Dark Art of Michigan Fundraiser for American Association of Zoo Keepers
OVER $900 RAISED FOR AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOO KEEPERS
I recently had the opportunity to paint a real hollowed out Ostrich egg for a fundraiser put on by Dark Art of Michigan! This fundraiser was to raise money for the American Association of Zoo Keepers at Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek Michigan. The money raised went towards conservation, employee training, and animal enrichment. There were about 20 artists that participated and a few of them sent me photos of their work to share on here! The artists raised over $700 plus with additional money the AAZK booth made we raised over $900 combined!
ADRIENNE GELARDI
My egg featured Bird of Paradise flowers, red foliage, a pink background, and a glossy pink pearled top coat. It sat atop of a metallic golden stand! I mainly used Liquitex Acrylic Paints, Golden Paints, Rust-Oleum, and Krylon.
AR MIXED MEDIA ART
Angela Rose made the Ophelia the Ostrich Witch themed egg. Angela creates handcrafted one of a kind gift items and artwork from many types of new and recycled materials, as well as antique images she acquires through the public domain or have purchased the rights to use in her own work. She makes and sells mixed media original artworks, prints, bookmarks, stationery, boxes, greeting cards, journals, albums, jewelry, ornaments, and other gift items. Customizations are available. www.armixedmediaart.com
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3 HEART ART
Stephie Jo Created this cute bat piece with a really nice branch holding stand! You can find her other work at 3 Heart Art on Facebook.
DOWNY TREE ART
Sarah Evans created this stunning Egg with colorful crows swirling around it! You can find her other work at Downy Tree Art on Facebook.
DEBRA K BAKER
Debra made a cute and fluffy mixed media piece including some colorful feathers!
DIRT LORD
Peter Fox split his egg in half and made some spooky glowing baby heads! After all, this is the Dark Art of Michigan! You can find his other work at _dirtlord_ on Instagram.
Thanks for taking a few minutes to check out these ostrich eggs painted by local Lansing artists and hopefully some of them inspire you to create your own artwork! Blank ostrich eggs can be purchased from Binder Park Zoo for $10 if you want to paint your own! Proceeds go to AAZK!