HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05172005 - 2005 RES 290 IN THE MATTER RECOGNIZING RESOLUTION NO. 2005/290
LINDSAY WILDLIFEMUSEUM'S
50x"ANNIVERSARY,AND DISTRICT 2 ARTISTS
AFFILIATED WITH LINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM
WHEREAS,Contra Costa County recognizes artpassages. a collection ofartfrom contra costa countyas an
exhibition program designed to create an opportunity for artists to show their work to a larger public, to
increase community awareness of and familiarity with County artists, to form relationships with regional art
organizations,and to attract potential buyers for.County artists'work;and
WHEREAS,The Arts&Culture Commission of Contra Costa'County and Contra Costa County Board of
Supervisors are celebrating Lindsay Wildlife Museum's 50th Anniversary this year by presenting an exhibition
of artwork created ley artists affiliated with Lindsay Wildlife Museum called, The Art of Keeping it Wild;and
WHEREAS,Lindsay Wildlife Museum was founded by Alexander"Sandy"Lindsay,who started teaching children
about nature in the early 1950s. Lindsay brought together parents to Help iti:his efforts and incorporated the
Diablo Junior Museum Association in June 1955 using:his home,Seven Hills Ranch,as the first site of die
museum.In 1905,with the help of the City of Walnut Creek, the"museum moved to,an'unoccupied 5,000
square foot water pump house in Walnut Creek's Larkey Park where tlu museum acquired a permanent
collection of live,non-releasable wild animals and natural history objects I'ecple carne to the museum to get
help for injured and orphaned wild animals,and in 1970 a forrrl wildlife rel���ilitatiotr prcagram was
started-- the-first of its hind in they United States-Til the early 1990s the useum;and the community worked
together to raise fian.ds and:build anew,28,000 square E't of buileling where the museum.exhibits,non-
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releasable wild aiiiii� s and the ix3Idlife rehabilitation hospital are currently housed;and
WHEREAS;Lindsay Wildlife Museum currently serves more than 1.00;000 vis>t rs each year,including 4(3,(300
sclsool children.Approximately 700 volunteers are active.iti the museuMs work; contrihitting more than
120,000 hours of service each year to education,wildlife care,museum 61. fundraising and soutreach.
The museum operates the oldest.and one of the largest..tvildlite` lI'bil ration hospitals;in the Untied States,
treating more than h�000 injured and ctrphaned wild animals each year 'ancl
WHEREAS,Individual:artists are participating in the art pastae nlisflict eatltr`brt art The Art of Keeping It
Wild,including:Glynda Dixon,Kathy Gyorfi,Susan Heckly,Margrete He.sing,Elizabeth Maffeo Koval,
Ruth Mullin,Brian-Murphy,John Osmer,Wendy Sparks,Jeff Torquemada,Joe Watson and Lisa Yount.;
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County does hereby
declare the above artists,and Lindsay Wildlife Museum,are treasures of our County and region, and urges
residents to continue to support the artistic and creative`endeavors of these individuals and this museum.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on May 17,2005,by a unanimous vote of the Board members present.
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GAYI. B.-OILKEMA
Chair
District II Supervisor,i f
JOHN GIOIA --_ . PIEPHO
District I Supervisor — District III Supervi
MARK DeSAULNIER Y'_ FEDERAL D. GLOVER
District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken
* 1nd entered on the rnunutes'of the Board of Supenisors on the date
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