About this Event
The Kibel Gallery at the UMD School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation is delighted to present the new exhibit opening on October 18th, 2024: Seeing Blinds: Architecture for Avian Landscapes.
We invite you and those in your organization to join us for a fun evening as we celebrate with an Opening Reception on October 18th at 5:30pm! Drinks and light fare will be provided.
Seeing Blinds is an exhibition of ongoing research on bird blinds by Michael Ezban, RA, ASLA. The project features 40 case studies from around the world of extraordinary architecture by contemporary designers and artists, all richly illustrated through photographs and original drawings.
Bird blinds are small-scale enclosures or screens from which people surreptitiously watch birds. In the 21st century, architects, landscape architects, and artists have elevated blinds into prominent artistic elements that enrich the public realm and enable the co-creation of meaningful encounters between people and birds. Given the recent massive declines in global bird populations that demand attention, care, and action, the bird blind is an architectural typology of renewed significance.
This exhibit is made possible in part through a grant from the 2023 Healthy Places Matter Seed Grant Program, offered by the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland.
For more information about the exhibit, please click here.
The Opening Reception will include refreshments and light fare, starting at 5:30pm. Please RSVP and we will see you there!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Architecture Building, College Park, MD, USA, United States
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