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- Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene with Holly Greenberg | July 27, 2024
Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene with Holly Greenberg
July 27, 2024 | 11am-2pm | Free, Registration Required
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
This event will take place as a part of the July 27th BASE Open Art Workshop.
Note: This event is to create with and support the Bird Collisions Project, as such participants do not keep their bird replicas.
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
This event will take place as a part of the July 27th BASE Open Art Workshop.
Note: This event is to create with and support the Bird Collisions Project, as such participants do not keep their bird replicas.
Stop by BASE, and help us make 10,836 birds to support this project!
Chicago lies in the migratory path of over 300 species of birds, making it the most dangerous city in the country for our avian friends. In one night alone, 966 birds struck just one building on Chicago’s lakefront. In an effort to raise awareness about one of the leading causes of bird deaths, we are helping Holly make replicas of every bird killed from a window collision and collected on the streets of Chicago in 2023 and we need your help!
Chicago lies in the migratory path of over 300 species of birds, making it the most dangerous city in the country for our avian friends. In one night alone, 966 birds struck just one building on Chicago’s lakefront. In an effort to raise awareness about one of the leading causes of bird deaths, we are helping Holly make replicas of every bird killed from a window collision and collected on the streets of Chicago in 2023 and we need your help!
Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene is a large-scale civic engagement art project comprised of over 10,000 bird replicas made by the citizens of Chicago and beyond. Through free public workshops, participants are given a blank bird body, assigned a specific bird that died in 2023 from window collisions along Chicago’s lakefront, and are led through the crafting process to create a replica. Embracing an environmentally sustainable practice, we use donated fabric scraps that would otherwise end up in the landfill.
The workshops are appropriate for teens, adults, and families with children age 6+. It is a wonderful way for parents to connect with kids through a crafting event while discussing wildlife conservation. Understanding how you can protect your home from bird-window collisions is paramount to the project, which is why teaching about how to identify and modify your problematic windows is at the forefront of our mission. Please explore our website to find out how you can become involved through volunteering, creating a bird, and making your windows safe for birds.
The workshops are appropriate for teens, adults, and families with children age 6+. It is a wonderful way for parents to connect with kids through a crafting event while discussing wildlife conservation. Understanding how you can protect your home from bird-window collisions is paramount to the project, which is why teaching about how to identify and modify your problematic windows is at the forefront of our mission. Please explore our website to find out how you can become involved through volunteering, creating a bird, and making your windows safe for birds.
About the Artist: Holly Greenberg
As a sustainable artist, Holly Greenberg uses invasive plants, donated fabric scraps and discarded waste materials in her large-scale, eco-conscious installations. Integral to her practice is the civic engagement component in which citizens can lend a hand in the production of the work while learning about environmental initiatives such as habitat restoration through native gardening, and bird safe building practices. She is a professor of art at Syracuse University where she teaches courses in printmaking, drawing and sustainable arts practices. |