Where will the frogs sing? with Vera Saltzman and Sue Bland
Where will the frogs sing?
with Vera Saltzman and Sue Bland
Join us via Zoom Wednesday, March 29th, at 7 pm EDT
Many of us long for a way to make a difference. Sometimes, the most important work is as close as our front yards.
This week we will talk with Vera Saltzman and Sue Bland, co-creators of “Where will the frogs sing?” Together they explore what it means to hold a deep relationship with nearby land while transforming their internalized colonial mindsets and creating opportunities for public engagement and conversation.
“Where will the frogs sing?” is a series of creative responses acknowledging the beauty and the destruction of small remnants of land in SE Saskatchewan, Canada. Often called “marginal land”, Vera and Sue explore these remnants - “wild” (wetlands, aspen groves, and native prairie) and “naturalized” (land humans altered which may become “wild” - ditches, shelterbelts, dugouts).
To cultivate awareness, together and alone, Sue and Vera regularly visit 3 areas home to many of these representative remnants. Two are just across the road from their own homes; one is threatened by development and the other by agriculture. The third, 2 hours away, is stewarded by Vera and her husband.
Join us as we explore what it means to care for the land that cares for us. And why witnessing and attending to even the smallest remnants of land is work that truly matters.
Vera Saltzman is a photographer exploring place and identity using a hybrid analog and digital practice across the photographic genres of landscape, architecture, and portraiture. Her work is transitioning from a focus on a “sense of place” and “belonging” to considering how to develop a reciprocal relationship with the land itself.
Sue Bland is a visual artist, writer, and facilitator who focuses on the natural world through her watercolor and cut-paper collage art. She leads art and nature-based playshops and retreats.
In preparation for this conversation, check out Vera & Sue’s substack blog.
