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Arts Denman installation brings bird models to the Arts Centre

Murmuration, an outdoor installation by Jean Cockburn, is on display at the Denman Island Arts Centre.

The Denman Firestarter · reporting 2021-06-17 · compiled 2026-10-01

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Arts Denman is presenting “Murmuration,” an installation of bird models by Jean Cockburn at the Denman Island Arts Centre.^[1]

The Grapevine reports that Arts Denman received a BC Arts Council grant earlier this year to commission artists, and that Murmuration is the second completed commission out of 11.^[1]

The installation combines fabric, papier-mâché, painted and collaged birds, and origami cranes, with some strings of cranes lit by LED lights. The notice says it will be up all summer.^[1]

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