CURRICULUM VITAE

Abigail Woods Anderson
conservation biology  |  visual art
EDUCATION
  • M.Sc. in Conservation Biology with minor in Museum Studies, University of Minnesota, 2018
  • B.A. magna cum laude, Fine Art and Biology, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, 1999
PUBLICATIONS
  • Loss, S., S. Lao, J.W. Eckles, A.W. Anderson, R.B. Blair, and R.J. Turner (2020). Inclement Weather and American Woodcock Building Collisions During Spring Migration. Wildlife Biology.
  • Lao, S., B. Robertson, A.W. Anderson, R.B. Blair, J.W. Eckles, R.J. Turner, and S.R. Loss (2020). The influence of artificial light at night and polarized light on bird-building collisions. Biological Conservation 241.
  • Loss, S., S. Lao, J.W. Eckles, A.W. Anderson, R.B. Blair, and R.J. Turner (2019) Factors influencing bird-building collisions in the downtown area of a major North American city. PLoS ONE 4(11): e0224164. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224164.
  • Abigail W. Anderson (2018) Modeling bird-window collisions in core urban environments. University of Minnesota (masters thesis).​
  • Blair, R.B., A.W. Anderson, L. Fortson, and A. Lorek-Strauss (2018) Recommendations for the Creation of a Center for Citizen Science, Journal of Extension 56(4): 4FEA4.
CONFERENCE CO-PRESENTATIONS:
  • Anderson, A. (2021). Citizen Science with Noxious Weeds (During an Uprising and a Pandemic). CitSciVirtual, May 5, 2021, virtual national conference.
  • Anderson, A. and J. Eckles (2019). Project BirdSafe: Outcomes & Opportunities. Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists Union Annual Paper Session, December 7, Falcon Heights, MN.
  • Fortson, L., A.W. Anderson, R.B. Blair, and A. Lorek-Strauss (2019). So you want to create a Center for Citizen Science ... now what? Conference Proceedings of the Citizen Science Association, March 13-17, Raleigh, NC.
  • Lao, S. (presenter), A. W. Anderson, R.B. Blair, J.W. Eckles, B.A. Robertson, R.J. Turner, and S.R. Loss (2018). Investigating the Effect of Polarized Light on Bird Collisions with Buildings. Conference Proceedings of the Wildlife Society, October 7–11, Cleveland OH.
  • Will, T. (presenter), K. Nelson, D. Lambert, L. Elliott, A. Christianson, A. Meyer, H. Ramer, M. Barnes, A. Anderson, A. Sandler (2016). Change Strategies for the Future of Grassland Birds in the Midwest: A Conservation Deliberation: Conference Proceedings of the Midwest Landscape Conservation Science Symposium, Jan 24–27 2016 in Grand Rapids MI.
TEACHING
  • Instructor for University of Minnesota's Driven To Discover II (2017, 2018) and Migratory and Urban Bird Institute (2019, 2021)
  • Volunteer GED Tutor and Classroom Assistant, Takoda, spring 2019 to present
  • Teaching Assistant for Ethics in Natural Resources (ESPM 3011W), University of Minnesota (Spring 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018)
  • Guest artist for "Environmental Connections" class at Augsburg College, spring 2013
  • Co-facilitator for ArtsConnectEd training workshops for tour guides, docents, and teachers, 2009–2014
  • Faculty Member at Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 2009–2012
  • Artist-in-Residence for Digital Arts Class, Wayzata High School, spring 2011
SCIENCE: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
  • Interviewer for Ecology Fair, December 2017 & February 2020
  • ​Leader of Winter Bird Counts at Wakan Tipi, Lower Phalen Creek Project, December 14 and 21, 2019
  • Planning Committee Member for Conservation Sciences Seminar Series, Fall 2016 & Spring 2017
  • Bell Museum Intern, May–October 2016
  • Managing Editor, citizensciencetoday.org, Twitter @citscitoday, September 2016–December 2017
ART: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
  • Produced World Listening Day at the Walker Art Center, July 18, 2013
    A free public program featuring ways for visitors to celebrate the practice of listening. Activities tuned into the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden’s soundscape using acoustic ecology, imagination, and mindfulness. (*World Listening Day is an initiative of the World Listening Project, worldlisteningproject.org.)
  • Artist of the Day, 12x12x12, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2012
    For this marathon (12-hour) engagement, I occupied the gallery corner as a studio, providing the Fair-going public conversational engagement with an artist at work.
  • Phenologist-in-Residence for Walker Open Field 2012, Twitter handle @openphenology
    I chronicled natural phenomena on the Walker Art Center campus, June 2–September 1, 2012. Observations were broadcast using Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, the Walker blogs, and handwritten nature notes on the Open Field Tool Shed’s chalkboard.
  • Program planning for Open Laboratory (http://bit.ly/TG2QVN), Walker Art Center, June 2, 2012
    Working with Walker Family Programs staff, I was the guest curator for June’s Free First Saturday, a family event with multidisciplinary activities designed to celebrate the act observation and inspire inquiry into the natural sciences.
  • Open Phenology weekly nature walks, May 13–September 2, 2011
    Responding to Walker Open Field’s call for public activities, I took up the mantle of amateur naturalist, initiating routine observations of natural phenomena on the Walker campus. I invited the public to join my weekly walks. (More info: http://bit.ly/VKIFWb)
  • Printer of the Realm, Minnesota Renaissance Festival, 2011 and 2012
    Demonstrated Renaissance period book arts to the Festival-going public using replica Gutenberg press, responding to visitors’ questions on printing technologies.
  • “Scratch Negs from Scratch,” Mid-America Print Council Conference, October 2010
    Demonstrated and guided a hands-on trial of techniques. I also gave away a pro bono broadside with a recipe for my scratch negative method.
CITIZEN SCIENCE ACTIVITIES
  • University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources: Program Coordinator for "Cover It Up! Using plants to control buckthorn"
  • University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources: Program Coordinator for "Phenology of Non-native Weeds"
  • Audubon Minnesota: Project BirdSafe volunteer, fall migration seasons 2014 and 2016
  • Museum of the Rockies Paleontology Field Program: Fossil excavation at Two Medicine Formation near Choteau MT, June 2014
  • eBird (a program of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology): Participating eBirder since 2009
  • National Audubon Society: Christmas Bird Count (since 1994) and Great Backyard Bird Count (since 2012)
AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE
  • Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State (art.state.gov): Art selected for exhibition at the U.S. Embassy in Macedonia, 2008–2011
  • ArtsConnectEd (artsconnected.org): Site administrator; Member of the Museum Education Committee; and author of original resources
  • Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts (ILSSA): Member since 2012
  • Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA, mnbookarts.org): Member of the Artist Cooperative, 2008–2012; Charter Member of the Collectors Forum, 2010–present; Volunteer Winter Book printing apprentice, 2008 and 2011; Volunteer assistant to studio technician Sara Parr, four month duration, 2008; Artist creating original work (pro bono) for Studio Fundraiser Calendars, 2011, 2012, 2013; Volunteer at special events (exhibition openings, fundraising events, etc.), 2008–2012
  • Walker Art Center (walkerart.org): Staff member and volunteer tour guide, 2010–2014
JURY AND CURATOR ACTIVITIES SELECT EXHIBITION HISTORY
2014
  • Near and Far Contemporary Landscape Paintings, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery at St. Catherine University, September 8–October 23
2013
  • Small Wonders, Groveland Gallery, December 7, 2013–January 18, 2014
  • Tales of Environmental Turbulence: The Common Trail of Art and Science, University of Minnesota, October 17, 2013–January 6, 2014
  • Admire: A Correspondence between Artists, FORM+CONTENT Gallery, January 17–February 16
2012
  • 12.12.12: Twelve Artists, Twelve Hours, Twelve Days, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, August 23–September 3
  • The Clearest Way, Groveland Gallery, June 1–July 14
  • The Art of the Book: 17 Artists from Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Anderson Center in Rochester, MN, May 11–June 25; and Copper Country Community Art Center in Hancock, MI, August 1–31
  • Art on the Plains XI, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND, January 28–May 20
2011
  • Old Friends, New Talent, Groveland Gallery, August 4–27
  • What Follows What Came Before, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, March 25–May 6
  • Parts of a Whole: New Work by MCBA's Artist Community, February 18–April 24
2010
  • +1: Print Invitational, Groveland Gallery, September 10–October 16
2009
  • Front, Back & Between: New Work by the MCBA Artist Cooperative, January 23–March 8
  • Art in Embassies Program, work exhibited in the U.S. Embassy in Skojpe, Macedonia, 2008–2011
2008
  • Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition
2007
  • Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition
  • Food for Thought, group exhibition at Homewood Studios, April 27–May 19
2006
  • Art On the Plains IX, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND, October 2006–January 2007
2004
  • Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition
2002
  • Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition
2001
  • Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition
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