[image_with_animation image_url=”9902″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] As part of our Art & Activism series with Fredericka Foster and the Salish Sea Project, the League has adopted an orca whale. Proceeds from orca adoptions support ongoing education, research and public outreach through the Whale Museum. There were many whales up for adoption, and League artists voted to adopt Lazuli, an orca that’s 3 years old. (He’s the same age as the League!) In clean water with lots of Coho Salmon to eat, orca whales can live 90 years. Foster’s Art & Activism class is working in conjunction with a documentary film by Alan Honick to raise awareness about our threatened sea and wildlife. Adoption is just the beginning. Long live us all! [image_with_animation image_url=”9919″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] What do orca whales sound like? Below is a compilation of sound samples from orca whales in Haro Strait, near San Juan Island, in August 2006. Collected by David Neiwert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ZSvTfYYJQ
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[image_with_animation image_url=”10969″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Best print of the day: Katy’s Aurora Bridge and Connie’s Octopus combined Steamroller Moments: Nikki (printmaking instructor and lead for the day) telling Nickie (certified heavy equipment operator) where to aim the steamroller to get the maximum out of the press. Nikki and Nickie nailed it to the quarter …
Welcome to day 3 of our 30 Day Creative Challenge! Seattle is flooded today. There are quick moving streams along the sides of roads. Puddles the size of lakes. The primary challenge is to respond to the creative prompts in these posts, and see what happens. The alternative challenge is to make a comic based …
Meet Our Orca Whale
[image_with_animation image_url=”9902″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] As part of our Art & Activism series with Fredericka Foster and the Salish Sea Project, the League has adopted an orca whale. Proceeds from orca adoptions support ongoing education, research and public outreach through the Whale Museum. There were many whales up for adoption, and League artists voted to adopt Lazuli, an orca that’s 3 years old. (He’s the same age as the League!) In clean water with lots of Coho Salmon to eat, orca whales can live 90 years. Foster’s Art & Activism class is working in conjunction with a documentary film by Alan Honick to raise awareness about our threatened sea and wildlife. Adoption is just the beginning. Long live us all! [image_with_animation image_url=”9919″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] What do orca whales sound like? Below is a compilation of sound samples from orca whales in Haro Strait, near San Juan Island, in August 2006. Collected by David Neiwert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ZSvTfYYJQ
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