
Twenty-nine artists are showing work in an exhibition titled Birds on the Edge: Dynamic Boundaries at International Gallery of Contemporary Art in Anchorage. Curated by artist and wildlife geneticist Sandra Talbot and wildlife biologists Colleen M Handel and T Lee Tibbitts, the exhibition is a collaboration by International Gallery of Contemporary Art and the American Ornithological Society. The opening will take place on Friday, June 7, 5 – 8 PM. The artworks explore the lives of birds at the northern edge of the continent, the impact on birds of ecological changes in the arctic, and the importance of birds to Alaska’s cultures and peoples. The American Ornithological Society conference in Anchorage, also titled Birds at the Edge: Dynamic Boundaries, will take place June 24 – 28, 2019. The public is invited to hear artists’ talks and to attend a reception for the American Ornithological Society on Thursday, June 27, 5 – 9 PM at International Gallery of Contemporary Art.