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Promise and Peril: A Study in Biodiversity
The natural world is in a state of constant flux. It seems that more and more often, we hear about…
Before California: Laura Cunningham
The David Brower Center believes that art has unique transformative power, especially when placed in the service of activism. As…
Thinking Like A River: Art, Advocacy, and the Legacy of David Brower
Environmentalist, mountaineer and visionary David R. Brower changed the way our society thinks about natural places and, consequently, changed the…
Land, Use: Works by Amy Franceschini and Fernando García-Dory
Amy Franceschini and Fernando Garcia-Dory share artistic interests and approaches. Using social practice methods such as direct engagement with communities,…
One Cubic Foot: Miniature Surveys in Biodiversity, Photographs by David Liittschwager
How much life grows or passes, on land or sea, through one cubic foot of space? To find out, and…
Hello Tomorrow: Bay Area Artists Envision the Future
The Brower Center asked Bay Area artists to respond to David Brower’s quote: “Have a good time saving the world.…
Methods and Materials: Ecological Art in Practice with Daniel McCormick
Daniel McCormick has practiced ecological art for 25 years, installing sculptural works in damaged natural environments to effect positive ecological…
Running the Numbers: Chris Jordan
In Chris Jordan’s series Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait, begun in 2005, the artist represented the staggering statistics of…
Water, Rivers and People / Agua, Ríos y Pueblos: Images of the Global Effort to Defend Rivers and Human Rights
Presented in partnership with International Rivers and the Madera Group The result of an international collaboration, the David Brower Center’s current exhibition is…
The Lake Project: Photographs By David Maisel
In 2001, David Maisel photographed at Owens Lake, once a 200-square-mile lake on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada…