A new series of public discussions between contemporary artists and leaders in the scientific, arts and conservation communities created by a special partnership of the organizations Nurture New York's Nature, New York City Audubon, The Nature Conservancy & Ecoartspace. discussion, book signing and reception The Human/Nature series is pleased to announce the second event in its landmark series in honor of the 40th anniversary of Alan Sonfist's Time Landscape. Date: Wednesday, June 1, 7:00-8:30p.m. Place: The Gabarron Foundation Carriage House Center for the Arts: 149 East 38th Street (between Lexington & 3rd Avenues) The event is by invitation only; please respond as soon as possible as space is limited. Please contact rsvp@nnyn.org or 212.381.2195 to reserve. The Time Landscape, located at the intersection of Houston and La Guardia Place in lower Manhattan, is a replanted, pre-colonial forest that reveals the physical environment of Manhattan before the city was the city. He is one of the conceptual instigators of the influential Earth/Land Art movement of the 1960's. Speakers will include: Alex Brash, Regional Director, National Parks Conservation Association Alan Sonfist, Artist, "Time Landscape (1965-1978-Present)" Steven Madoff, art critic, author of the recent award-winning book Chrsitopher Wilmarth: Light and Gravity from Princeton University Press, and former Executive Editor of ARTnews magazine More information about Alan Sonfist's work and current exhibition at 9W Gallery can be found on the paulrodgers9w website.