Nancy VanKanegan, Story Spool, Mixed media on glazed porcelain, 9 x 9 x 9 in. from the CSI exhibit, Little, but Bold!

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Evanston Parks Get 3 New Artworks, A Holiday Gift to Brighten Winter | Gay Riseborough | Evanston RoundTable | 12/20/23

Artists Turning Dying Trees Into Works of Art | Angela Moy | NTD News, New York | 3/24/2022

Turning Dead and Invasive Trees into Works of Art | Evan Garcia | Chicago Tonight, WTTW, Chicago | 3/9/2022

Nashville Tree Foundation Calls On Artists To Carve Into Ash Trees Hit by Emerald Ash Borers | Hannah McDonald | WTVF NewsChannel 5 Nashville | 12/30/2021

Genesis and Rebirth | Sigalit Zetouni | chicagolife.net section, The New York Times, 2020

‘Green Lady’ Rises From the Ashes in Jackson Park as the Latest Chicago Tree Sculpture | Patty Wetli | WTTW News | 7/10/2020

In Jackson Park, An Ash Tree Gets New Life As Public Sculpture | Christian Belanger | Hyde Park Herald | 7/6/2020

Enchanting New Tree Sculpture Debuts in Jackson Park | Colby Smith | Secret Chicago | 6/23/2020

What’s Up With the Funky Trees in Palmer Square Park? | Block Club Chicago | 8/8/2018

“Artists Transform ‘Sick and Dying’ Chicago Trees“ | ABC 7 News | 8/3/2018

Sculptor Out to Save the Environment Through Art: Margot McMahon | Moore Women Artists | 3/2018

Chicago’s Plan for Sick Trees: Turn Them Into Art  |  Hyperallergic | 10/29/2017

“Trees Saved from Chainsaw Turned into Art on Lake Shore Drive”  |  WGN News | 6/26/2017

The Chicago Tree Project  |  Chicago Tribune | 6/22/17

“What’s Up With That Blue and White Tree on Lake Shore Drive?”  |  WGN Radio | 6/16/2017

What’s Up With That Blue and White Tree on Lake Shore Drive?  |  DNA Info  |  6/15/2017

Dogs Were Carved Into This Portage Park Tree – And More Could Be On The Way | DNA Info | 6/8/2017

Chicago Tree Project: Transforming Trees in Chicago’s Parks | Chicago Parks Foundation Seeing Green (blog) | 2/22/2017

Oak Park Artist Turns Litter into Object Lesson | Michael Romain | Oakpark.com | 8/27/15

“Chicago Tree Project,” Your Chicago | CBS Chicago | 7/10/2015

“Margot McMahon,” Chicago Stories | Fox News Chicago | 1/16/15

Dead Trees Turned into Art in Parks, Along Chicago’s Lakefront | Rachel Cromidas | Chicago Tribune | 11/17/2014

“Chicago Tree Project” | CBS News | 11/11/14

Turning Trees into Art,“ Chicago Tonight | WTTW | 7/23/14

“Chicago Tree Project,” Public Art in Chicago (blog) | 7/18/2014

Artists Transforming Dead, Dying Trees in Chicago” | NBC Chicago | 7/17/14

Steve Cochran | WGN Radio | 7/14/2014

Bridgeport Metalsmith Turning Dead Tree into Art at McGuane Park | Casey Cora | DNA Info | 6/16/2014

Emanuel Wants to Turn Dying Trees into Public Art | Fran Spielman | Chicago Sun-Times | 5/16/2014

Dead Trees Being Turned into Art Through City Program | Ted Cox | DNA Info | 5/16/2014

Press Release | Mayor’s Press Office | 5/16/14

“When is a Dead Tree Not a Dead Tree? When It’s Art!” | K-Hits with Dave Fogel | 104.3 FM | 7/18/201