How can we stitch an estuary back together in an urban landscape? Join us for our next CALL/TALKS program on Thursday, June 3rd to explore green roofs, estuaries, and embroidery with Alan Burchell, Ana de la Cueva, and Matthew López-Jensen.
12:30pm EST // ZOOM
This month's CALL/TALK program at 12:30pm EST June 3rd focuses on how we can re-imagine an estuary in a completely urbanized landscape. Last year, artist Matthew López-Jensen approached us with an idea: What if every single rooftop in his neighborhood along Broadway in the Northwest Bronx was transformed into a patchwork of green roofs? Could this, combined with the daylighting of Tibbetts Brook, in some way re-create the estuary that this neighborhood used to be, while improving the environmental conditions for the people who live there?
Working with fiber artist Ana de la Cueva, López-Jensen has envisioned a community quilt that proposes this idea, with local residents embroidering green roofs onto an aerial map broken up into quilt squares. The Tibbetts Estuary Tapestry, funded by the Coby Foundation, will begin production in August and September. The question remains: Is this conceptual idea something that could actually become a reality?
On Thursday, López-Jensen and de la Cueva will speak with Alan Burchell, principal of Urbanstrong, the ecological engineering firm responsible for green roofs, vertical gardens, and other environmental projects across the city about how a huge concept like this can practically be achieved, and what benefits it would have.
We can't tell you how excited we are about this month's program. We hope you'll tune in.
The event will be held via zoom at 12:30 PM Eastern Time. Participants will be sent the zoom link in a confirmation email after registration.