Recording of In Conversation With Diane Wilson & Dr Hannah Imlach | 27 March, 2026
- Mar 31
- 2 min read
On 27 March, 2026, PLaCE International was pleased to host two presentations and a rich and dynamic exchange between Diane Wilson & Dr Hannah Imlach. This is part of PLaCE International's annual series of creative events.
Diane Wilson, 'Seeds & Bogs & Stories'
Diane Wilson is a Dakota writer, educator, and bog steward, enrolled on the Rosebud Reservation. She has published six award-winning books as well as essays in numerous publications. Her novel, The Seed Keeper, won the 2022 MN Book Award and is a selection for the 2026 NEA Big Read. Wilson’s work explores seed sovereignty, cultural recovery, and environmental stewardship. She is the former Executive Director for Dream of Wild Health, a Native-led organic farm, and the Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance, a national coalition of tribes working to reclaim food sovereignty. Wilson lives near the St. Croix River in Minnesota, where she cares for an Indigenous seed garden, native perennials for pollinators, and a Tamarack bog.
Dr Hannah Imlach, ‘Multispecies art: developing site- and species-responsive sculpture with conservation practitioners at RSPB Loch Lomond’
Dr Hannah Imlach (b. 1989) is a visual artist based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her research-led practice explores environmental perception focussed on sies undergoing radical transformations through processes such as ecological restoration, sea level rise, and renewable energy transition. Hannah works collaboratively within communities of specialist environmental knowledge, including scientific research groups, conservation charities and community renewable projects to develop site- and species-responsive artwork. She completed a collaborative PhD at the University of Edinburgh with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) (2019-2025) exploring novel forms of art-environmental conservation collaboration and multispecies artmaking.
Image | Left: The Seed Keeper, a novel by Diane Wilson. Right: Hannah Imlach, Moth Kota, Aluminium, Accoya, nylon mesh, acrylic sphere, ultraviolet bulb and electrics, and botanical material, 2021.
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