Mickey Alice Kwapis - Natural History Educator

Specimens

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

https://www.urushi.info/

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

https://action.aclu.org/

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

instagram.com/specimenmuseum

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

https://www.jwoska.com/

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

www.twitter.com/specimenspod

www.instgram.com/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