December 2014

Brandon Ballengée wears many hats. And, as a visual artist, biologist and environmental activist, he often wears them simultaneously.

According to his website, he, “creates transdisciplinary artworks inspired from his ecological field and laboratory research.”

As Ballengée explains, “I’m kind of a strange hybrid mix between an artist and a biologist.”

Climate and Environment

Land and Housing

Race and Racial Justice

Africatown’s Hog Bayou

The historical value of Africatown's Hog Bayou was carved in stone long before the Oil Barons of the world discovered Africatown's valuable wetlands. Africatown's Hog Bayou will forever be known as the place in Mobile where the "African" slaves taught the "American" slaves how to feed themselves and their loved ones after slavery had ended. The last recorded shipment of slaves to arrive in America landed aboard the slave ship Clotilde in 1860. The Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, freeing all slaves.

Climate and Environment

Disaster, Response and Renewal

Media and Arts

The Great Invisible - Q&A with filmmaker Margaret Brown and Antonia Juhasz

Since 2010, I've followed the development of Margaret Brown’s documentary The Great Invisible, which explores the BP disaster with great care, artistry and respect through the eyes of people on many sides of the issues, from survivors of the rig explosion to unemployed seafood workers and representatives of government and industry.

Art Exhibit in Lafayette, Louisiana Examines “Eco Displacement”

Africatown’s Hog Bayou

The Great Invisible - Q&A with filmmaker Margaret Brown and Antonia Juhasz