Abstract
The Earth Circle Exhibit is a traveling art exhibit consisting of twelve pieces of art, each
mounted on a two meter standing frame; the frames connect together to form a circle of art. Each
piece of art in the exhibit has been developed under the influence of an overarching theme in earth
literacy. This theme and the artist’s statement about the theme appear on the standing frame below
the artist’s work. The exhibit will be crated and brought to participating high schools for viewing
accompanied by a lecture on earth literacy topics. Visitors to the exhibit will be led to view each
piece of art in succession where the themes may be discerned within the piece of art and read below
it. Hopefully this will lead participants to develop novel ways of considering and thinking about
human ecology as well as provide a renewed awareness of ecological issues. The earth circle exhibit
is designed to utilize art as a pedagogical medium, a medium designed to attain affective domainbased learning outcomes in addition to the traditional cognitive-based pedagogical outcomes that
will be provided by the lecture. The desired outcome of the exhibit and lecture is to produce
lingering images and ideas that may spur additional, higher level thinking and subsequent classroom
discussions about human ecology.
