Most of my early professional work was ethnographic, having received doctoral training in anthropology. I later began crafting stories with materials, sounds and light to express what is beyond language. I still work in relationship with people but mostly, nowadays, with plants and soils whose lessons are far worthier of our attention.

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Art Extension Service

Art Extension Service

Makalé Cullen
Curatorial, Production, Collections

Together, with artist Margaret Boozer and soil scientist, Edward R. Landa, I co-directed the Urban Soils Institute’s Art Extension Service from 2019-2021. We worked to: 

  • Provide residency opportunities for international artists and geological scientists to exchange data, tools and materials, while freely exploring common interests and passions

  • Create an interactive community of scientists, artists, and citizens working on urban soils

  • Promote soils education through fun, accessible, poetic and unexpected means

Visit the Urban Soils Institute for more information and to get involved!

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