Join Spring 2025 New City Artist-in-Residence, Lauro L贸pez, for a Downtown Charlottesville Bird Sit this summer. This is a free, accessible birding session.
Those attending a Bird Sit will meet Lauro at McGuffey Park at 8:00AM on Saturday, July 26. Attendees are encouraged to bring whatever supplies they prefer to sketch and take field notes. A field notes guide will be provided by Lauro.
Following the Bird Sit, attendees will be invited to view Lauro's exhibition, Birds on the Block, at New City Arts' Welcome Gallery.
More information about the Bird Sit will be sent prior to your Bird Sit date. Questions? Send us an email! Lauro鈥檚 exhibition, Birds on the Block, is on view at Welcome Gallery from July 10-26, 2025.
Lauro L贸pez is a mixed-media artist based in Charlottesville with roots in Texas and the Mexican-Latine diaspora. Their work explores identity and the relationship to self and culture as a Latine, transgender, and autistic person of color. The subjects of their art are varied but center lived experiences and the journey of reconnecting with aspects of identity while navigating the long arm of colonization. Lauro鈥檚 work is informed by Chicana and indigenous art theory as well as the community they are cultivating in the Charlottesville area.