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ICA Bird Watch

How do contemporary artists use familiar shapes and forms in new ways? Come look closely at birds depicted in works by Roe Ethridge and Roni Horn. Watch for birds inside and outside the ICA (binoculars provided!), and create your own wearable, avian-inspired puppets. Don’t miss the chance to sketch and learn about live birds with professional bird handlers in the Art Lab.

11 am - 12:30 pm              Program of short films about birds, duration about
and 2:30-3:30 pm              30 minutes, repeated continuously

11:15 am, 12:30 pm,         Live bird demostrations in the Bank of America Art
1:45 and 3:15 pm              Lab. See six different types of live owls (five  
                                          local species) in this participatory presentation.
                                          These events will be ticketed. Tickets available 
                                          first-come, first-served on the day of the event
                                          only. The duration is about 45 minutes.

1 pm only                          Feature-length film The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
                                         (rated G), duration 80 minutes