Becoming a Bird: Creating Small Environmental Sculptures

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Artist Talk and Workshop with Sarah Haviland

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If you were a bird, what kind would you be? Using recycled and everyday materials, participants will create personalized bird sculptures inspired by local and endangered birds. Following a brief tour of sculptures in the gallery, we will explore human-bird relationships and environmental issues, sharing stories of mythical bird-figures from around the world.

 

Materials will be provided, but participants may bring their own recycled materials or lightweight mementos to use in collage style, such as photos, decorative papers, packaging, ribbons, labels, etc.

 

Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, 1:00-3:00 pm

Adults, children age 12 and over are welcome!

Registration Required

Free with Museum Admission

 

Workshop Description:

Participants will create their own colorful 3D bird-figures based on familiar and endangered birds, as they consider human-bird relationships in art and myth.

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Workshop Activities:

 

• Share human-bird stories and images, including childhood memories, religious traditions, decorative motifs, popular culture, fantasy, and film

• Learn about environmental art made with found materials

• Study local birds, using photos and colorful papers to invent bird-figures

• Transform flat 2D images into 3D sculptures with simple techniques

• Become caretakers of the environment through identification with birds

 

Materials and Tools Provided for Group Workshop:

Printed photos of birds and bird-figures to share

Sample projects, wire-mesh bird silhouettes

Decorative papers, colorful found objects

Glues, wire, hooks

Scissors, needle-nose pliers, plastic tablecloths

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Recommended for adults and children 12 and over

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