Urban/Environment Meet the Artist: Stephanie L. Rogers
Collaborators: Jacob Richards and Megan Buchanan
Collaborators: Jacob Richards and Megan Buchanan
Urban/Environment is a photographic project that explores urban ecology along Chicago Avenue, focusing on natural beauty in unexpected places, the fragility of life, and the tension between man-made structures and living organisms. Thirty signs combining photographs and descriptive text are installed in public spaces, mimicking the mannerisms of state park signage. Images focus on a micro view, encouraging a closer look at our surroundings.
These signs are found along Chicago Avenue and immediate side streets – in front yards, businesses’ windows, community gardens, and public areas. Installation locations were chosen for their proximity to the places where the photographs were taken.
The text was developed in collaboration with two geographers who live in the area to ensure that the signs are as informative as they are lovely. Guided walks will occur regularly in May, June, and July, and the public is invited to join in a hike along Chicago Avenue to learn more about our urban ecosystem.
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Events Associated with this Project »
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Wildflower
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Zucchini with Chicken Wire
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Sunflower
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Melon and Virginia Creeper
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Ragweed
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Sign depicting a sunflower
a finished sign with an image of the center of a sunflower and descriptive text in English, Spanish and Somali. -
Finished sign at 3730 Chicago Avenue S, Studio B
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Sign depicting a duck eating a Cheeto
A finished sign with an image of a male mallard duck eating a Cheeto and descriptive text in English, Spanish and Somali -
Finished sign at 4052 Park Avenue (installation photo by Ben Hovland)
sign installed in a front lawn as part of Stephanie L. Rogers' -
Finished sign at wetland area at 37th Street between Chicago and Park Avenues (installation photo by Ben Hovland)
A sign installed in a public area as part of Stephanie L. Rogers' -
Finished Sing at 3512 Chicago Avenue
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Stephanie Rogers leading an urban nature hike.
and The Third Place and MCAD Professor Natasha Pestich
with support from the Ward 8 Council Office of Elizabeth Glidden