After getting their degrees in Expressive Art Therapy and Deaf Cultural Studies, and certified in American Sign Language, Summer taught ASL, Spanish, and Deaf Culture in various high schools and colleges/universities for 15+ years. Born and raised in the cypress swamp of North Florida, Summer has navigated through various life experiences as a human being who happens to be deaf. Summer, as a certified Nature and Forest Therapy guide, works in partnership with Nature to provide opportunities to help humans re-connect with the Earth and themselves. The Arboretum offers extensive educational programming for all ages conducts leading research on tree health and tree improvement breeds and introduces hardy and disease-resistant trees and shrubs for distribution throughout the Midwest and presents nature-related activities year-round for people of all ages and interests.Īlso on the grounds are the Visitor Center and Plant Clinic, The Arboretum Store, Ginkgo Restaurant and Café, four-acre Children’s Garden, one-acre Maze Garden, an environmentally-friendly parking lot, and a paved walking trail around restored Meadow Lake. Situated on the rolling Valparaiso moraine and bisected by the East Branch of the DuPage River, the Arboretum is planned and planted to nurture and display trees and shrubs in environments conducive to their growth. The Morton Arboretum's 1,700 acres hold more than 222,000 live plants representing nearly 4,300 taxa from around the world.
The Arboretum champions the world's trees through scientific study, conservation, education, and outreach. Today, our living collections inspire visitors to appreciate, learn about, plant, and protect trees. When Joy Morton established The Morton Arboretum in 1922, he envisioned a “great outdoor museum” of trees. When you spend time with nature, it’s perfection, peace and joys within you come alive.” The natural world mirrors yourself back to you. Art here represents a pictorial narrative beyond just words and is an attempt to develop a language of human-nature relationships embodied in visual forms.Īccording to Theresa Sweeney, Ph.D., in her book ‘Eco-Art Therapy’, “The same wordless intelligence that permeates outer nature innately resides within you. Goldsworthy’s aesthetic could be described as a deep connection and understanding of natural space and place and how art can interweave with nature to represent a narrative of a living space. This art makes art out of raw materials of the natural space where it takes place and can be seen in the works of artists such as Andy Goldsworthy (2004). The land art movement (Tiberghien 1995 Kastner 1998) explores the aesthetic and reconnective power of art as it is embedded in the landscape. Some artists leading this movement, and working on a large scale, were Andy Goldsworthy, Robert Smithson, Steve Tobin, and Nils-Udo. The Land Art Movement began which connected art with the natural world.
In the 1960’s and 70’s, however, we developed more environmental awareness. Such art is often considered child’s play while ‘serious’’ art for adults is often housed in galleries and museums. We make an ephemeral connection with earth art when we build a snowman or sandcastle carve a Halloween pumpkin or decorate easter eggs. This connection can then inspire you to create art which could be a kind of narrative, beyond words, of your personal connection with the natural world. You will be using all of your senses, especially the heart sense to notice and honor a sense of place and to develop a deeper connection with the natural world.
On these walks you will be invited to use your heart, mind and hands to partner with nature to to explore the expressive arts.
During this four day Immersion you will be going on daily Forest Therapy walks.
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