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\n\nAn interactive exhibit showcasing the restorative qualities\, symbolism\, and fragility of birds. \;Three women artists present their interpretations in pastel\, gouache\, and beadwork sculpture. \;
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\n\nA Hollow-boned Muse \;by Roberta Condon presents figurative paintings in pastel allowing us to escape to the restorative and magical interplay of humans with birds.
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\n\nEndangered Species II: The Raven Cries \;by \;Debra Grall presents \;works in beaded sculpture portraying the Raven warning of past and future extinction of birds if we do not care for the earth.
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\n\nAt Home with Birds \;by Lorraine Ortner-Blake presents paintings in gouache depicting birds as enshrined icons representing our natural liaison between earth and sky.
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\n\nBirds seek rising pockets of warming air\, soaring upwards on the current. \; These thermals lift and support flight. Like these avian aerialists\, we seek our own upward thermal.
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\nExhibit on display through April 25
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\n\n\nSponsored by Colleen &\; Jim Murphy
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