Enjoy a hands-on workshop where people of all ages and skill levels “craft for a cause” by creating soft-sculpture replicas of real birds lost to collisions and learn practical ways we can help protect birds in the built environment.
Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene leads this event at the Birds of Vermont Museum. They are a community art and advocacy project raising awareness about bird building collisions—a leading cause of bird mortality in the United States.
Included with museum admission (free for museum members!).
Register online, or call us (802 434-2167), or just drop in!
Outdoors if weather permits
All ages & skill levels welcome! All materials provided!
More About the Workshop
Make a small fabric bird based on a real migratory bird found in Vermont for Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene, a community-sourced conservation art project. Learn about migratory birds in Vermont and the hazards of glass windows, while we craft together.
At this bird-crafting workshop, you will decorate a small, pre-made fabric “bird body” with natural fabrics and small decorations like beads, shells, and buttons that you choose from our supplies. You’ll attach them using water-soluble tacky glue. The aim is to make your bird resemble a real bird species affected by building collisions. But, no pressure! You don’t have to be an artist or a crafter to use your imagination to bring a bird to life.
SPECIES WE’LL BE CRAFTING:
- Common Yellowthroat
- Magnolia Warbler
- American Redstart
- Ovenbird
- Cedar Waxwing
- Brown Creeper
- Swamp Sparrow
Our “sculptures” will become part of a traveling art exhibit of 10,000+ birds, raising awareness about bird building collisions in the United States, a leading cause of bird mortality. Every year, nearly 2 billion birds die after colliding with glass in our country. Migratory birds are disproportionately affected by collisions.
Come craft a bird, bring a friend, meet new friends, and enjoy a wonderful morning of “crafting for a cause.”
See one of the workshops in action! https://www.instagram.com/p/C9UyjXhRx0u/?hl=en
As you likely know, the Museum had to remain closed due to Covid-19. This was the first spring in 32 years where we didn’t open our doors on May 1. This was the first time since we started Early Birder Morning Walks (more than a decade ago!) that we couldn’t gather for to walk and watch spring migration together.