NYC’s Fishy History

Image courtesy of the artist.

Sunday, March 1st, 2020
11AM

In NYC’s Fishy History: stories about our relationship to fish and other natural resources, historical marine ecologist and performing artist Carolyn Hall shares some of her research and stories on the history of New York City fish and fisheries and how that research has shaped her thinking about what we take as ours without question.

Discussion to follow: What is the value of a fish left in the water? There are many natural resources that we use without thinking about their needs or their contributions to our shared ecosystems. What are some of those others and how do we relate to them? What are our stories around them – or do we even think about them?

Carolyn Hall is a Brooklyn-based dancer/performer, historical marine ecologist, and science communications instructor. She works freelance at all of these and is currently involved in gigs with Third Rail Projects, Carrie Ahern, the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, the American Fisheries Society, and Works on Water. She is increasingly invested in combining her artist and scientist halves to make data-rich science more understandable, embodied, and memorable for the general public.

Join us at the cHURCH for NYC’s Fishy History: stories about our relationship to fish and other natural resources, an artist presentation and discussion by Carolyn Hall. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served.