Projects
Fall 2023 - Summer 2025​
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World premiere of a new multimedia piece inspired by the soundscape of Las Cienegas National Conservation Area. Site-specific video projection using ecological research of the Santa Cruz Watershed in collaboration with componser Carolina Heredia, performed by musicians Sara Fraker, Jackie Glazier, and Marissa Olegario.
This project was part of The Watershed Soundscape project, supported by the Arizona Institute for Resilience's 2024-2025 AIR Annual Resilience Theme Award. The Watershed Soundscape project convened a dynamic cohort of university researchers, nonprofits, Indigenous voices, school communities, and creatives. This artist-led initiative creates a multidisciplinary platform to explore drought mitigation and ecological restoration, fusing watershed science with sensory experiences to promote educational outreach grounded in Tucson’s unique sense of place. ​
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​Spring 2024​
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In April 2024, a group of artists, dancers, musicians, and supporters gathered to support the work of RISE St. James, a grassroots environmental justice organization fighting to protect St. James Parish from petrochemical expansion. During a live performance, participants created a large-scale painting using ink made from local oak trees and paint made with soil gathered from a contested plot of land at the heart of Louisiana’s struggle between life and industry.
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Facilitated by Heather Bird Harris and Monica Ordóñez, in collaboration with RISE St. James, Melange Dance Company, Delechaise Ensemble, and photographer Bryan Tarnowski.
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May 2023 - January 2024
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Through Emory's Art & Social Justice Fellowship in Atlanta, Georgia, this collaborative project led by Heather Bird Harris and historian Dr. Loren Michael Mortimer integrated frameworks from both reparative history and critical ecology, methodologies that investigate the root causes of historic harms on communities and their environments. The project led to the collaborative exhibition "How to Become a Caretaker" at Emory University November 30, 2023 - January 19, 2024, along with a digital installation and archive.
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Tree Time: A Living History Walk
November 2023
TREE TIME was a full-day meandering between two of the oldest trees along the Atlanta BeltLine led by Rachel Parish, Heather Bird Harris, and Ann Hill Bond. Participants witnessed 7+ miles of ancient, changing, and connected landscapes, featuring talks from community leaders and memory-keepers along the path.
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Spring 2023
Harris created the Land Memory Project as part of Science Gallery Atlanta's JUSTICE exhibition season, in collaboration with Emory University and Piedmont Park Conservancy. The experiential project highlighted multiple layers of local history, using site-specific earth as a vehicle for story-telling and remembering.
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