In conversation: Judith Belzer and Michael Pollan

Thursday, February 12, 5-7 PM
Hosfelt Gallery, 260 Utah Street

Judith Belzer is a Berkeley-based artist who uses the language of landscape to try to understand and come to terms with the current environmental, political and social climate. Her most recent work explores the idea that instability and unpredictability, though anxiety-provoking, may offer opportunity for growth… and maybe even the possibility of finding peace. Belzer graduated from Barnard College with a degree in English and studied art at The New York Studio School. A Guggenheim Fellow, until recently, she taught at Harvard University in the Department of Art, Film and Visual Studies.

Michael Pollan is a writer, teacher and activist. His newest book, A World Appears, will be published later this month. He is the author of nine previous books, including This is Your Mind on Plants, How to Change Your Mind, Cooked, Food Rules, In Defense of Food, The Omnivore’s Dilemma and The Botany of Desire, all of which were New York Times Bestsellers. Pollan too, is a Guggenheim Fellow. He lives in Berkeley with his wife, Judith Belzer.