Specimens Mickey Alice Kwapis - Natural History Educator
Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.
TRIGGER WARNING - THIS EPISODE MENTIONS SUICIDE.
In episode 012, Elle chats with Mickey about following a potential career in law, to trying taxidermy one evening with a friend and having her entire world changed. Mickey talks about political and social causes she supports through her activism, travelling around the world to teach taxidermy workshops, and how experiencing grief and loss growing up informed her memorial artwork.
Show notes and further reading
Kintsugi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi
Gen Saratani, the only traditional Kintsugi artist in the US
Dally in the Alley Organisation
https://www.facebook.com/dallyinthealley/
Audubon Zoo
https://audubonnatureinstitute.org/zoo
Vulture Culture
https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/vulture+culture?sort=top
Martha Maxwell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Maxwell
Carl Akeley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Akeley
Chuck Testa Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJP1DphOWPs
Chicago Period Project
https://www.chicagoperiodproject.org/
ACLU
360 Nation Organisation
https://www.instagram.com/360__nation/?hl=en
Transportation Riders United (TRU)
https://www.detroittransit.org/
Galentine's Day Market and Crampus Holiday Market
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Specimen Museum
https://www.specimenmuseum.org
Art Ledger
https://www.gofundme.com/f/Art-Ledger-international-village-wildlife-museum
https://clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2950
Jessi Woska
https://www.instagram.com/jwoska
Mickey’s Website
https://mickeyalicekwapis.com/
Mickey’s IG
https://www.instagram.com/mickeyalicekwapis/
Mickey’s DIY Insect Kits
https://mickeyalicekwapis.com/educationaltools
Mickey’s Memorial Jewelry
https://mickeyalicekwapis.com/memorials
Press about Mickey
https://news.wttw.com/2019/09/19/mickey-alice-kwapis-wants-you-love-taxidermy-much-she-does
Elle Kaye
www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy
Specimens Pod
https://linktr.ee/specimenspod
Merch
https://www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk/product-page/specimenspodmerch
Artwork © Madison Erin Mayfield 2020
http://madisonerinmayfield.com/
www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield
Concept/Title © Elle Kaye 2020
Music – Harrison Amer via PremiumBeat
Produced and edited by Elle Kaye