Art-Based Perceptual Ecology (ABPE) research methodologies to study changes in coastal systems. Doing Science: Take a new look at an existing problem – coastal ecological systems – in a new way.
When: June 22-26, 2025 | Sunday 2:00 pm – Thursday 11:00 am (4 overnights)
Audience: K-12 educators, future teachers at any level and from any discipline, environmental educators, STEM/STEAM practitioners and educators, anyone interested in ‘other ways of knowing’, interested in non-conventional approaches to a science investigation or practice.
Where: Shortridge Coastal Center Phippsburg, Maine
Cost: $475 early bird rate
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What is included: instruction, food (11 meals), lodging/accommodations, workshop materials
Additional Costs:
Transportation: participants will be responsible for their own transportation to/from Shortridge Coastal Center
Materials: bedding (sleeping bag and pillow), towels/toiletries, snacks
Packing List
Location: Shortridge Coastal Center is on a peninsula in the town of Phippsburg, Maine near the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area, with coastal beaches, salt marshes, freshwater lakes and ponds, and coastal forests. Shortridge Coastal Center is about 1 hour drive north of Portland, ME.
Contact Information: Rebecca Clark Uchenna
Email: rclark6@bates.edu
Office phone: (207) 786-6078
Your host: Rebecca Clark Uchenna, Director for Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area & Shortridge Coastal Center
Clark Uchenna manages the 600-acre conserved area of Bates-Morse Mountain and the 80-acres of Shortridge Coastal Center. In addition, she develops and implements place-based environmental education programming for diverse audiences and engages with Bates students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the broader community to increase environmental awareness and conservation practices. Clark Uchenna holds an M.S. in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Conservation Biology from Antioch University New England and a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology with a minor in Secondary Education from the University of Maine.
Your instructor: Lee Ann Woolery, Ph.D., Founder and Research Director at Citizen Artist
With a focus on divergent ways of knowing, Dr. Lee Ann Woolery developed Art-Based Perceptual Ecology, (ABPE) a transdisciplinary research approach for tackling complex environmental-social challenges. Dr. Woolery holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from Antioch University New England and a MAAT from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. For more information www.citizen-artist.com/about
