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Virtual Bird School for Artists Owls are usually solitary birds, but when they flock together for special occasions they are called a Parliament because they are considered to be intellectual. This year's Parliament of Owls residency will be held online so we can maintain our physical solitude while we come together to study birds with scientists and naturalists around the world. Parliament of Owls Online Bird School is a two week program for artists to learn about the lives and ecology of birds. The virtual residency will feature daily live video lectures with international ornithological researchers on a range of bird related topics, one tethered international field trip in your backyard and many short one-on-one meetings with artists who make art about birds around the world. Built in to the 2 - 2.5 hours of daily programming are discussions, recommended assignments and show and tell. The program will give insight into the lives of birds from a wide range of perspectives. Ayatana residencies focus on research opportunities and connections between artists and scientists. Visual & conceptual artists, writers, poets, musicians and dancers are invited to apply. This research residency is designed to be as immersive as possible in a virtual setting and will offer opportunities to learn from experts and to develop ideas with other artists.
Outline Artist talk: We invite you to give an artist talk to share your work with the group. How to use eBird for counting birds and Merlin for identifying them with an expert birder from the Ottawa Field Naturalist Club. Evolution of Brood Parasitism with a biologist from the University of Illinois Backyard Birding During Migration with a conservationist from Birds Studies Canada. Virtual tour of the Museum of Natural History's ornithology archives. Virtual dawn chorus field trip: outdoor bird count and deep listening at a location of your choice. Bird/Building Collision Emergency Response: A talk with Ottawa's Safe Wings patrollers. Art in the Dark: Contemporary artists working with live birds. Identifying Birds by Ear: Chirps, Tweets and Trills- a crash course in earbirding with the Ottawa Bird Count. How Birds Manifest and See Color, with the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. How Wildfires Affect Birds and Their Migration, with the Audubon Society The Effects of Discarded Plastic on Bird Populations. Artist talk: Cormorants and Urban Ecologies with Cole Swanson.
Cost
How to apply
Send the following material to ArtLovesScience@gmail.com
1. Artist's CV
2. Artist's statement (about 200 words)
3. Ayatana form
4. Portfolio 5 – 10 examples of your work
Only applications that follow these guidelines will be considered.
Follow us for future calls for applications and posts about art and science For more images of past Biophilia adventures see our face book albums Parliament of Owls 2019, Chelsea Quebec Parliament of Owls 2018, Chelsea Quebec Parliament of Owls May 2017, Chelsea, Quebec Biophilia July 2015, Wolfville, Nova Scotia Biophilia Sept 2014 Wakefield, Quebec
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