Tuesday Evening: Mote’s Science Café Gets Colorful

Ever wonder why octopuses, squid and certain other sea creatures change color in an instant? Why are colors also important to landlubbers like us? 

Join the discussion about “Communication Through Color” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12 during a new Science Café sponsored by Mote Marine Laboratory. Mote Science Cafés are informal, community discussions that give everyone the chance to participate. The event will be held at Darwin’s on 4th, 1525 4th Street, Sarasota.

The Café will feature Brian Siegel, Mote Aquarist and Cephalopod Specialist, and local artist and teacher Sean Harris. The Café will focus on human communication through art, on animal communication using camouflage and skin coloration and on comparing and contrasting these concepts across the animal kingdom.

• Please RSVP to Mote at 941-388-4441 ext. 172 or via the Mote Science Café Facebook page. Food and drink specials will be available. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Come early to get a good seat! Full information online at:www.mote.org/sciencecafe

About the Speakers

Brian Siegel was born in 1980 in Staten Island, N.Y. He spent most of his life in Silver Spring, Md. Then he attended college at Salisbury University and University Maryland Eastern Shores (UMES). There he earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology as well as Environmental Science/Marine Biology. He has worked in The Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory since April 2007.

Sean Harris is a third-generation native Floridian. In 2004 he founded his own studio focused on “anything art and design.” From this local studio, he has been Art Director for a wide range of design projects including films, exhibits, books, web sites, motion graphics, architecture, packaging and identity. Sean graduated from Ringling College of Art & Design in 2002, and in 2010 was invited back to the school, where he continues to teach.