08/13/2026
Just a few days left to experience Jennalyn Speer's "In/Habit-Living with Birds" exhibition in the Patterson Library Octagon Gallery.
"Her artwork aims to educate and raise awareness about bird conservation with the goal of promoting our biological, cultural, emotional, and spiritual attachment to the natural world.
Jennalyn's work visually interprets scientific data about birds in the attempt to aesthetically communicate their complexity, ecological interdependencies, and the threats they face that lead to their loss. On her website, she notes that since 1970, there has been a net loss of over 2.9 billion birds from North America. This amounts to the disappearance of close to 1 out of every 3 birds from the United States and Canada in the last 50 years. Over 300 bird species in North America alone have populations currently in decline. She considers painting a form of activism as well as a personal and social commentary in response to the tragedy of this loss."
