space for (...)
Chicago: 6:15am / 36.6°
workshop
Paper Workshop
March 8, 2024
This program is a two-day workshop to research and implement materials grown in Art Garden @ UIC for hand papermaking. A focus on Experimental Farm (...)
Workshop
Plant Dye Workshop with Katelyn Patton
March 2, 2024
Learn how to create beautiful natural dyes from buckthorn while helping us remove this invasive species from the preserve. In collaboration with The (...)
garden
UIC ART GARDEN 2023
January 1, 2023
Art Garden: Living Materials Laboratory In 2023 Katelyn Patton transformed the next season into a dye/pigment/fiber garden. We planted beets, Hopi (...)
Wind
7.9mph