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Arts Mar 19, 2019
A possum on the Arroyo Trail. – Photo by Margaret Adachi
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A possum on the Arroyo Trail. – Photo by Margaret Adachi
Animals of the Arroyo Seco is a site-specific installation exploring this wildlife corridor, crucial to local biodiversity. Carved wood animals will be placed along the Upper Arroyo Seco Trail, playfully representing the wildlife that travel the corridor connecting the lower Arroyo Seco to undeveloped open spaces in the San Gabriel Mountains. Viewers will happen upon art while enjoying an easy walk along the quarter mile trail.
Artist Margaret Adachi has teamed with the Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy for this project. She says, “Our relationship with wilderness is often informed by a remote inconvenience or an icky sensation, such as the scent of a skunk, a garbage bin scavenged by raccoons, or news coverage of a bear cooling off in a swimming pool. As the synthetic world expands in our drive for wealth and comfort, the natural world has diminished in our experience and been hidden from our range of view.”
The work will be displayed on three days, March 30, April 6 and April 6 from 12 noon to 3 PM on the Upper Arroyo Seco Trail. The artist will be present along with AFC Program Administrator Tim Martinez to talk with visitors. Knowledgeable AFC docents will also be available along the trail.
I feel it is important to make space in our lives for the wild, to regain some of the nature lost and reveal some of the life sequestered in a dwindling habitat,” Adachi explains. “I want these sculptures to remind us of the animals rarely seen but always nearby. They are watching as we enter, occupy and transform their dwellings.”
You can visit the exhibit on either of the three days it will be open. Those days included, March 30, April 6 and April 7, from 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. The scultures are located at on the Upper Arroyo Seco West Side trail from the trailhead (near the intersection of Parkview Avenue and West Drive) up north to Cottonwood Canyon. You can park at the intersection of West Drive and Washington Blvd.
If you love to hike and love art, this is your chance to bring these two worlds together.
