Nature's Songs
Denver Public Art 1%
IN PROGRESS_ELK EDUCATION CNT
Nature’s Songs was designed with three key elements of ecology: magic, wonder, and the importance of environmental joy, education, and conservation.
1. **Pollinators** - These are essential for ensuring that plants develop fruit, seeds, and new plants. 2. **Seed Dispersal** - This refers to the movement, spread, or transport of seeds away from the parent plant.
3. **Eco & Bioacoustics** - This involves the audio documentation of nature, utilizing modern technology to aid in conservation and explore species interconnectedness.
Nature serves as a rich metaphor for education and personal growth. The ELK Education Center acts as the foundational soil, nurturing and fostering growth. ELK’s programming functions as the pollination process, ensuring that the plants—representing ELK’s students—develop fully. These students are like seeds, growing, blooming, and eventually dispersing to perpetuate the cycle of growth for themselves, their communities, and the environment.
1. **Pollinators** - These are essential for ensuring that plants develop fruit, seeds, and new plants. 2. **Seed Dispersal** - This refers to the movement, spread, or transport of seeds away from the parent plant.
3. **Eco & Bioacoustics** - This involves the audio documentation of nature, utilizing modern technology to aid in conservation and explore species interconnectedness.
Nature serves as a rich metaphor for education and personal growth. The ELK Education Center acts as the foundational soil, nurturing and fostering growth. ELK’s programming functions as the pollination process, ensuring that the plants—representing ELK’s students—develop fully. These students are like seeds, growing, blooming, and eventually dispersing to perpetuate the cycle of growth for themselves, their communities, and the environment.
Meg Pursell (public art project manager)
Melanie Short (city project manager)
Samantha Gilmore (community representative)
Andre McGregor (community representative)
Pamela Jiner (community representative)
Heidi Chung (panel artist)
Efraín Leal Escalera (arts professional)
Juan Pérez Sáez (community representative)
Krystal Marquez (pac member)
Stephen Brackett (commissioner)
Bonnie Guillen (city council representative)
Maureen Hearty (artist)
Maureen Hearty (fabricator)
Yazz Atmore (semi-finalist)
Aisha R. Brown (semi-finalist)
Daniel Chavez (semi-finalist)
Mario Miguel Echevarria (semi-finalist)
Maureen Hearty (semi-finalist)
Mayor Mike Johnston (mayor)
Yetiweurks (engineer)
Melanie Short (city project manager)
Samantha Gilmore (community representative)
Andre McGregor (community representative)
Pamela Jiner (community representative)
Heidi Chung (panel artist)
Efraín Leal Escalera (arts professional)
Juan Pérez Sáez (community representative)
Krystal Marquez (pac member)
Stephen Brackett (commissioner)
Bonnie Guillen (city council representative)
Maureen Hearty (artist)
Maureen Hearty (fabricator)
Yazz Atmore (semi-finalist)
Aisha R. Brown (semi-finalist)
Daniel Chavez (semi-finalist)
Mario Miguel Echevarria (semi-finalist)
Maureen Hearty (semi-finalist)
Mayor Mike Johnston (mayor)
Yetiweurks (engineer)