by Karrie Higgins | Nov 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
I can finally share some incredible news! I have been awarded an American Rescue Plan grant for The Log Project! My little derecho response that could will now come with a statement about how it’s supported in part by the Iowa Arts Council and the National Endowment...
by Karrie Higgins | Sep 3, 2021 | ableism, Cedar Rapids, climate change, COVID, disability, pandemic, pyrography, racism
The Log Project codex opened last night at CSPS Hall with pyrography: writing in fire. Visitors were invited to burn lines into log slices to represent their lost trees. This is the text they read before doing so: codex, an ancient manuscript text in book form from...
by Karrie Higgins | Jul 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Visual representations of climate scenes have not been perceived as immediately comprehensible or compelling evidence of climate change, failing to provoke strong emotional reactions in audiences. By contrast, a violent crime scene, whether in fiction or real life,...
by Karrie Higgins | Dec 10, 2020 | Cedar Rapids, climate change
We are at work on the codex, installation, and “little forest” created from logs collected all over Cedar Rapids in the wake of the derecho storm on August 10, 2020, when the city lost ~70% of its tree canopy to winds the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane with no...
