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Art in Agriculture is an annual series through which artists and scientists examine a topic related to agriculture, food, the environment or natural resources.

Through the spring 2011 Art in Agriculture Initiative—Imagining Animals—the College of Agriculture, the College of Liberal Arts and the Department of Art at Auburn University explored the place of animals in art, ecology and agriculture.

Events included the following:

SCREENING of 2010 Emmy Award–winning HBO movie Temple Grandin, a film that explores Grandin’s life as an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in animal welfare and in improving livestock-handling facilities. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion of issues raised in the movie.
March 2, 2011
6 p.m.
Auburn University Science Center Auditorium

YORK LECTURE by Temple Grandin, animal scientist, designer of humane livestock-handling facilities and best-selling author of books about the humane treatment of livestock, the connections between humans and animals and her own struggles with autism.  Grandin was included on Time magazine's 2010 list of the "100 people who most affect our world."
March 31, 2011
7 p.m.,
Auburn University, Student Center Ballroom
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VIDEO PRESENTATION by Sam Easterson, whose video “Nature Holds My Camera: The Video Art of Sam Easterson” shows footage he shot of the natural environment as seen from the perspectives of animals and plants. Easterson’s work has been displayed in museums across the country and featured on the Discovery, Animal Planet and Sundance cable channels.
April 6, 2011
4 p.m.,
Auburn University, Biggin Hall, Room 5

Last Updated: October 20, 2011