	Art Exhibits in Emerald Isle Community Center Lounge
	January 27, 2012 6 – 8pm Artist Reception at Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation On Friday, January 27^th from 6 – 8pm Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation will host a reception for this month’s artist, Kevin Geraghty. Light refreshments will be served. Come out and meet the artist! Kevin Geraghty will display his photographs at Emerald Isle Parks & Recreation, 7500 Emerald Drive, during the month of January. Kevin is an amateur photographer who discovered his love for sea turtles while volunteering with the Emerald Isle Sea Turtle Protection Program and the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. He has been an aquarium volunteer since the facility reopened in May 2006. He started photographing the loggerhead babies during the 2006 turtle season. He shoots with a Canon 7D, with various zoom lenses. Kevin has three videos to watch on either Facebook, “Friends of Emerald Isle” or on YouTube (search for “Emerald Isle Loggerheads”). The first video explains the Sea Turtle Protection Program; the second video is a photo story of a nest boiling while the third video is a movie of that same nest boiling: fun to watch and learn. A very small number of loggerhead babies make it to full adulthood. They need all the help we can give them. Kevin hopes that visitors will take home a new appreciation of these magnificent creatures which are a threatened species on our beautiful shores. Kevin and his wife, Brenda, both retired in 2006 from GlaxoSmithKline in Research Triangle Park. They live in Emerald Isle but when they must, they return to Raleigh to visit with the six grandkids. Kevin’s photos can be seen and purchased from his web site at: www.keving.smugmug.com. A portion of the sales of his turtle photos is donated each year to the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue & Rehabilitation Center, Topsail Island, NC. He can be reached by email at: kevin.e.geraghty@gmail.com Wednesday Painting Party held at Emerald Isle Parks & Recreation Community Center, 7500 Emerald Drive on Wednesdays from 1-3pm. An informal, fun group of artists that meets weekly to create, critique and converse. All artistic and artistically aspiring persons are invited to attend. Bring a piece to work on as well as your own supplies. Tables and chairs are provided. Kids’ Art with Joy McKee On September 6th, Joy McKee will begin conducting art lessons at Emerald Isle Parks & Recreation for children in grades 2-6. The emphasis of the classes will be enriching children's lives through the visual arts. Classes will include the fundamentals of drawing and color theory, vocabulary, imagination and creativity, study of art masters, fun elements in art, sculptures with clay and paper mache. Each student will have his or her own sketch book and materials to keep. A maximum of 8 students will be accepted into the art class for the fall term; September through December. The fee for the class is $50 per month/for the four-month fall term, plus $30 supply fee payable with your September payment. The supply fee is per term, not monthly. Classes will take place on Tuesdays from 3:45pm to 4:45pm in the lounge at Emerald Isle Parks & Recreation, 7500 Emerald Drive, Emerald Isle. Pre-registration is required, spaces is very limited. Call Laura Lee Davis at 252.354.6350 to register your child. Joy McKee has a degree in Art Education. She has taught art in the Onslow County schools, Jacksonville Montessori Children's School & Crystal Coast School of the Arts in Morehead City. Emerald Isle Parks & Recreation Contact: Laura Lee Davis Program Supervisor 252.354.6350 ldavis@emeraldisle-nc.org