Everyone in Houston lives within a few miles of a bayou. The bayous are why Houston was built here. Some people think of them as permanent, but the bayous are constantly changing. We try to manage our bayous, but they continually surprise us, especially during storms. Hurricane Harvey, the most recent big storm, is not the biggest storm event we know of – it isn’t even the 3rd biggest event. The question is not if there will be another Harvey-like event but will be prepared when it comes? Our ground is not unchanging; we need to learn to flex with it.
Trip foci:
Virtual field guide: https://flowarchive.com/hurricaneharvey/bbfieldguide
This trip is a 2.5 mile walk down a section of Buffalo Bayou where we will look at the archives of past storms and discuss what to do for future storms.
Note: Please wear clothing and shoes for a 2.5 mile walk along the bayou - Houston weather can be sunny one moment and raining the next.
Jerry Kendall is a global expert on the processes of mountain building. He began his geology career in the Arctic doing field exploration and research in Greenland and Svalbard. He has 40 years of experience in outdoor geology instruction in remote areas to varied groups, including Boy Scouts, students, and professional geologists. He has worked in academia and industry expanding the limits of knowledge on how multiple earth processes interact to produce mountains and hydrocarbon accumulations. He has a deep passion for understanding the integration of earth systems, how it impacts us, and sharing that understanding with others.
Jerry has been a resident of Houston Texas for 20 years. He currently advises students at the University of Houston Earth and Atmospheric Science department and is adjunct faculty at the University of New Mexico. He lives directly on Buffalo Bayou and has watched it flow, surge, and evolve over the last 20 years. He is interested in how the natural processes of the bayous have integrated with the anthropogenic efforts to coexist with it.
Kate Kendall is a conceptual artist who uses different media to explore ideas of time and desire in relation to landscape, history, and politics. She looks to the natural world as a less determined space than the human world to soften boundaries and complicate, challenge, and enrich the viewer’s perspective on reality. As a conceptual artist, she uses many different media, ranging from sculpture and installation to video, sound, and text, to help communicate ideas and create experiences. Her goal is to promote new narratives and visual languages that investigate mobility and enable us to live with complexity and difference together.
Kate received her MFA from CalArts in 2015 and her BA in Studio Art from the University of Southern California in 2007. She has exhibited in Los Angeles, New Mexico, South Africa, and Houston, TX. For more information visit: katekendall.info
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