“Bird Walk” Stencil Installation Debuts at Phinizy Center & Nature Park
A new sidewalk art installation titled “Bird Walk” has been completed at Phinizy Center & Nature Park, welcoming visitors at the entrance to the Cattail Trail from the visitor parking lot. Designed by Arts Council Gallery & Public Art Director and local artist Heather Dunaway, the installation was painted by Dunaway alongside fellow staff member and graphic artist Zoe Beard-Ortiz.
The series of stenciled birds depicts herons and egrets, which are commonly found at Phinizy. They are shown in various poses that mirror the movements of the birds, both standing and in flight.The stencils were created utilizing the Arts Council’s Creative Resource Hub (Lending Library) Cricut smart cutting machine. This resource, along with dozens of materials and tools, is available for artists who are members of the Greater Augusta Arts Council as one of many membership perks. In addition to its visual impact and acting as a test for in-house stencil making, Bird Walk served as a pilot project testing Aexcel’s BioStripe paint, which the company identifies as the world’s first soy alkyd, latex striping and marking traffic paint. Made with renewable materials such as soybean oil, BioStripe is designed to be environmentally safe, durable, and appropriate for use near water systems…