Silent Buzz: the Plight of the Honey Bee

Collaborative cross-pollination of sculpture, music & science, this model will heighten public awareness about the plight of the bee.

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A day dedicated to the Honey Bee.

Check out National Honeybee Day Website! 

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Honeybee Studies

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Pictures from the Opening Reception at Art Produce in North Park

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Honeybee studies

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Honeybee Studies

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The Silent Buzz: the plight of the honeybee

Link to Kickstarter!! 

Collaborative cross-pollination of sculpture, music & science, this model will heighten public awareness about the plight of the bee.

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Creative Catalyst Celebration Event on March 3rd

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Honeybee Studies

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San Diego Foundation's Creative Catalyst Fund winners are hard at work

The San Diego Foundation in January announced this year’s batch of Creative Catalyst Fund winners. The program granted 10 local creatives $20,000 to pair up with local nonprofits and execute an original project.

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U-T San Diego January 2015 -- article on Creative Catalyst program recipients for 2015 

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Project Proposal

My concern for the plight of honeybees has inspired me to dream up an artistic process that would create awareness about the importance of bees and bee pollination. The bee species is crucial for the environment because of the role it plays in pollinating a third of the plants in the United States and over fifty different crops, resulting in the reproduction of offspring that are genetically diverse. Through collaboration with environmental scientists, artists and musicians, I would like to create a model for and conduct honeybee educational workshops featuring the process and creation of three large bee sculptures to be installed in key locations in San Diego.

The process involves making large-scale plasticina sculptures to be cast into rubber molds to create a series of large-scale bee shapes. The casting method uses a mixture of wild bird food combined with an organic binder.This piece is ephemeral in nature by the fact that once the piece is installed birds will begin to eat and diminish the bee shape to show the decline and disappearance of this important species.

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Bee Studies