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Butterfly Initiative in
Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach,
California - Artist in
residence at the Huntington
Beach Art Center,
Robin Repp, created
molded butterfly art,
inspired by the California
Western monarch butterfly.
Repp's Huntington Beach
Monarch
based on the butterfly which
travels along the coast and
rests at various beaches as
it migrates, is a
composition consisting of
photographic images of the
people and places in
Huntington Beach. She took
digital photos at several
beach sites, including
parks, at the Fourth of July
parade and at Bolsa Chica to
create the shape of a
butterfly.
Public television station
KOCE and other community
organizations supporting the
Butterfly Initiative are
working with the City of
Huntington Beach in a series
of projects designed to
engage the public and
promote creativity. And it
will include the Arts and
Science Legacy Project,
which will help start the
first Endowment for Science
and Arts Education in Orange
County.
The Huntington
Beach Monarch along
with projects from other
communities will be
displayed at Roger's Gardens
in Newport Beach. And the
works will be auctioned at a
televised event on March 4.
Organizers of the program
hope to expand the
initiative to schools,
corporations and non-profit
organizations.
Repp's butterfly was
displayed at the Huntington
Beach Art Center, 538 Main
St., to mark the California
Western Monarch Butterfly
Day.
It will be at the Michael
E. Rodgers Seniors Center,
1706 Orange Ave., through
the end of March and
displayed at City Hall
lobby in April. |
