Elodie M. Richard

https://www.pigeonrescue.org/2024/01/13/call-to-pigeons-2023-2024-what-happened-to-the-bird-of-peace-art-project/

Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoptions is a volunteer-powered, donation-funded foster-based nonprofit rescue saving the lives of domestic (unreleasable) birds that are lost, injured, displaced & abandoned. They provide rescue, foster care, avian vet treatment and adoption services in Northern California as well as 24/7/365 care coaching, referrals, advocacy and education nationwide via their online Help Group and website resources. Palomacy’s foster volunteers care for a caseload of approximately 170 birds at any given time and are the heart and soul of the rescue.

While their organization hatched as a local effort to help pigeons and doves in the San Francisco Bay Area, the need for what they do is unlimited. They are one of the only organizations in the world (and possibly the first) completely dedicated to rescuing, rehabbing and rehoming the lost, injured, or displaced pigeon and dove survivors of exploitative businesses, hobbies and sports. With your support, they rescue in Northern California and help birds from all over the world through their Palomacy Help Group.

Thank you so much, Palomacy, for giving exposure to my art project in defense of the pigeons!! #pigeonsarenopests #rescuefosteradopt #pigeonsareawesome #indefenseofthepigeons 

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Thank you for your support, GLPR!

Location: Chicago (North America)

Here is a review on my art book ''What Happened to the Bird of Peace?''

Link to my instagram post (highlights): 

https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18231479824247766/

« This book is a stunning testament to pigeons and their real life stories of hardship and love. Pigeon mom and artist @elodie_m_richard_artist also has an upcoming art exhibition of select works from this book. This is NEW PIGEON PR you guys. Some proceeds from books sales go to @pigeondiplomacy and @greatlakespigeonrescue. Please support any way you can. To purchase please contact @elodie_m_richard_artist » (Jenna Close, Director of Photography at Buck the Cubicle, San Diego, USA)

''Thank you so much for supporting my project, Jenna, and encouraging me since its very start, it means the world to me.'' (Elodie M. Richard)

HERE IS A LINK TO ACCESS MY VIRTUAL ART EXHIBITION: 

https://www.artsteps.com/view/6581e957f13310a7ada68b60

Pigeons have thousands of years of history intertwined with ours, they symbolize peace, faith, fidelity, love, hope and happiness. The reality of their lives though and how they are unfairly rejected or mistreated by us nowadays is not so glorious for our own image as humans. Here is my ''Call To Pigeons - 2023'' art project, featuring a series of art portraits and gathering contemporary rescue stories about pigeons. As my art project grew and developed came the necessity to create an art book which would be the result of a year of work on the subject. A book made with love, which can be read by adults, by teenagers, or read to children, a meaningful edition that inspires and encourages the good in humans. The original art illustrations are all 7''x10''. With the perspective of a virtual presentation, I chose an industrial setting as pigeons try to survive in urban environments, with a ceiling opening to the sky. Each exhibited artwork would be an archival print at a large scale, here 118.11'' x 118.11''. Each one of these rescued birds has an incredible and unique story of survival and resilience that inspires respect, and I also selected some of my daily flock live portraits that I created at the beach where I feed pigeons that became regulars. Pigeon rescue is not an isolating thing that has no impact, it is a true and authentic movement that is happening worldwide, spreads and grows with strength and conviction each day, whether through the love and dedication of independent individuals or with the work of rescue organizations that bring awareness and educate, such as Great Lakes Pigeon Rescue and Palomacy, among so many more. Pigeons are in fact incredibly complex and intelligent animals. They have been with us for ten thousands years (Mesopotamian tablets mention their domestication more than 5,000 years ago, while Egyptian hieroglyphics tells that domestication happened as early as 10,000 years ago). They are considered as the first bird species to be domesticated by humans. Pigeons, also called doves, have been a longtime source of inspiration and even served as messengers of the gods. Pigeons appear in all religions. For thousands of years, they served us as messengers as well, we literally built our human history and empires thanks to them. They saved numerous humans lives, during wars (WW1, WW2 for the most recent ones), and were celebrated, honored and decorated with honorific medals such as the Dickin Medal. They also saved lives of numerous humans lost at sea... We owe them so much. In documentation from the late 19th century, humans show compassion to pigeons, condemning the sport of pigeon shooting. Early in the next century, the opinion suddenly changed. Pigeons became a problem between the 1950's and the 1960's, when people started to dislike them and consider them as a nuisance. They were framed by several officials as ''menacing'' vermin to get rid of ''because of their stools''. But you could say the same about all living animals. Pigeon zoonotic diseases? In truth, epidemiologists who know about diseases and viruses, say that pigeons extremely rarely interact in ways which could make us sick. So why have people only very recently decided to hate them?....The issue is not anything that pigeons do, but how we see them and the spaces we share with them. The recent false idea and misleading information from pests companies, making an online propaganda about pigeons to be seen as pests, is a SYMPTOM OF PEOPLE' S IDEA THAT THE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS WE BUILD ARE SEPARATE FROM NATURAL ONES. THAT THERE IS A LINE THAT SEPARATES ''CIVILIZATION'' AND UNCONTROLLED NATURE. We decide to build a parking, we cut all the existent native trees and destroy natural habitats, to replant chosen trees in some little squares cut in the concrete, and that is where the trees should be. We don't like when the grass begins to grow through cracks of the tarmac, because that is NATURE BREAKING OUT OF LIMITS THAT WE WANT TO KEEP IT IN. Pigeons cross those borders imagined by humans everyday, naturally sharing the same urban space than us. By peacefully transgressing our controlled vision of the city, pigeons show us that nature in the city does exist and gives life to its monotonous grey buildings. Their peaceful freedom is just enough to raise hate. Condemned as epidemiological threat despite actually being extremely poor sources of diseases, pigeons became unfairly a health menace, supported by misleading and false information. But, how sad would be our cities without those graceful flights in the sky and kind feathered hearts? Pigeons were domesticated by humans, abandoned by them, and only very recently have been shamed for their existence. Absolutely no animal is disposable and should have to suffer such merciless consequences for the only crime of living. It is our responsibility as humans to help them, to take care of them. That is why it is important to have people like you who care to fight against animal cruelty and animal abandonment.

https://all-creatures.org/book/r-bird-of-peace.html

Thank you, All-Creatures.org,  for giving exposure to my art book/art project!

Élodie 

This is the second year of my Call to Pigeons art project !!!

Here starts the second year of my « Call to Pigeons ! » . Pigeons have thousands of years of history intertwined with ours, they symbolize peace, faith, fidelity, love, hope and happiness. Mankind owes them so much!! The reality of their lives though and how they are unfairly rejected or mistreated by us is not so glorious for our own image as humans. How come such emotionally complex, gentle and smart creatures are nowadays so overlooked after thousands of years of service, being celebrated, honored, loved and praised all around the world and in all cultures/religions? In truth the way we treat pigeons reflect our own humanity.

JOIN THE MOVEMENT !

Are you a rescued pigeon parent, would you like to submit your bird/portrait story to possibly be part of this special series? I am looking forward to create a series of portraits that witness their unique beauty despite their handicaps or injuries. Your birds unique stories of survival and rescue deserve to be honored. The materials I will need to work with are: good quality photographs that will inspire me to create a portrait, a paragraph that tells your bird story, and a photograph of the pigeon with his human family. Each pigeon story will be different. I will also reach out personally to rescues to create art about their special needs pigeons and incredible stories of survival and resilience.

As owner of this project, my goal is to create Limited series art prints of my original illustrations, with the creation of a second collectible art book (limited series) and/or an art exhibit on the long term. A portion of the art sales will help generate donations to rescues involved. Please follow my instagram artist page and PM ME IF INTERESTED.

Let the Pigeons show off their stories and true beauty to the world, and help them get the recognition and respect they deserve!

@ELODIE_M_RICHARD_ARTIST #elodiemrichardartproject#calltopigeons2024 #rescuedpigeonsartproject#pigeonsdailyportraits #beagoodhuman#indefenseofthepigeons #calltopigeons #elodiemrichardartist#pigeonsoftheworld #submityourrescuedpigeonsstories#thisisajourney#givepigeonstherespectloveanddignitytheydeserve #bringawarenessaboutthepigeons

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https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/01/23/new-smyrna-beach-artist-presents-ukrainian-war-art-project-at-embassy-in-washington-d-c/69802102007/?fbclid=IwAR3XamguAG-TCaHScXU-jJ_xs1FcZ-CfSJSEMvr1Y5ueuleVla_AzwByagk&mibextid=Zxz2cZ#ldbx8w073s900yzujdp

Cobb Cole Law Firm, reception at DeLand office. 6 months of exposure and great crowd. On exhibit until mid June 2022. A special thank you to Clare Radigan and Darlene Feliciano who allowed us to connect and everyone who participated to make this project happen 🫶🏼💫💫💫 - DeLand, Florida, USA.

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Artist Elodie M. Richard is creating a humanitarian fundraising to help Ukrainian families and children. Following the current news, this is an ongoing live project to create a book which can also become an art exhibit. Each pages of the journal can be printed as is or in larger poster format if requested. The money raised with the independent artist initiative, owner of the project, will be donated to an official well known organization in order to help Ukraine.
Élodie M Richard is an artist sharing her family roots between France and Central Europe. Her work focuses on the broad theme of identity. To Learn more about the artist, owner of this art project and contact her: elodierichard.com
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Going today! Excited to see this exhibition. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/16/arts/design/basquiat-painting-orlando-mumford-museum.amp.html

UPDATE:https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/28/arts/design/orlando-museum-art-basquiat-director-fired.html

May 2021: ''TROUBLE IN PARADISE'', Juried call to Artists. A group exhibit. With the participation of Beaux Arts Central Florida Artists. Location: Jane's Art Center (Gallery Space), 199 Downing St, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

February 2021: ''UNFORSEEN JOURNEYS'', a group exhibit. With the participation of Beaux Arts Central Florida Artists. Location: Jane's Art Center (Gallery Space), 199 Downing St, New Smyrna Beach, Florida