[Pollinator] Looking for American Museum Partner for Funded Project

[Kilvert,Elizabeth [NCR]]

The Biosphere Museum of Montreal, Canada is looking for an American
Museum partner for a pollinator based project.
 
This project would be funded through the Museums & Community
Collaborations Abroad (MCCA) program, the program is designed to
strengthen connections between people in the United States and abroad
through museum-based exchanges. http://www.aam-us.org/mcca/About.cfm 

MCCA transcends national boundaries and museum walls by bringing U.S.
and international museums together and providing resources for these
institutions to develop new models for sustainable international
collaborations. The resulting partnerships reach beyond traditional
exhibit-based exchanges, focusing on local community engagement and
participation to ensure increased cross-cultural understanding.The
program is a partnership between the State Department's Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs and the American Association of
Museums.

The initial thoughts for the project are below, but this can be changed
and drafted into a new proposal that better suits the needs of your
institution and the Biosphere.

P.A.U.S.E: Lets take a pause to think for one moment: We are witnessing
worldwide rises of food production prices. We are witnessing a worldwide
epidemic that is killing our pollinators. More than 66% of the food we
eat is due to the work from these worthy insects. More and more people
live in urban areas and want access to fresh produce. Keeping in mind
these three realities most major urban centers deal with, the museum
would like to hold an urban gardening / art creating leadership training
session where mentors and artists from Canada and the United States
would teach the basics in urban gardening, permaculture techniques and
urban bee keeping blended with the creation of street art sculptures /
installations. The final outcome would be a public work of art /
interpretation sculpture / urban garden. Targeted at youth aged 18 to 23
years of age, the program would aim at empower young artists and
aspiring eco citizens to design self contained works of art - sculptures
that can beautify the urban landscape but also produce fresh vegetables
and fruits and native flowers, thus protecting the local biodiversity.
The objective is to take a P.A.U.S.E. and promote: Pollinators / Art /
Agriculture / Urban / Savory Edibles and the Environment. 

If you are interested please contact: Elizabeth Kilvert,  Senior
Education Specialist Environment Canada, elizabeth.kilvert at ec.gc.ca,
819-956-6084 

 

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