Turtle Release

Join the Scurry!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
6:00pm - 9:00pm
420 Downing St, Denver, CO, 80218

During our recent trip to Guatemala, we had the opportunity to release a few nests (several hundred) baby turtles onto the black sands of the Hawaii preserve so they could make their way into the pounding Pacific. It was certainly one of the most delightful experiences I've had in recent times.

It inspired us to gather as a community in order to sponsor the gathering - hatching and release of these endangered creatures.

If you are unable to attend, I encourage you to visit the ARCAS website (below) to learn more about their vital environmental work in Guatemala.

ARCAS Guatemala

Under its Sea Turtle Conservation Program, ARCAS operates the most productive of the 21 hatcheries in Guatemala.

Nearly 40,000 sea turtle eggs are collected, hatched and released each year.

ARCAS also carries out very detailed research on sea turtles, as well as extensive environmental education.

They believe that any successful conservation effort must not only be directed at protecting natural resources but at helping local residents meet their economic, educational and social needs.

In response to the urgency of the decline in Leatherback turtle population, ARCAS has worked with CONAP, the Humane Society and other colleagues to impose a total ban on egg collecting in Guatemala.

For more information on how to become involved, go to www.arcasguatemala.com

Jacob Baynham -
Brothers Near Roadside Bomb - Bharak, Afghanistan

Lee Lee
Fatehpur Sikri Burial Ground, India

Kirsten Baynham
Firelight, Burma
Proceeds will benefit the Lao Women Weavers organization

Artists:

Joseph Amram
Colfax

Jacob Baynham
Eyes of Afghanistan
go to Jacob's blog

Kirsten Baynham:
Faces of Asia
Laos, India, Burma & Afghanistan

Beth Daniel
Buenos Aires & Cairo

Lee Lee
Tibet, China, India & Bosnia

Izabela Lundberg
Survivors

Victoria Seligman
Portraits of Hmong Women & Children
Sa Pa, Vietnam

Exhibition:
March 1-31, 2008
420 Downing Street, Denver

Opening Reception:
Saturday, March 22nd 2008, 6-9pm

Overview of entire exhibit

The Cradle Project will open on Saturday, June 7th in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This historic and unprecedented art installation –two years in the making– will feature over five hundred cradles and cribs made by artists from around the world using solely scrap and recycled materials. Using the symbolism of empty cradles to represent the lost potential of an estimated 48 million children orphaned by disease and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, The Cradle Project is designed to provoke art into action. The ultimate mission is to promote awareness about this crisis and to raise financial support to help feed, shelter, and educate these forgotten children. Set against a towering backdrop of falling sand, these empty cradles will speak volumes about the permanence of loss, as children’s lives and potential - these cradles - become buried.

Visit the Cradle Project website

View Lee Lee's Cradle