LYNNE PARKS 2522 St. Paul St. Baltimore, MD 21218-4609 Phone: 443-416-6180 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION 1995 Hollins University B.A. Independent Major, cum laude, Creative Writing/Theater/Film Awarded an honorary Theater Degree AWARDS 2018 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in Visual Arts: Photography 2013 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize, Baltimore, MD 2011 b-Grant, Baker Artist Awards, Baltimore, MD EXHIBITIONS 2018 Baltimore, MD Fleckenstein Gallery, The Living Sky 2018 Laurel, MD Hollingsworth Gallery, Patuxent Research Refuge, National Wildlife Visitor Center (solo show) 2017 Baltimore, MD The Peale Center, Birdland and the Anthropocene (curator, artist) 2016 Baltimore, MD Top of the World Observation Level Gallery, When Worlds Collide (curator, artist) 2015 Fairfax, VA Fine Arts Gallery, School of Art, George Mason University, Unfriendly Skies: Birds, Buildings, and Collisions (curator, artist) 2015 Chestertown, MD Sandbox Initiative, Washington College, Flight Risk (solo show) 2015 Towson, MD Silber Art Gallery, Goucher College, Unfriendly Skies: Birds, Buildings, Collisions (curator, artist) 2015 Baltimore, MD Full Circle Photo, Clairvoyeur and the Dream Strata (two person show) 2014 Baltimore, MD Enoch Pratt Free Library, Pratt 5x3 (three person show) 2014 Catonsville, MD David Mikow Gallery, The Light Ekphrastic (group show) 2014 Baltimore, MD The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baker Artist Awards 2013 (three person show) 2013 Baltimore, MD Silber Art Gallery, Goucher College, Unnatural Nature (group show) 2011 Baltimore, MD The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baker Artist Awards 2011 (group show) BIRD-FRIENDLY WINDOW FILM DESIGN AND INSTALLATION 2018 Phoenix Wildlife Center, front window 2017 Patuxent Research Refuge, National Wildlife Visitor Center, front windows 2016 Creative Alliance, Bird-safe Windows in Bird Town Workshop, front window PUBLICATIONS 2018 MPT’s Artworks, featured artist 2018 The Dalhousie Review, short stories “The Box” and “Shadow Keys” 2017 Bmore Art, Hope is The Thing With Feathers, Oct. 27 2017 The Baltimore Sun Darkroom, Birdland and the Anthropocene at The Peale Center, Oct. 20 2017 The Baltimore Sun, Jacques Kelly: The Peale Shines In a New Light, Oct. 20 2016 Baltimore Sun, Light City Baltimore goes bird-friendly, Apr. 2 2015 Washington City Paper, In ‘Unfriendly Skies,’ Bird Art Doubles as Environmental Message, Nov. 6 2015 Bmore Art, Photos from Flight Risk: Modern Obstacles in Migratory Pathways, Sept. 19 2015 Chestertown Spy, For the Birds—Really: Lynne Parks Exhibits ‘Flight Risk’ at Sandbox Initiative, Aug. 13 2015 Bmore Art, Pots and Pans March to City Hall, May 5 2015 Bmore Art, Scene Seen: Unfriendly Skies at Goucher College’s Silber Gallery, Apr. 19 2014 Feature Shoot, “Tragic Images Aim to Raise Awareness about Bird Fatalities,” Nov. 5 2014 Baltimore Magazine, “For the Birds: Avian Activists Try to Curtail Bird Fatalities from Collisions with City Buildings,” August 2014 Bird Conservation Magazine, “Still Life with Bird: An Artist Honors Victims of Window Collisions,” Spring 2014 Michael O'Sullivan, The Washington Post, “Art review: ‘Baker Artist Awards,’" Mar. 21 2014 The Washington Post Magazine, “'Lights Out' Seeks to Stem Bird Carnage Caused by City Skylines, Mar. 13 2014 The Baltimore Sun, “Bird's-eye view,” Feb. 22 2014 watson, "Lights Out Baltimore Die Vögel," Feb. 8 2014 Fast Company, Co.Exist, "Mesmerizing Photos of Dead Birds, Killed By Cities,” Jan. 31 2014 Fast Company, Co.Design, "Birds Killed By Skyscrapers: An Oddly Life- Affirming Photo Essay," Jan. 8 2013 The Light Ekphrastic, two photographs 2013 Maryland Public Television "Artworks," Oct. 3 2013 Baltimore Style, Portfolio, "Picture This: Assembling a Life," Vol. 21, No. 4 2013 Maryland Public Television "2013 Baker Artist Awards," May 2 2013 WYPR's The Signal, Aaron Henkin, "Mary Sawyers Baker Prize Winners,” May 10 BIRD SAFE LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS 2018 Kenyon Writing Workshop 2018 Baltimore, MD Patterson Park Audubon, Southeast Anchor Library, Jan. 24 2017 Baltimore, MD The Baltimore Lab School, Oct. 18 2017 Baltimore, MD Make Studio, Aug. 22 2016 Rockville, MD Kaplan Gallery, VisArts Rockville, Apr. 3 2016 Baltimore, MD Make Studio, Oct. 6 (birding walk) 2016 Rothschild, WI Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative Annual Conference, Oct. 28 2016 Potomac, MD Montgomery Bird Club, Dec. 14 2016 Ellicott City, MD Tridelphia Elementary School, Lego League, Dec. 15 2016 Pennington, NJ Washington Crossing Audubon Society, The Pennington School, Apr. 18 2015 Chestertown, MD Sandbox Initiative, Washington College, Sept. 16 2014 Baltimore, MD CIRCA (Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in the Arts) Catalyst, UMBC, Oct. 2014 2014 Baltimore, MD addressing the Nature Drawing class at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Oct. 7 2014 Timonium, MD Greater Federation of Women’s Clubs, Oct. 2 2014 Washington, D.C Kennedy Center, Panelist for the VSA Emerging Young Artists Program, Sept. 29 2014 Baltimore, MD Light Street Branch, Enoch Pratt Free Library, July 26 2014 Baltimore, MD addressing Maryland Institute College of Art Curatorial Practice graduate students, Mar. 23 PERFORMANCE 2018 The Peale Storytelling Showcase, a monologue from my play The Bird Women 2017 Extinction Ritual, Birdland and the Anthropocen, The Peale Center .