​Come contribute to Bird Collision in the Anthropocene, a project that crowdsources the handcrafting of 10,836 birds, to match the number of birds found on the streets of Chicago in 2023 by the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors after they hit glass. ​

At this free public workshop, participants use upcycled cloth and donated materials to handcraft life-sized bird sculptures. Each artwork commemorates a real bird that lost its life after hitting glass — and connects each crafter with a bird species at risk of building collisions. 

​All of the artworks will be sewn together into a huge 300-foot-long “carpet” of birds that will travel the country as an educational art installation, raising awareness about the toll of building collisions on our bird populations. The full project will take 4 to 6 years, with a likely completion date of 2029.

Learn more about the project below.