Pollination Investigation — Student Art From DZS Afterschool Programs

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See how the next generation uses nature’s inspiration to create art!

Did you know the Detroit Zoological Society partners with three community organizations to provide afterschool programming to 11 sites throughout the metro Detroit region? For the past two years, kindergarten through eighth-grade students have discovered nature in their neighborhoods thanks to a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Over the course of six weeks, students studied the roles pollinators have in creating diverse landscapes. Students used their gained knowledge of how the shape, color and scent of flowers attract different pollinators to create pollinator gardens. In addition to artistic renderings, the students will continue to work together to plant pollinator gardens in their schools and community centers that will provide food sources to visiting pollinators.

See the results of their work at the temporary art installation on the top floor of the Detroit Zoo’s Ford Education Center. The student art is complimented by a poster exhibit created by Smithsonian Gardens in collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History and made available by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. It is funded in part by the Smithsonian Women’s Committee.