January 27, 2012
6 –
8pm
Artist Reception at Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation
On
Friday, January 27th 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
For more information the art exhibits and becoming an exhibitor, contact Linda
Anderson at 252.354.5693 or
lindaAnderson@ec.rr.com
Artists please print artwork
display form.
Approved artist will need to
sign an art release waiver prior to displaying their art at Emerald Isle Parks &
Recreation. Please download the art release waiver and return to Laura Lee
Davis.
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.
For more information the art exhibits and becoming an
exhibitor, contact Linda Anderson at 252.354.5693 or
lindaAnderson@ec.rr.com
January 3, 2012 –
April 2012
Kids’ Art with Joy McKee
3:45 – 4:45pm
On January 3rd, 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 winter term; January through April.
The fee for the class is $50 per month/for the four-month winter term, plus
$30 supply fee payable with your January 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 Lainey Gottuso 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
