Holiday of the Reindeer
Senya Koyakin
Watercolor on paper
The watercolor painting above is by Senya Koyakin, a middle school student in Zhigansk, Siberia. Senya's art, and that of other Siberian schoolchildren, is visiting AAAS in Washington, DC, as part of The Student Partners Project: Engaging Students and the Public in the Science of Climate Change.
AAAS hosts an opening reception tonight (May 14) at 6pm, featuring a lecture by Dr. Robert Max Holmes, Associate Scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center, and a videoconference with the children. The artwork will remain on display until June 6.
Press release here.
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That's a wonderful work of art by Senya. Sounds like a terrific exhibit. Wish I could get down to DC and see it!
Thanks for posting it.