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Nature's Witness Documentary | Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art

In 2023, Virginia MOCA embarked on a two-year collaboration with Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) students from Seatack Elementary An Achievable Dream Academy and the Environmental Studies Program. Their work was inspired by two Virginia MOCA exhibitions, Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature's Underworld and Duke Riley: O'er the Wide and Plastic Sea. In year one (2023–2024) students worked in handmade nature journals to document their observations of the local watershed and ecosystems. Their sketches and field notes were informed by visits to the Brock Environmental Center and its surrounding nature preserve as well as the urban setting of Virginia MOCA. These journals served as a foundation for understanding and appreciating their natural surroundings. In year two (2024–2025) students transformed their observations and knowledge into a collaborative outdoor sculpture for the Museum's front lawn. Their completed sculpture, Change How We Sea Life, demonstrates the power of interdisciplinary learning and creativity, encouraging both the students and visitors to be curious, informed, and engaged citizens of our natural world. It presents an urgent call from today's youth to bear witness to and protect our natural environment. This film was produced in collaboration with Jeremy Bates Film.