Backyard Bird Conversations
Artist
Leah Foushee Waller and Michael Waller
Hillsborough, North Carolina
Date Installed
2026
Medium
Painted Steel
Artist Website
Location
Western Branch: between W. Market Street/W. McGee Street
Made Possible By
Carolina Bank (now First Bank)
Collection
Part of the Neighborhood Benches Collection along with
- Western Branch: north of Guilford Avenue crossing
- Western Branch: between W. Market Street/W. McGee Street
- Southern Trace: Five Points, Freeman Mill Road ramp
- Western Branch: Morehead Park, Spring Garden Street and Edgeworth Street
- Southern Trace: Carolyn Coleman Way and Arlington Street
- Southern Trace: Bragg Street and Martin Luther King Jr Drive
- Eastern Way: Murrow Boulevard and East Market Street
- Northern Passage: Murrow Boulevard and Chestnut Street
- Northern Passage: LoFi Park, North Eugene Street and West Smith Street
Description
Greensboro’s Historic College Hill neighborhood is the city’s oldest and most diverse. The spectrum of age, ability, building architecture and purpose, economic status, gender identity, occupation, race, and ethnicity all reside in College Hill. This public art installation represents and celebrates this significance. Attractive and appealing to multi-generational residents and visitors, Backyard Bird Conversations consists of three sculptural benches in the form of common backyard birds – bluebird, cardinal, and goldfinch – with wing and mask patterns referencing architectural details apparent on the homes of the neighborhood. Oversized, with vivid hues presented in a spectrum, the installation symbolizes the importance of noticing our commonalities among our differences, and continuing and amplifying conversations centered on diversity and inclusivity.
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