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Before You Visit

• The Lloyd Library is open for collection use by appointment. All exhibits are currently closed. To schedule and appointment, email or call (513)721-3707. Saturday appointments must be scheduled by the Thursday prior at 4 p.m.
• Please review the researcher safety policy.
• A health/contact tracing questionaire is required with each visit.
• Materials identified in the Lloyd Catalog can be pulled upon request and ready for your visit.

Visiting and Using the Lloyd Library and Museum

• Enter the Lloyd Library and Museum through the Plum Street door. Please ring the doorbell for assistance.
• Face coverings for visitors and employees are manditory.
• Additionally, researchers using Library materials are required to fill out a Registration Form and present a photo ID upon arrival
• Reading Room Guidelines

Directions and Parking
Hours

Before You Visit

• The Lloyd Library is open for collection use by appointment. All exhibits are currently closed. To schedule and appointment, email or call (513)721-3707. Saturday appointments must be scheduled by the Thursday prior at 4 p.m.
• Please review the researcher safety policy.
• A health/contact tracing questionaire is required with each visit.
• Materials identified in the Lloyd Catalog can be pulled upon request and ready for your visit.

Visiting and Using the Lloyd Library and Museum

• Enter the Lloyd Library and Museum through the Plum Street door. Please ring the doorbell for assistance.
• Face coverings for visitors and employees are manditory.
• Additionally, researchers using Library materials are required to fill out a Registration Form and present a photo ID upon arrival
• Reading Room Guidelines

Directions and Parking
Hours

Join the Lloyd Library and Museum and Dr. Rama Kasturi for a spring excursion in Burnet Woods. Dr. Kasturi will lead the group through the park and its trails identifying blooming flower species and trees and explaining the various healthful benefits of nature.

Reservations required for this free event. Meet at Brookline Ave entrance. In compliance with COVID-19 safety practices, space is limited.

Dr. Rama Kasturi grew up in India immersed in the Ayurvedic traditions of herbal medicine with a grandfather who compounded natural pharmaceuticals. She has a PhD in biochemistry, has taught medical pharmacology at the University of Cincinnati, and has expertise in the field of North American botany. A breast cancer survivor who focuses on the healing power of nature, she attributes daily walks with her rescue dogs on the wooded trails of her neighborhood park with helping her regain robust physical, mental, and spiritual health. Self-described as an accidental artist, her book Four Seasons in Burnet Woods depicts her journey of healing through her nature photography.

Experience the wonder of winter woodlands in the heart of the Cincinnati during this hour-long walk, winding through the scenic trails of Burnet Woods. Learn about the environmental and health benefits of trees. Create your own forest-bathing experience as you learn how to identify a dozen local trees, “knock on wood” to release benevolent wood spirits, and soak up the beauty of nature, guided by biochemist and nature enthusiast, Dr. Rama Kasturi who has been walking in these woods almost every day for 25 years. Presented in partnership with Greater Cincinnati Wild Ones and Clifton Market.

Reservations required for this free event. Meet at the Brookline Ave enterance. In compliance with COVID-19 safety practices, space is limited. In case of inclement weather, we will reschedule to February 6, 2021.

Dr. Rama Kasturi grew up in India immersed in the Ayurvedic traditions of herbal medicine with a grandfather who compounded natural pharmaceuticals. She has a PhD in biochemistry, has taught medical pharmacology at the University of Cincinnati, and has expertise in the field of North American botany. A breast cancer survivor who focuses on the healing power of nature, she attributes daily walks with her rescue dogs on the wooded trails of her neighborhood park with helping her regain robust physical, mental, and spiritual health. Self-described as an accidental artist, her book Four Seasons in Burnet Woods depicts her journey of healing through her nature photography.

2020 Lloyd Artist-in-Residence, Shae Warnick will discuss her project, Sentimental Science. Warnick spent a month conducting on-site research at the Lloyd with an emphasis on historic ornithology books but also early travel and natural history texts for children. Warnick examined the importance of scientific objectivity while gently reflecting on the positive and negative role of sentiment, fiction, and folklore in connecting us with the natural world. As a result of her residency, Warnick created basic toy forms based on her research. There will be a Q & A after the lecture.

Registration is required.

Shae Warnick is an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Idaho. If she is not painting, she is outside learning names of things, reading natural history books, or opening specimen drawers in museum specimen collections. Having pursued a multidisciplinary study that combines scientific subjects such as ornithology and botany with fine art, Shae is uniquely suited to her subject matter.

Episode 4: Photography on the Edge: Interview with T.J. Vissing

During more than a year’s worth of visits documenting every season in photographs, TJ Vissing made new discoveries daily at the Edge of Appalachia Preserve in Adams County, Ohio. Vissing shares highlights, lessons learned and the importance of slowing down as he describes his time in the acres preserved thanks to the Ohio Nature Conservancy. This episode supplements the FotoFocus exhibit and lecture that was scheduled for October 2020 and is possible thanks to a FotoFocus Emergency Art Grant.

Permaculture holds great promise and potential as one of the main solutions to a more resilient and ecologically sustainable human–Earth relationship.  As a design science, permaculture can help us transition our cities, suburbs, farms and forests to capture and store greenhouse gasses, while generating energy, food, and ecological services. Join us for part 2 of The Potential of Permaculture, moderated by Alan Wight, as we dive into the revolution already underway in our region.

In Common Orchards & Regenerative Farms, meet two permaculture practitioners, Chris Smyth and Doug Crouch, as they explain the Common Orchards Project and take us on a tour of a new chestnut farm, and a regenerative agriculture education center called Treasure Lake. Participants will learn how permaculture is applied to a wide variety of settings, from vacant city lots to forest management, to agricultural restoration projects. Registration Required.

 

Alan Wight, Ph.D., is on faculty at The Christ College of Nursing. He runs their Service Learning Program and leads the Mt. Auburn Gardens Initiative & Collaborative. Alan also works with the University of Cincinnati, as their School and Community Food Forest Liaison, and teaches Fruit and Nut Production for Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. His current project, Edible City: An Art Atlas, explores Cincinnati’s foodshed, past, present, and future.

 

Doug Crouch is trained as a permaculture designer and fish and wildlife manager. He has extensive experience with landscape planning and food production systems. This regenerative design and implementation work spans the globe. He now lives on third generation land in Northern Kentucky, stewarding and educating at Treasure Lake Forest and Farm.

 

Chris Smyth is a regenerative designer. After studying and practicing permaculture for 11 years he now teaches and practices his craft in Cincinnati through consulting with individuals and organizations. Most of his efforts goes toward implementing permaculture orchards on vacant land as the Director of the Common Orchard Project.

Permaculture holds great promise and potential as one of the main solutions to a more resilient and ecologically sustainable human–Earth relationship.  As a design science, permaculture can help us transition our cities, suburbs, farms and forests to capture and store greenhouse gasses, while generating energy, food, and ecological services. Join us for our two-part series, moderated by Alan Wight, as we dive into the revolution already underway in our region.

In Cities and Suburbs, learn from experts Amy Stross and Braden Trauth as they discuss the theory, networks, and permaculture practices happening in Cincinnati and our surrounding suburbs.  Participants will see suburban lawns transformed and gain a sense of the local educational offerings, the nursery and plant resources available, and the online forums that support this important work. Registration required.

 

Alan Wight, Ph.D., is on faculty at The Christ College of Nursing. He runs their Service Learning Program and leads the Mt. Auburn Gardens Initiative & Collaborative. Alan also works with the University of Cincinnati, as their School and Community Food Forest Liaison, and teaches Fruit and Nut Production for Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. His current project, Edible City: An Art Atlas, explores Cincinnati’s foodshed, past, present, and future.

 Amy Stross specializes in permaculture gardening and edible landscaping and enjoys teaching and speaking about these topics. She holds a master’s degree in education and has received certification in both Permaculture Design and Community Garden Development. She has run the Tenth Acre Farm website since 2013, and her first book, The Suburban Micro-Farm: Modern Solutions for Busy People was first released in December 2016.

Braden Trauth is the Program Coordinator for the Horticulture Program in the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning at University of Cincinnati. He has been teaching and consulting about permaculture since 2007 with the Haitian Ministry of Agriculture on behalf of USAID, the Earthship Academy, and across the United States. He cofounded the Cincinnati Permaculture Institute and its edible landscaping nursery, Growing Value, for the past 12 and 10 years, respectively.

Join 2020 Lloyd Artist-in-Residence, Melissa Haviland, as she discusses her project Flourish, from on-site research to her work in the studio. Flourish includes more than 200 screen prints of botanical illustration printed on handmade linen paper that will be installed with wallpaper created to compliment the screen-printed plants. While in residence at the Lloyd, Havilland researched early travel and botanical illustration with a focus on cash crops of the past and present, examining their economies and those who have prospered.
Presentation with Q & A after.

Melissa Havilland is an artist-printmaker who lives and works in Athens, Ohio. She received a BFA from Illinois State University in 1998 and an MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2002. Haviland is currently a Professor of Printmaking at Ohio University where she teaches printmaking and papermaking.

Registration required.