You could whine about turning 40, or you could celebrate by publishing a coffee-table book about yourself. Well played, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District.The district, which those in the know call MROSD, plans to mark the big 4-0 in 2012 by putting out said book, and is calling all poets, painters and other artists to take part. The tome will feature words and images inspired by MROSD's open-space preserves. If a hike moves you to bust out the watercolors, you may be just the person.
Guidelines for submission include the statement "We are especially interested in images reflecting the wide range of habitats across District lands, including riparian, grassland, chaparral, and redwood environments." Cool. What rhymes with "riparian"?
Info here. Photography submissions are closed, but people can still submit other types of art.
Another note on art en plein air: Stanford biologists including former university president Donald Kennedy have launched a new podcast series that gives listeners a tour of the campus' plants, animals and outdoor art. Artworks will be viewed "through a science lens as examples of Science Art." I'm not sure what that means, but I'm looking forward to taking the tour once I find my mud-proof shoes.
Pictured: Wildlife in the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, photographed by Strether Smith. Image drawn from the district's desktop wallpaper gallery at openspace.org.
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