As we say farewell to summer, we want to take some time to share some recent work from the last few months. Learn more about our summer projects, partnerships, and professional development workshops in this post.

Last summer, I had the pleasure of talking at length with Robert Weisberg who writes the blog Museum Human, focused on organizational culture and cultural organizations. It all came together in an interview, with links shared here.

Co-creator and author Mike Murawski recently took some time out of his day to meet with Museum Studies students at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, about his book, Museums as Agents of Change. Mike enjoys every opportunity to connect with students, and this experience was no different.

November wrapped up an especially busy season for the Institutes for Changemakers, a multi-week online intensive for professionals that dives deeply into transformation and change, empowering participants towards action and equipping them with a road map to achieve their individual and, when applicable, institutional goals.

Super Nature Adventures has changed its name to Art Nature Place! Learn about our services for museums and culture institutions, as well as nature and environmental non-profits, schools, and government agencies.

Winter solstice is a wonderful time for families with kids to connect with the outdoors. This phenomenon can remind us of how we connect to the night sky and solar system, and gives us time to reflect on the values of rest and hibernation that we see in so many animals and plants this time of year. Need ideas to mark the winter solstice with your kids this year? Here are four ideas to help get you started.

The autumnal equinox is an exciting time of year to get outdoors and explore. In autumn, the equinox is marked by changes in the natural world that signal a maturation and preparation for the winter months. It has affiliations with harvest, abundance, gathering, slowing down, and gratitude. Need ideas to celebrate autumn equinox with your kids this year? Here are four ideas to help get you started.

Growing up, maps were such a key part of making connections with the places I lived, visited, or even imagined. It’s no wonder that my professional work has brought me back to this love of maps, and more specifically to the ways that maps can function as far more than a simple navigational tool. Whether I am designing a map on my own or teaching a map workshop with kids, I am thinking constantly about the ways that maps broaden perspectives and help us make meaningful connections to the larger world.

Earth Day is an annual event occurring on April 22 that honors the cause of environmental activism and its past, present, and ongoing efforts to solve a whole host of environmental crises ranging from climate change, to pollution and air quality, to the right to clean water for all. For many, it’s also a time to reflect on our own relationship to nature and the environment as well as the ways that we can further support the greater environmental cause. During this time of year, we are drawn to the words of botanist and Indigenous author Robin Kimmerer about the Honorable Harvest and concepts of reciprocity.

Through our work with schools and teachers throughout this past year, we’ve been focusing on ways to envision nature and the outdoors as something we can all experience together and share. One current project with fourth graders at the Rio del Sol School in Oxnard, California, has been using the sky to build these connections through observation, learning, reflection, and creative design.

The beginning of a new year is an important time to learn how to be present in the moment, in the here and now. Through all the joy and grief we might be experiencing as we transition into the new year of 2021, we can all benefit from practicing a few new habits of gratitude, care, mindfulness, and personal reflection.

One of our favorite go-to features is the visual organizer. You’ll find these in almost everything we design for Super Nature Adventures, from nature-themed booklets to field trip guides and maps. Learn more about why and how we use these pedagogical tools.