CHELENZO FARMS & Ecoartspace
June 15-18, 2026. Los Cerrillos, New Mexico. Thank you to Patricia Watts of ecoartspace and Lorenzo and Chelsea Dominguez of Chelenzo Farms. Students learned about regenerative farming and connective aesthetics through discussions, readings, group meals, garden tours, cheese making and goat milking. A collaborative drawing project with led by Carol Flueckiger pondered how practicing basic drawing methods such as negative space, color dripping and continuous line could deepen our connective experiences to the environment and our food sources. Special Thank you to Associate Professor of Art Education Andrés Peralta for teaming up to co-create this experience and anchor students in Eco Art, Futurism & Foodways, AgriTech, Green Humanities and Blue Humanities. This trip was generously funded by School of Art and Talkington College of Visual and Performing Arts. Students: Mia Deleon, Art Education, Jenny Eskew, MAE, Leigh Harrison, MAE, Mikayla Haynie, MAE, Courtney Lamb, Art Education, Liz Perez, Art Education.
Chelenzo Farms, regenerative farming tour.
Playa Classroom
June 6, 2026. Nazareth, TX. Drawing Playa Wetlands Field Day at the Playa Classroom in Nazareth, TX. Twenty people gathered to draw and experience a playa wetland. Thanks to our fearless workshop leaders: Jose Barrientos, Nature Journalist, Darryl Birkenfeld, Playa Wetlands expert and myself, Carol Flueckiger, Eco Artist.
Playa Classroom, Nazareth, TX
Playa Classroom, Nazareth, TX
La Cuna Art Center
April 18, 2026. Castell, Texas. Carol Flueckiger and students Jenny Eskew (MAE) and Leigh Harrison (MAE) attended the Land + Water conference sponsored by Llano River Watershed Alliance and La Cuna Art Center. They learned about land art, land stewardship and water. They also presented a prairie plant drawing workshop for the conference attendees.
Playa Classroom
Feb. 3, 2026. Nazareth, Texas. “The days are getting longer, now that we are over 6 weeks past the Winter Solstice. Last week, Prof. Carol Flueckiger and three of her students visited OC's Playa Classroom to observe current conditions. They marveled at one of the large “macropore” holes lying across the playa basin, evidence of aquifer recharge during the wet period of abundant surface water this past summer.” Darryl L. Birkenfeld, Ph.D., Director Emeritus, Ogallala Commons
Students: Playa Classroom, Nazareth, TX with Ella Davis, Honors/Computer Science and Calvin Tong, Honors/Cell and Molecular Biology and Lillian Mahan, Art, Media, Technology.
Playa Classroom, Nazareth, TX
Playa Classroom, Nazareth, TX with Ella Davis, Honors/Computer Science and Calvin Tong, Honors/Cell and Molecular Biology.
Western Slope Conservation Center
June 17-19, 2025, Paonia, CO. Participate in art workshops that enhance learning about overlooked landscape,s beavers, control burns and water conservation. Art workshops include Landscape Painting, Drawing Playa Wetlands and Solar Powered Painting. instructors: Professor Carol Flueckiger, Marc Jeanin, MFA Ceramics, Veronica Valdez, MAE Art Education.
Directions to Paonia, CO from Lubbock, TX.
Playa Classroom
June 7, 2025. Nazareth, Texas. Drawing Playa Wetlands workshop for Ogallala Commons Playa Classroom in Nazareth, Texas. Professor Carol Flueckiger, Marc Jeanin, MFA Ceramics and Veronica Valdez, MAE facilitate twenty participants (farmers, artists, ranchers, activists) to learn about the ecology of playa wetlands through drawing.
Playa Classroom, Nazareth, TX
Playa Classroom, Nazareth, TX
Flower Power Energy Meets Art
February 25, 2025. Lubbock, TX. Student tour Flower Power Energy Meets Art Plant in Lubbock, TX and apply ideas about renewable energy (wind and solar) to artistic design for turbine blades in the classroom. Guest Artist Dr. Gre from the University of Southampton worked with students on designs. The designs were presented at the Lubbock Festival. Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe and Biology professor Jyoti Sharma were visited with students about their designs at the Lubbock Art Festival.
City of Lubbock Water Treatment Plant
February 4, 2025. Lubbock, TX. Students tour City of Lubbock Water Treatment Plant and then work on color dripping compositions in the classroom.
City of Lubbock Water Treatment Plant
Ogallala Commons
June 2024. Nazareth, TX. Graduate student Kirstyn Wright (Painting) was an intern with Ogallala Commons, a non-profit land stewardship organization that spans across the great plains region. She worked on art projects about great plans culture and gave presentations at Ogallala Commons events during the year.
Kirstyn Wright in west Texas Industrial farm complex land.
Elsewhere Studios
June 2024. Paonia, CO. Celebrating our seventh year of Art, Environment, Sustainability. This summer, we had two graduate students in residence at Elsewhere Studios, Carly McMahon (Sculpture) and Johnathan Jimenez (Sculpture). Students worked on projects about railroad stories, natural plant dyes and bioplastics.
Elsewhere Studios, Paonia, CO
Flower Power Energy Meets Art
February 15, 2024. Lubbock, TX. Student tour Flower Power Energy Meets Art Plant in Lubbock, TX. They take make ideas about renewable energy (wind and solar) to the studio and apply to artistic design for turbine blades in the classroom. Designs were presented at Lubbock Festival for viewing.
Students: Elyse Arnold, Ana Castilla, Brittney Gamucero, Mona Goh, Maya Harron, Madeline Hensler, James Irwin, Ameerah Joseph, Nora Lyons, Beatrice Madrid, Tabby Marandiz, Alex Morales, Cesar Sandoval, Savannah Tevino, Kasey Watts
Touring Flower Power Enegy Meets Art corporation, Lubbock, TX
