Installing the artwork are Pam Caserta Hugdahl (from left); Ryan Cindric, a junior in the Peck School of the Arts; Thomas Ferrella and James Barry. (UWM Photo/Pete Amland)
James Barry pounds in a metal support for the willow sticks. (UWM Photo/Pete Ambland)
Thomas Ferrella (left) and Pam Caserta Hughdahl work on installing Ferrella's "What Shapes Us" artwork. (UWM Photo/Pete Amland)
Thomas Ferrella's work invites the viewer to consider how we interact and affect the environment we live in. (UWM Photo/Pete Amland)
"Passing through Ferrella’s serpent-like sculptural installation along Downer Avenue prompts one to consider individual influences on the land," a guide to the exhibit says. (UWM Photo/Pete Amland)
Walkers on the UW-Milwaukee campus might have noticed some unusual and artful additions recently, including hundreds and hundreds of sticks planted in the earth along Downer Avenue.
They’re part of art history graduate student Pam Caserta Hughdahl’s thesis exhibition of works. Called “ECO Ephemeral,” the work focuses on environmentalism in art.
Caserta Hugdahl explores the topic of art and environmentalism through works by Madison-based artist Thomas Ferrella, artists’ books from the UWM Libraries Special Collections and UWM Sustainability initiatives. Ferrella also created artwork along UWM sidewalks from his painting, “Endangered Wisconsin, 2011.”
