Harvard Fellow Appointment

I am honored to be appointed an "Associate Fellow of the Harvard Forest" by Dr. David Foster, Harvard Forest Director. This new appointment will enable me to continue to base my studio practice at the Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA....while living back in Cambridge. The appointment will support a growing list of Hemlock Hospice outreach projects, ranging from workshops and lectures to print publications. I'll also use this opportunity to develop new projects at the Harvard Forest and beyond. Interested in collaborating at the intersection of science, art, and design? Please reach out: Borden@fas.harvard.edu. 

Hemlock Hospice Tours

All guided tours for the Hemlock Hospice opening reception on October 7th are now full. Self-guided tours and a panel discussion are still open to the public. For more event information, visit the Harvard Forest Facebook event page here. The week following the opening reception, groups of 25 or less can book a guided tour via the Harvard Forest tour reservation website here. 

Programming for Hemlock Hospice Opening Reception

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Programming for Hemlock Hospice Opening Reception at Harvard Forest on Saturday, October 7th, 2017. 

HEMLOCK HOSPICE TOURS (tour time is approximately 1.5 hours)

12 – 4:00PM – Self guided tours (check in at Fisher museum for map and brochure)

12:30PM – Guided tour with Salua Rivero (please RSVP; 15 people max.)

1:00PM – Guided tour with David Buckley Borden (full.)

2:30PM – Discussion with the creative team (Fisher Museum)

3:00PM – Guided tour with Aaron Ellison (full)

SCIENCE COMMUNICATION EXHIBITION 

12 – 4:00PM – Fisher Museum

Fisher Museum exhibition features a variety of collaborative art and design work from David Buckley Borden’s Bullard Fellowship. Curated by Penelope Taylor, the exhibition serves as an inspiring example of interdisciplinary science-communication ranging from traditional landscape renderings to experimental education props. 

Light refreshments will be served in the Fisher Museum as part of opening reception. Limited-edition silkscreened artist prints will be available for purchase at Fisher Museum. Exhibition and self-guided Hemlock Hospice tour are free and open to the public from October 7, 2017 to November 18, 2018.

More information here.

Hemlock Hospice Opening at Harvard Forest

Hemlock Hospice, a year-long, outdoor, site-specific sculpture installation and accompanying indoor art exhibition by David Buckley Borden in collaboration with Aaron M. Ellison, opens Harvard University’s Harvard Forest and in its Fisher Museum on Saturday, October 7. 

Hemlock Hospice tells the story of the ongoing demise of the eastern hemlock tree at the hands (and mouth) of a tiny aphid-like insect, the hemlock wooly adelgid from Asia. Hemlock Hospice contextualizes hemlock decline in the broader context of climate change, local effects of our global economy on the natural world, and environmental impacts of our consumer culture.

Hemlock Hospice blends science, art, and design to [1] respect eastern hemlock and its ecological role as a foundation forest species; [2] promote an understanding of the adelgid; and [3] encourage empathetic conversations among all the sustainers of and caregivers for our forests—ecologists and artists, foresters and journalists, naturalists and citizens—while fostering social cohesion around ecological issues. 

If you would like to join the conversation and help spread the word about how artists and communities can work together to play an active role in preserving our environment, please contact us for more details.

Harvard Forest Project Featured in Range Magazine

I'm delighted to have new Harvard Forest work from ongoing Bullard Fellowship featured in new issue of Range Magazine. Thanks again to team Range for supporting the work. Read the article online here. 

Save the Date: Saturday, October 7th, 2017

Save the Date for the opening reception of Hemlock Hospice, an art-based interpretive trail at the Harvard Forest. The interdisciplinary collaborative art and design project, part of my year-long Bullard Fellowship at Harvard, is focused on the decline of the eastern hemlock in New England. Event includes interpretive art trail opening, open studio, and exhibition in the Fisher Museum. Event will take place from 12 noon to 4PM on Saturday, October 7th at the Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. 

Widow Maker Silkscreen Fund Raiser Print

Widow Maker Danger! Three color silkscreen print with Trifecta Editions on white textured "Pesto" brand paper is now available here. The Hemlock Hospice project print is signed and numbered. Edition of 20. Print sale proceeds pay Hemlock Hospice collaborating creatives, including fabricators and production assistants. 

A Little Help Wanted

Summer Studio Vibes.  I am looking for a couple production artists/designers to contribute to the Hemlock Hospice project at the Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. Room and board plus $500/week...in August/September. Specifically, I am looking for folks with experience in sewing (large format canvas pieces) and some burly woodsy carpentry in the field. Please share with your talented people. Email for details. Thank You.

Summer Installation at Harvard Forest

Hemlock Hospice wayfinding installation, made from Harvard Forest eco trash with Dr. Aaron Ellison and REU student Salua Rivero. Wayfinding to be used for arts-based interpretive trial focused on declining hemlock forests due to invasive insects including hemlock woolly adelgid.

Group Show in LA

I’ll exhibit a half dozen works in LA next week. Catch it if you can: Subaru Presents a Range Group Show, “The Open Pass” at alldayeveryday, DTLA Arts District. Open to the public June 17-20, 2017.

Tell New England Feature

I'm honored by the thoughtful writing and beautiful photography by Tell New England's Jenn Bakos and Ashley Herrin Merging. They covered the Harvard Forest open-studio for their Flora Issue. Fantastic images feature ongoing collaborations with Harvard researchers and creatives Jack Byers, Benjamin Carlso, Trifecta Edition and more. The online piece can be viewed here. 

Harvard Forest Interview

My Bullard Fellowship project images are being periodically updated to the Harvard Forest online archives. Given the educational intent of the work, the Harvard Forest and I welcome folks to use the images for their outreach and education efforts. A Q&A about this year-long project can also be found here. As always, I welcome folks to follow the project on Instagram for frequent creative developments and updates. 

Interview at the Neue Guild

I'm grateful for the opportunity to discuss my creative practice, including my ongoing work at the Harvard Forest, with Janna Kauss at the Neue Guild this week. The Neue Guild is a nice professional resource for interdisciplinary creatives...including feral landscape designers like myself. You can read my Q&A, along with other interesting designers, here.

Open Studio at Harvard Forest on April 29th

I will be hosting a public open studio at the Harvard Forest on Saturday, April 29, 2017 from 12 to 4pm. All are welcome to view and discuss ongoing work both in and outside the studio. 

This open studio event marks the halfway point of my Charles Bullard Fellowship in which I’m an embedded designer collaborating with Harvard Forest scientists to create science-communication projects for ongoing research initiatives. More information about my Harvard Forest project, including an interview, can be found here.

Visitors to the open studio should park in the main Harvard Forest lot and visit the Fisher Museum for easy walking directions to studio on Prospect Hill Road.

*Please note: Do not try to drive to the Forest by typing "Harvard Forest" into a GPS. You must enter the address: 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA. Otherwise, your GPS may lead you straight to the center of Tom’s Swamp. Directions available here. 

Berkshire Environmental Endowment Grant with Hoosic River Revival

I honored to received a grant with the Hoosic River Revival from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation. The Berkshire Environmental Endowment Grant will help fund an art installation along the Hoosic River in North Adams, MA. The community-driven installation is part of an ongoing awareness campaign for a clean, accessible, and safe Hoosic River. The installation will build off work from my 2016 Studio's at MASS MoCA residency. Special thanks to folks from the Hoosic River Revival, Williams College, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, MASS MoCA and Sasaki Associates for sharing their insight, research and passion and laying the groundwork for this project.

Water Rights Open Studio

Join us for the Santa Fe Art Institute "Water Rights" Open Studio on Friday, March, 24, 2017, 530-645PM (pre-game to SFAI140 event). I'll have drawings (digi and paper) for viewing and critique. Plus a dozen other residents' work will be on view. Cheese and wine. Location: SFAI, 1600 Saint Michaels Drive, Santa Fe, NM. 

Harvard Gazette Feature

I am honored to have my Bullard Fellowship project at the Harvard Forest featured in the Harvard Gazette this past week. Read the article by Alvin Powell here to learn more about the project background, goals, and first public open studio on Saturday, April 29, from 12-4pm at my temporary Harvard Forest studio in Petersham, MA.. 

Water RIghts Now and Future

This March I will be "Water Rights" resident at the Santa Fe Art Institute in Santa Fe, NM. I will use the month-long themed residency to investigate regional water rights issues through the lens of landscape futures, policy, and speculative design. Local folks engaged/interested in these ideas, please reach out. More information on the project can be found here.

I'll return to Harvard Forest in April for the second half of my Bullard Fellowship...kind of like a half time show, but productive. 

Open Studio at Harvard Forest

Mark your calendars: I will be hosting an open studio at the Harvard Forest (324 N. Main Street, Petersham, MA 01366). on Saturday, April 29, 2017 from 12 to 4pm. All are welcome to view and discuss ongoing work both in and outside the studio. Light refreshments will be served. 

New Year, New Work.

Testing 123 (design studies, prototypes, and tests).  New Year; new funaday-inspired series of design studies for the month of January. Daily creative output inspired by this fall's research at Harvard Forest can be followed on instagram and facebook.