‘MARIPOSA PALOOZA’ open through November 2! Professional & amateur artists exhibit beautiful butterfly design skills; Winners are below.
Seventy 24 to 30-inch metal butterflies imaginatively created by local professional and
amateur artists, are now on display, with artists’ names, at the South Texas Botanical
Gardens & Nature Center, 9 am-6 pm.
MARIPOSA PALOOZA is funded in part by an $14,000 grant from City of Corpus Christi
Arts & Cultural Commission. Mariposas (Spanish for butterflies) have fascinated people
for centuries and are a symbol of renewal and new life in many cultures.
The exhibit, unfolding through November 2, will be displayed with pollinator gardens;
una ofrenda (an altar) at the Gardens during Dia de los Muertos along with screened
native Butterfly House to connect natural science to the Mexican culture; educational
signage about butterfly and monarch migration, life cycles; and local Dia de los Muertos
festival encouraging summer visitors to return to Corpus Christi for the street party!
CONGRATULATIONS TO our WINNERS, and Awards of MERIT!
ADULT CATEGORY WINNERS
1st “WATERMELON ORCHID” Leslie Adame
2nd “BIRDS OF THE COAST” Stephany Lucas
3rd “VEYELET” Autumn Yeager/Magenta Diaz/ Veronica Moreno
AWARD OF MERIT-ADULT
“KAYLEE’S LIGHT” Christina Torres/ Sherry Culvahouse
“FLORES CALIDAS” Sarah Landry
“WINGS OF SERENITY” Andrea Labrador
“SPARKLE” Ann Snuggs
“THE EVOLUTION OF TIME” Audriana M. Gonzalez
UNDER 18 CATEGORY WINNERS
1st “ATLUS” Abigail Medlin
2nd “ALMMAYA” Lyla Gurley
3rd “SHIMMERLNG SUN” Dylan Eager
AWARD OF MERIT-UNDER 18
“SPLATTERPAINT SPIDERMAN” Julian Airbinder
[CHECKS for WINNERS; gift certificates for MERIT Awards; will be mailed!]
THANKS to all participants for their beautiful creations!
