Join artist Natalie Niblack and scientist John Bower as they discuss the scientific process and research that led to the list of birds on exhibition in 66 Birds/3 Degrees as part of Surge: Mapping Transition, Displacement, and Agency in Times of Climate Change. The event will include a talk as well as an opportunity for the audience to participate in using citizen science resources to explore how climate change affects birds in the Pacific Northwest.
“Ultimately, If we save the birds, we save all of nature, and ourselves.” - Natalie Niblack, Artist Statement for 66 Birds/3 Degrees
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Image Credits:
Natalie Niblack, Red Crossbill, 18” X 18”, oil on linen, 2023
Natalie Niblack, Spruce Grouse, 18” X 18”, oil on linen, 2023
Natalie Niblack, Northern Saw-whet Owl, 18” X 18”, oil on linen, 2023
Natalie Niblack, Evening Grosbeak, 18” X 18”, oil on linen, 2023
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About John Bower:
John Bower has spent 40 years studying the natural world. Getting his start as a birdwatcher, his research includes acoustic communication in bowhead whales and song sparrows, foraging competition between hummingbird species on a remote South Pacific island, and the population ecology of Pacific Northwest marine birds. John teaches a wide variety of courses at WWU’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, including “Field Ornithology,” “Evolution and Animal Behavior,” “The Music and Science of Natural Sound,” and “The Folk Music Experience.”
About Natalie Niblack:
Natalie Niblack is a visual artist working in a variety of media: drawing, oil painting, printmaking and ceramics. She lives on the Skagit River in a rural agricultural area surrounded by natural and man-made environments. From this viewpoint, she is able to observe seasonal cycles, as well as the pressures of conflicting demands on a fragile landscape. This environment of beauty, conflict and change has increasingly informed her artwork since moving to Skagit Valley in 2000.
Niblack taught visual art at Shoreline Community College for 20 years. She received her Master’s degree from Edinburgh College of Art in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1993, and has shown her work in solo and group shows internationally, nationally and regionally.
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