ASPIRE at H.C. Crittenden Middle School
Video produced by Byram Hills Central School District, Armonk, NY, 2020
Commissioned by the Armonk Education Foundation in 1999, Aspire was designed and built by visiting artist Sarah Haviland with student assistance. The 9-foot tower of acrobatic figures expresses middle-school-age energy, growth, and aspiration. After many years as a school symbol, the work was commemorated in a video narrated by students and educators.
Fulbright Project Feature
Human-Bird Sculpture in Taiwan:
Cross-Culture & Environmental Potential
Video by Boyun Sam Chiou, 2019
Fulbright Fellow Sarah Haviland shares her experience researching ancient and contemporary human-bird iconography in Taiwanese and Chinese culture, as well as teaching a class in Collaborative Environmental Sculpture at Taipei National University of the Arts. This resulted in a large-scale, site-specific installation using local natural materials.
Soles of Duende perform with TRIO
“3 X Tri X 3” for Outlet Dance Project
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, Oct. 13, 2018
Choreography by Soles of Duende, performed by Amanda Castro (Tap), Arielle Rosales (Flamenco), and Brinda Guha (Kathak), created in conversation with the sculpture Trio by Sarah Haviland.
In partnership with Grounds for Sculpture, the annual Outlet Dance Project festival celebrates the intersections of visual and moving arts, exploring relationships between sculpture and dance, between place and movement.
Dance Interprets RISE ABOVE
Performance by Dion Wilson
Flatiron Prow Art Space, 23rd & 5th Ave., NYC
Curator Cheryl McGinnis Projects, March 16, 2017
Inside Sarah Haviland’s Rise Above sculpture installation at the Flatiron, dancer Dion Wilson interprets the artwork in movement for Manhattan passersby. His performance culminates a collaboration of artist, curator, and a magical space at the still point of a turning world. Rise Above, designed in wire-mesh for the triangular window site of the iconic Flatiron Building, presents five winged female bird-figures, suspended in flight formation, illuminated, reflected, ever-rising.
Sarah Haviland AVIARY at BAU
BAU Gallery Project Room, Beacon, NY
Video by Neil Needleman, Dec. 6, 2015
Aviary: Votives and Voices, an intimate room installation at BAU Gallery in Beacon, NY, presents a sculptural environment of human-bird figures in mixed media with birdcages and found objects. This series of artworks is accompanied by a soundtrack from the Paris bird market.
Three Choreographers perform with TRIO
“Paths” for Outlet Dance Project
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, Oct. 4, 2014
Choreography by Laura Katz Rizzo, Jillian Harris, and Rhonda Moore of Philadelphia with the sculpture Trio by Sarah Haviland.
The Outlet Dance Project is an annual festival committed to collaboration, community building, interdisciplinary experimentation, and the exploration of the audience/performer relationship.
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