Drop in to join artist Holly Greenberg in crafting bird replicas to represent every bird killed in a window crash in Chicago in 2023. All ages welcome. No registration required.
About the Bird Collisions Art Project:
Working with data gathered from the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors and The Field Museum, artist Holly Greenberg is creating replicas of every bird killed in a window crash in Chicago in 2023 (the deadliest year on record). The end result will be a monumental art installation of all the birds. The location and date of the art installation is to be determined.
By using upcycled, donated fabrics that would otherwise be destined for the landfill, Holly is inviting community members to help her make all 10,839 birds. Each bird replica is tagged with the species, date, artist, etc. Workshop participants will also learn how to make their windows safe for birds and will be shown a variety of methods for treating windows.
Learn more about this project: https://www.hollygreenberg.com/faq
About the artist:
Holly Greenberg is a printmaker and painter and an associate professor of printmaking at Syracuse University. Known for her large-scale, multi-process printwork and installations of multi-panel printed and painted composites, her work has been widely exhibited across the U.S. and abroad.
Her work is recognized in The Woodcut Artist's Handbook, published by Firefly Press, Second Sight: Printmaking in Chicago 1935 - 1995, published by Northwestern University Press and Digital Printmaking Now, published by The Brooklyn Museum of Art.
She makes her home and studio in a 200 year old church in Central New York.
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AGE GROUP: | Teens | Families | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Environment and Ecology | Crafts & DIY |
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