Deep Attunement
Ecological Alchemy, Somatics, and Kinship
A Creative Workshop Series by Ashton S. Phillips
upcoming workshops
Join us for this 11-week creative workshop series led by artist Ashton S. Phillips and hosted by the International Bird Rescue. Come bring yourself into a deeper attunement with the damaged but vibrant ecosystem that holds the Bird Rescue, its staff, and patients through this series of material, site-specific, hands-on, embodied, relational, experimental, multisensory workshop activities.
All workshops are free with RSVP (below). All necessary materials and tools will be provided.
Workshops will culminate in a public presentation at Cabrillo Beach at the end June 2026.
Deep Attunement is made possible by LA County Department of Cultural Affairs.
April 3 - June 30, 2026
Living Seed Bombs
Come learn about the relationship between native plants, healthy soil, and healthy marine birds. Then, mix up your own plant-able seed bomb sculptures using local clay, soil, sand, beneficial fungi, kelp, and wildflower seeds. Help improve watershed health and increase awareness about the impact of coastal soil management on marine ecosystems with your living sculptures. All materials and tools will be provided, including a variety of press molds and stamps to help participants shape and mark their plant-able sculptures.
Deep Listening
Come learn about deep listening as a form of ecological practice and somatic attunement pioneered by composer Pauline Oliveros. What does it mean to practice deep listening inside a bird rescue? Who and what are we attuning to and what do we do with the voices and sounds we hear?
Imaging the Anthropocene
Come learn about humanity’s impact on marine life, including the Bird Rescue’s patients. Review x-rays showing plastic entanglement, ingested fishing hooks, imbedded bbs. Then, create your own light-exposed cyanotype images, using similar materials gathered from Cabrillo Beach and the Bird Rescue.
Meets at International Bird Rescue, Classroom 3.