PROJECT: FIREFLY hosted by the Foundry Art Centre

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 6pm

Join us for a summer evening of catching fireflies along with Missouri riverbank and creating a temporary "living light" installation at the Foundry.

Project: Firefly is an innovative community arts collaboration that will work together under specific guidelines to construct an aesthetic experience and promote creative social interaction within the St. Louis Metropolitan community.

While experiencing the interactive sensory artwork created by the community, enjoy milk and cookies provided by Prairie Farms and River City Catering. As you enjoy the nostalgic snack, listen and discuss the significance of fireflies and the phenomenon of bioluminescence with an entomologist from the Butterfly House. The final performative action of the project will be to gather all the fireflies in their jars and release them back into nature. This final act of freeing a living illuminating creature back into the environment will be just as -- if not more -- gratifying than capturing it.

Any interested volunteers or participants should call or e-mail the Foundry Art Centre, so that they can be given a designated position or reserved a spot in the project initiative.

www.foundryartcentre.org (info)
(636) 255 0270
alex@foundryartcentre.org