ATRIUM GALLERY
Lana Sjoberg with Willow River Elementary School Students
Now through August 12
Gallery Reception and Migration Celebration Kick-off
Friday, May 13, 6 – 8 p.m.
Free and open to the public
In celebration of the Neotropical migratory birds that spend their summers in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway and other national parks in the Upper Midwest after flying north from their winter homes in central and South America, including in the national parks on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica, the Atrium Gallery will be transformed into a tropical rain forest using fleece, paper, cardboard, paint and recycled materials. Artist Lana Sjoberg will work with students from Willow River Elementary School to create this environment, which will open on Earth Day, symbolically awaiting the birds at the end of their long journey.
Birds made by the 4th grade students at Willow River Elementary will arrive to populate the rainforest environment in time for the gallery reception. This free event on Friday, May 13, will kick-off Tropical Wings Bird Migration Celebration and feature Meet & Greets with a live Red-tailed Hawk and Barred Owl from Carpenter Nature Center, displays from local organizations who received grants from Tropical Wings to improve habitat for the migratory birds, resources to learn what you can do to help the Neotropical migratory birds, and materials to make your own animals to add to the Atrium Gallery rainforest.
This project is a partnership with Tropical Wings, a non-profit volunteer organization whose mission is to support the Sister Parks Agreement between the National Park Service in the Upper Midwest and national parks on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica (SINAC/ACOSA) by promoting an awareness of Neotropical migratory birds and supporting habitat conservation through building relationships within and between communities at both ends of the migration.
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