About Sol of Sage

Sol as in Sun or alternatively, So(u)l of Sage, is an effort to raise awareness of everything that UCLA’s Sage Hill has to offer. Named to emphasize the soul of the space itself and the importance of the sun to the growth of life, Sol of Sage emphasizes knowledge and history tp create a holistic understanding of the sacred and mostly unknown environment. Formulated and developed in the Design Media Arts Sage Hill and Graphic Design for Native Plants class, Professor Erin Cooney and Bobby Joe Smith III created a space for Allision Wu, Fabian Rios, Karrington Lewis, and Sunaina Bose to create. The information provided by Dr. Cully Nordby, the Associate Director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, and Professor Thomas Gillespie, Co Chair of the Environmental Science and Engineering Program laid out the groundwork for the project. Smelling coastal sage and being introduced to the various plant species motivated the group to think deeply about the implications of creating a product that would represent Sage Hill. Resting on Tongva land, the treatment was acted out in awareness of the hundreds of years that came before.