'Birds Matter' Student Art Exhibit at Audubon Society's Doc Thomas House

Danielle Medina, Piping Plover, Silkscreen Print, grade 9

Tropical Audubon Society has invited Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart to install a representation of its BIRDS MATTER student art show at the conservation organization's historic Doc Thomas House headquarters on 5530 Sunset Drive. The opening night reception is a free community event taking place Friday, April, 5 from 6 until 8 pm. Light refreshments will be served. The exhibit will hang through the end of April. Hours vary so please contact Events Director Amy Creekmur at events@tropicalaudubon.org to make an appointment.

The impressive works convey each artist's unique interpretation of a bird that inspires them, presented in a range of mediums including ceramics, encaustics, watercolor, cyanotype and silk screen prints, acrylics, collage and mixed media. Created by Carrollton students from Montessori to seniors, these artworks were conceived as part of their research of endangered and threatened birds to honor the recent Centennial of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

National Audubon Society, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Life International and National Geographic teamed up to facilitate this Centennial initiative.

For those unable to attend the opening night festivities, tours of the historic 1932 home will take place on Saturday, April 6 at 1 and 3 pm., at which time visitors can enjoy the BIRDS MATTER Carrollton exhibit and also learn more about the Florida Cracker-style cottage that is in the National Register of Historic Places, is a Florida Heritage site and is a Dade County Historic Landmark.