If you want to be a scientist, you enroll in 4-10 years of higher education. If you want to be an artist, you go to art school and learn a classic technique. Two choices; a binary. Right?

Or, could it be that there’s an entire spectrum of choices in between? In this episode, we explore the places where art and science connect with three talented people who have a foot in both worlds. Aissa Domingo is an artist, photographer, and illustrator, Nicole Parish is an artist and naturalist, and Kathleen Baraan is a nature-based art educator. All three have unique perspectives on the shared practice of art and science, and our discussion reveals how important art is to telling scientific stories.

See more of Aissa’s work on her website: https://aissadomingo.com/wp/

And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aissa_domingo/

And more of Nicole’s work on hers: https://www.soundoftheforest.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_soundoftheforest_/

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/soundoftheforest.bsky.social

Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soundoftheforest

And follow Kathleen’s work on her website: https://beacons.ai/deartoourhearts

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deartoourhearts/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deartoourhearts/

A transcript of this episode can be found here: Aissa Domingo, Kathleen Baraan, and Nicole Parish - Transcript

Other resources and people mentioned in this episode:

Leonard Co: https://www.philippineplants.org/General/AboutLeonard.html

Baba Dioum: https://biographycentral.com/biography/baba_dioum

Wild Wonder Foundation’s prompts for nature journaling: https://www.wildwonder.org/store/p/nj-zine

The Philippine Taxonomic Initiative: https://phtaxa.org/

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