Crow Project
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2nd annual crow homecoming
The 2nd ANNUAL CROW HOMECOMING and final hurrah for the world’s 1st ROOT BALL PARK One of the great animal phenomena of the world is the congregation of large numbers of birds into a single communal sleeping group known as a “roost.” Annually, late October/early November, upwards to 10,000 crows come from as far away as Canada to roost in Coshocton, crow resort town, Crowtown. Coshocton has carried the nickname Crowtown for some time. No one seems to know exactly where the nickname came from but it is somehow linked to motorcycles. In 2008, when crows began to congregate in town in significant enough numbers to warrant propane cannons and pyrotechnics,…
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First Coshocton CROW Homecoming ever
2-4pm Saturday, November 17 Who you can expect to see: Clarence the Crow and the CT Crow Here’s the schedule: OPENING CEREMONIES 2pm Mayor’s Address Crow welcome – Coshocton Convention and Vistor Bureau Director, Jan Meyers About crows and the artwork – Pomerene Center Director & Community Artist,Anne Cornell 2:30 ARE YOU AS SMART AS A CROW CONTEST Things to do Paste a piece of the WALL Have your picture taken with a Crow Listen to music by Johnny Dotson Add to our suggestion box: What should we do for Crow Homecoming 2013? Eat & Drink Drunken Crow Quesadillas by Chef Bruce Kotab @ the Warehouse Steak n’ Stein Pizza…
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pasting for the Crow Homecoming
Over the years, many people in Coshocton have suggested a mural on this wall.  The surfaces are too impermanent for painting. We began imagining the plaster wall sections as pasting surfaces for billboard-scale posters (inspired by JR’s pasting work). Enter our interest in researching the habits of Coshocton’s winter crow roost and the chance to partner with Gund Gallery at Kenyon College, inaugural exhibition artist Diana Cooper (NYC), and Kenyon professor Karen Snouffer’s “Painting Redefined” studio class. Coshocton’s crow data was translated into art in March 2012. (Thanks locally, to the Simpson Family Fund at the Coshocton Foundation.) We’ll be pasting 2500sq.ft. of paper as part of…
