http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/multimedia/video/category/art en-us ℗ & © Copyright 2026 Learn about ocean-related art and performances and the ways that art can be used to communicate scientific concepts in these short video podcasts from the Aquarium of the Pacific. Aquarium of the Pacific Learn about ocean-related art and performances and the ways that art can be used to communicate scientific concepts in these short video podcasts from the Aquarium of the Pacific. The Long Beach, California-based Aquarium regularly hosts exhibits and performances to inspire interest in the ocean and environment in new ways. Speakers in the institution’s Guest Speaker Series have included sculptors, painters, photographers, filmmakers, and also sound artists. Learn about ocean-related art and performances and the ways that art can be used to communicate scientific concepts in these short video podcasts from the Aquarium of the Pacific. The Long Beach, California-based Aquarium regularly hosts exhibits and performances to inspire interest in the ocean and environment in new ways. Speakers in the institution’s Guest Speaker Series have included sculptors, painters, photographers, filmmakers, and also sound artists. Aquarium of the Pacific aquariumofpacific@lbaop.org no Aquarium of the Pacific The Curious World of Seaweed Josie Iselin recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 30, 2020. Iselin is an artist and author of the new book, The Curious World of Seaweed. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_josieiselin.mp4#id:8107#date:01:26 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:26:00 PST 7:03 Aquarium of the Pacific The Curious World of Seaweed Lecture date: January 30, 2020. Josie Iselin will share images of her artwork, discuss how her interest in art and science brought her to study seaweed, and introduce a few women scientists who were crucial in broadening our understanding of the oceans. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_josieiselin.mp4#id:8103#date:01:07 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:07:00 PST 79:39 Aquarium of the Pacific One Artist, Five Oceans Danielle Eubank recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on November 5, 2019. Eubank is a painter and member of The Explorer’s Club, and a 2018 Creative Climate Awards nominee. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_danielleeubank.mp4#id:8045#date:23:10 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:10:00 PST 5:36 Aquarium of the Pacific One Artist, Five Oceans Lecture date: November 5, 2019. Danielle Eubank discusses the process of documenting the world's oceans in her paintings. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_danielleeubank.mp4#id:8042#date:22:54 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 14:54:00 PST 52:31 Aquarium of the Pacific One Man's Journey in Pursuit of Art in Nature Lecture date: June 27, 2018. Andres Pruna shares stories of his experiences, photos, and film clips documenting his travels, mainly in Patagonia. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_andrespruna.mp4#id:7399#date:21:06 Tue, 29 May 2018 14:06:00 PDT 78:16 Aquarium of the Pacific Integrating Art and Science: Shifting Perspectives to Inspire Change JD Talasek recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 18, 2018. Talasek is the director of Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_jdtalasek.mp4#id:7111#date:22:12 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:12:00 PST 4:41 Aquarium of the Pacific Integrating Art and Science: Shifting Perspectives to Inspire Change Lecture date: January 18, 2018. J.D. Talasek provides an overview of some of the activities occurring in the office of Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences that explore the integration of art, science, and other creative inquiries. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_jdtalasek.mp4#id:7107#date:22:01 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:01:00 PST 39:02 Aquarium of the Pacific Journey Through the Everglades Mac Stone recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 18, 2016. Stone is a conservation photographer who frequently works in swamps and wetlands of the southeastern U.S. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_macstone.m4v#id:6543#date:18:02 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:02:00 PDT 13:23 Aquarium of the Pacific Journey Through the Everglades Lecture date: October 18, 2016. Photographer Mac Stone shared images and stories from his book, Everglades: America’s Wetland. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_macstone.m4v#id:6539#date:17:51 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 10:51:00 PDT 55:49 Aquarium of the Pacific Swimming in the Age of Fishes: Art, Imagination, and the Unknowable Lecture date: October 12, 2016. Artist Gail Wight discussed how topics in biology—like deep time, species diversity, extinction, and the forces of weather on habitat—drive her studio practice. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_gailwight.m4v#id:6538#date:17:43 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 10:43:00 PDT 51:57 Aquarium of the Pacific The Storm of Creativity Kyna Leski recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 29, 2016. Leski is a professor of architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design, a founding principal of 3six0 Architecture, and an artist, actor, and writer. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_kynaleski.m4v#id:6372#date:21:34 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:34:00 PDT 6:40 Aquarium of the Pacific The Storm of Creativity Lecture date: March 29, 2016. Kyna Leski discusses her book, The Storm of Creativity, which examines the creative process. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_kynaleski.m4v#id:6369#date:20:56 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:56:00 PDT 52:47 Aquarium of the Pacific Marty Quinn, Wendy Quinn and Eddie Freeman Lecture date: December 8, 2105. Marty Quinn, Wendy Quinn and Eddie Freeman discussed Symphony of Jellies, a project that translates the movements of sea jellies into music. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_symphonyofthejellies.m4v#id:6181#date:18:38 Tue, 22 Dec 2015 10:38:00 PST 01:02:20 Aquarium of the Pacific Images of the Grand Canyon in 2014 and Environment Impacts in the Last Sixty Years Lecture date: October 21, 2014. Ty Bowman discusses his photography of the Grand Canyon. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_tybowman.m4v#id:5702#date:00:39 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:39:00 PST 59:30 Aquarium of the Pacific Images of the Grand Canyon in 2014 and Environment Impacts in the Last Sixty Years Ty Bowman recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 21, 2014. He discussed his photography of the Grand Canyon. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_tybowman.m4v#id:5695#date:23:36 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:36:00 PST 3:07 Aquarium of the Pacific Portraying Scientists as Geeks and Madmen: Can Hollywood Reverse the Trend it Started? Lecture date: September 29, 2014. Jerry Zucker is the Hollywood lead on the Science-Entertainment Exchange, a program of the National Academy of Sciences. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_jerryzucker.m4v#id:5659#date:20:26 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:26:00 PST 56:10 Aquarium of the Pacific Portrait of a Coral Reef Jim Hellemn recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on April 23, 2013. His photography has appeared in National Geographic magazine and at the American Museum of Natural History. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_jimhellemn.m4v#id:4669#date:17:17 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 10:17:00 PDT 3:08 Aquarium of the Pacific Portrait of a Coral Reef Lecture date: April 23, 2013. Jim Hellemn's photography has appeared in National Geographic magazine and at the American Museum of Natural History. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_jimhellemn.m4v#id:4668#date:17:13 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 10:13:00 PDT 55:16 Aquarium of the Pacific Sharks: The Beauty of the Ocean Predator Lecture date: March 7, 2013. Underwater cinematographer Richard Theiss and sculptor Victor Douieb discussed their personal experiences with sharks, shark conservation, and their work documenting sharks. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_theiss-douieb2.m4v#id:4645#date:22:06 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:06:00 PDT 66:30 Aquarium of the Pacific Penguins: A Photographic Expedition to Antarctica Painter, photographer, and naturalist J.J. L'Heureux shared her photographs and stories from her eleven years of annual expeditions to Antarctica during her lecture on March 20, 2012. http://www.aquariumofpacific.org//multimedia_files/video/vc_jjlheureux.m4v#id:4174#date:14:47 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 07:47:00 PDT 3:21 Aquarium of the Pacific Using Animated Films to Make Ocean Issues Come Alive for Kids "The Plastic Perils of the Pacific" highlights the issue of plastic pollution in the ocean and how it affects the animals that live there. "Dissolving Destinies", a 3D animated film, addresses ocean acidification and follows a crab through a coral reef. Strathmann is an assistant professor of animation at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. http://www.aquariumofpacific.org//multimedia_files/video/vc_brandonstrathmann.m4v#id:4167#date:21:01 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:01:00 PDT 4:49 Aquarium of the Pacific The Deepwater Horizon Blowout: Two Perspectives—An Artist and a Scientist Daniel Beltra and Larry McKinney presented a joint lecture at the Aquarium on October 13, 2011, and discussed the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Beltra is a professional photographer based in Seattle. His photography covering the Gulf spill was exhibited at the Aquarium. McKinney provided the scientist's perspective. He serves as the executive director of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_danielbeltra.m4v#id:3751#date:16:55 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:55:00 PST 3:55 Aquarium of the Pacific Ocean Duets / Sea Photo Assignments and Conservation Michele Westmorland, who spoke at the Aquarium on March 30, 2011, is a photojournalist with a twenty-year history of traveling the world documenting the marine life that inhabits the oceans. Her work has appeared in national and international publications, including National Geographic Traveler, Outside, Sport Diver, and Scuba Diving. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_michelewestmorland.m4v#id:3667#date:15:25 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 08:25:00 PDT 2:35 Aquarium of the Pacific Wonders of the Sea Marc Shargel, who spoke at the Aquarium on June 28, 2011, has been diving along the California coast since 1978. He has been working as a professional marine life photographer for over twenty years. A longtime advocate for the adoption of marine reserves, Shargel served on the state's official advisory body, helping to select sites for marine protected areas along the southern central coast. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_marcshargel.m4v#id:3672#date:15:38 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:38:00 PDT 2:58 Aquarium of the Pacific Women: From Paris to West Africa Garcetti has spent much of his life as an urban photographer, with solo exhibitions at the United Nations in New York, National Building Museum in Washington D.C., and Millennium Art Museum in Beijing, among other institutions and galleries. In 2003 American Photo named Garcetti one of the country’s four master photographers. In addition to his photography, Garcetti has taught at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_gilgarcetti.m4v#id:3403#date:04:21 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:21:00 PDT 4:07 Aquarium of the Pacific Art, When Science Isn’t Enough Goods graduated in 2002 in the graphic design program at Art Center College of Design and currently serves as the visual strategist for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He co-curated a show called "Data + Art: Art and Science in the Age of Information" at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_dangoods.m4v#id:3402#date:00:15 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:15:00 PDT 4:32 Aquarium of the Pacific Storytelling with Nature Photography Ian Shive is an award-winning photographer whose images have appeared in Time Magazine, U.S. News and World Report, National Geographic, Popular Science, The Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Popular Photography and Outside Magazine. Shive’s profession has taken him around the world and he has become an active advocate for the causes he photographs. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_ianshive.m4v#id:2881#date:01:39 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:39:00 PDT 4:20 Aquarium of the Pacific Wavemaker Artist Reuben Margolin has spent the last ten years making kinetic sculptures inspired by wave motion. Seeking to combine the logic of mathematics with the sensuousness of nature, Reuben built a series of monumental mechanical mobiles that have been exhibited internationally, including at the Aquarium of the Pacific. He received his BA from Harvard University, has studied at art schools in Russia and Italy, and has been an artist in residence in Spain and India. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_reubenmargolin.m4v#id:2321#date:13:09 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:09:00 PDT 3:10 Aquarium of the Pacific Women Surfing: Two Women at the Top of the Wave Sara Gerhardt and Elizabeth Pepin not only know how to surf waves, they also know how to make them. Each in her own way has pushed the envelope for women in the male-dominated world of surfing. Gerhardt, who has a PhD in physical chemistry, has been a surfer for over 20 years. She was the first woman to surf Mavericks with its 20 foot tall waves. Pepin has been capturing the women's surf scene with her camera since 1997. Her skills at photographing the surfing scene have earned her four Emmy Awards. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_pepin_gerhardt_podcast.m4v#id:1806#date:18:29 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:29:00 PDT 11:19