Division: SSSA Division: Forest, Range & Wildland Soils

Title: Soils and Art: I

Lead Community Sponsor:
Cosponsor: Environmental Quality, Land Management & Conservation, Pedology, Soil Education and Outreach
Community Cosponsor: K-12 Outreach and Activities Community, Social Media in Education/Extension Community, Global Digital Soil Map Community
Format: Oral Topical Session
Keywords: Oral artsVisual artsWritten arts

Session Description: The image of soil in visual, written, and oral forms of art has a history long and rich. This half-day session seeks presentations to discuss novel ways that soils are featured in the arts. Presentations are particularly sought that discuss how art has influenced teaching, research, or communicating soil science, or about how artistic expression can help broaden society's appreciation of Earth’s soil.

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