Bird Harris Artist Talk

Artist and educator Heather Bird Harris will give a visiting artist talk on Nov. 12 from 2 to 3 p.m. at the School of Art (Room 241), 1031 N. Olive Road.

As part of the Watershed Soundscape project of the Arizona Institute of Resilience, Harris has created a new video projection piece that documents the behavior of locally sourced earth pigments and plants of the Santa Cruz watershed as they move in water.

This work is part of a larger multidisciplinary project that draws on research conducted in partnerships among artists, scientists, and Indigenous communities to create a sustainable model for environmental stewardship.

• Nov. 9 | Watershed Soundscape, music + art + landscape | multidisciplinary concert
• Nov. 12 | Bird Harris, Artist Talk | register
• Nov. 14 | Bird Harris, Artist Workshop | register

Bird Harris (b. 1987) is an artist, curator, and educator who prioritizes caretaking and connection. Her work explores the throughlines between land history and ecological crises, engaging with communities, scientists, and site-specific materials to investigate memory, systems of complicity, and possibilities for emergence.

Harris received her B.S. in art history from Skidmore College and master’s degree in education leadership from Columbia University. She has served as principal of a turnaround school in New Orleans and has consulted with school leaders across the South to implement equitable learning practices and anti-racist history education. Recent exhibitions include NADA Curates, the New Mexico State University Museum, Art Fields (Lake City, SC), Stoveworks (Chattanooga, TN), the Barnes Ogden Gallery at Louisiana State University, and Science Gallery Atlanta. She was one of seven artists selected for the Art & Social Justice Fellowship at Emory University in 2023.