a collection of art from district 2
May 17, 2005 - July 8, 2005
Celebrating 50 Years of Lindsay
Wildlife Museum through the eyes of local artists
For fifty years, local residents have been engaged in the
work of keeping our region hospitable to resident wild
animals, and helping their neighbors learn to live with
wildlife as well. In the process, this small, but growing
band of committed citizens is credited with being early
pioneers in wildlife medicine, educating generations of
children about the importance of wildness around us, and
rehabilitating and releasing hundreds of thousands of
injured or orphaned wild animals back to their native
habitat. All of this has taken place in the heart of Contra
Costa County, in the shadow of Mt. Diablo in Walnut Creek.
2005 was the 50th Anniversary of Lindsay Wildlife Museum, and
the County Arts Commission and Board of Supervisors celebrated the museum’s anniversary and many
accomplishments with an exhibit entitled, Lindsay
Wildlife Museum: The Art of Keeping It Wild.
Supervisor Gayle Uilkema dedicated this eighth
exhibition for the art passages series during
the Board of Supervisors’ meeting on Tuesday, May 17, at
9:30 a.m. in the building at 651 Pine Street.
This exhibit featured
the artwork of 12 artists are all affiliated with the
museum, which is located in Supervisor Gayle Uilkema’s
District II (which includes the incorporated communities of
Hercules, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Orinda, Pinole, and
Walnut Creek (west of 680), and the unincorporated
communities of Alhambra Valley, Briones, Canyon, Crockett,
Pacheco, Port Costa, Rodeo, Rossmoor, Saranap, Tara Hills
and Tormey.
Individual artists, all of whom are either volunteers or
staff at the museum, included Glynda Dixon, Kathy Gyorfi,
Susan Heckly, Margrete Heising, Elizabeth Maffeo Koval, Ruth
Mullin, Brian Murphy, John Osmer, Wendy Sparks, Jeff
Torquemada, Joe Watson and Lisa Yount.
“When you look at the images in this exhibition, you are
reminded, once again, of the power and beauty of where we
live, and of the importance of understanding and connecting
with what is wild around us,” said Jennifer Delgadillo
Bevington, former AC5 Exhibitions Manager, “the vision of these
artists and the strength of their work is a great homage to
the museum and all that is has accomplished over the years.”
Echoing themes of previous art passages
exhibitions, Bevington noted that, “The overall impression
of the exhibition, is of the power, and beauty of wild
animals and wild places that these works of art convey with
such certainty and simplicity.”
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