Catherine Chalmers

Dreams of Solitaire, Session I of the all-day Wonder Cabinet and symposium, Should You Ever Happen to Find Yourself in Solitary: Wry Fancies and Stark Realities, organized by the New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU. (Nov.

The Foster's mission is to inspire reflection, discussion, and education about art, wilderness, and the natural world. A huge part of this effort includes sharing the work of artist explorers like Tony Foster. We're honoring/featuring other artist-explorers who are making an impact in their field.

About the Artist Chalmers holds a B.S. Engineering, Stanford University and an M.F.A. Painting, Royal College of Art, London and is a Guggenheim Fellow. Her work has been exhibited and published widely - New York Times, Washington Post, ArtNews, PBS, NPR, and BBC. She has two books: FOOD CHAIN and AMERICAN COCKROACH.

Were it not for insects, we would all be dead. If mammals were to disappear, and leave humans as the sole representative, the planet would still hum along, differently perhaps, but the juggernaut that is us would not be in peril.