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Tag: Erin Genia

  • Thursday, February 27, 12:00 noon Eastern – Earth Writing, Online

    Join The Rose Kennedy Greenway on February 27th at noon EST to celebrate the launch of our community eco-art zine, “EARTHWRITING” with a special, free, online panel on the role of Public Art in climate action! Greenway Public Art & Ecology Fellow @magdalenapoost will moderate a conversation between artist Erin Genia (@emgenia), scholar Clara Wilch, and Greenway horticulturist Darrah Cole on their land-based creative practices, reflecting on the ways that each of them cultivate a relationship with public space amidst climate emergency. The event marks the publication of a community zine on the subject, produced by Greenway Public Art, designed by @chenluo_101, containing contributions from @alulahussen, @ananth._udupa, @chenoa.e.baker, @dylan_merz_, @jainastudio, Katharine Schassler, @spatial_odyssey, and @yolandaheyang_arts.

    Register at linktr.ee/greenwaypublicart

  • Through December – Tuȟmaǧatipi

    “Tuȟmaǧatipi” is a sculptural habitat and source of sustenance for pollinators created using the Dakota morning star form, and built with sustainable materials – clay, natural composites, driftwood. It relies on Indigenous science to honor the key role of pollinators and plants, who are increasingly threatened by climate change. The work explores how a sculptural form can play a role in habitat restoration.  The Wildflower Meadow is an undeveloped tract of the Rose Kennedy Greenway that supports many bee species, butterflies and moths.  Tuȟmaǧatipi – the Dakota word for beehive – seeks to give back to the meadow ecosystem by providing respite to native pollinators right in the middle of the city.

    This project by artist Erin Genia (below) will be on view through December, 2022 was made possible through a collaboration with the City of Boston Green Ribbon Commission’s initiative, Action Pact 2022: Ready, Resilient, Reinvented, co-curated by The Experience Alchemists. Erin Genia (she/her), Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, is a multidisciplinary artist, cultural organizer and educator. She is an advocate for Native American cultural issues and served as an artist in residence for the City of Boston. Erin has a degree from the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology, and her public art commissions include the Minnesota Historical Society, the City of Saint Paul, and the City of Seattle.