The Beautiful Banner displayed at the beaver festival was the product of over 100 children’s fabric artwork from the Flyway Fiesta and Earth Day. It was the brainchild of FROgard Butler, an artist with East Bay Artists Guild and an instructor at Diablo Valley College. The children amazed us again with their delightful drawings but it was FRO who painstakingly sewed on the ribbon borders and got the whole project ready for display.
I met FRO at First Night in 2007. I was standing beaver-watch at the Escobar Bridge and she came by to learn about the animals. She was very impressed with what she saw and took some brochures to distribute at the vets where she dropped off her pet portrait cards. FRO did pet paintings and asked if I would loan her a photograph to paint a beaver. That was the start of a beautiful friendship. FRO brought that watercolor to work on that first earth day event and presented it at the final beaver meeting in April. It now hangs in my living room and not a day goes by that I’m not grateful for that happy First Night accident.
Art Projects FRO has sponsored with the Martinez Beavers;
- Earth Day 2008 Draw A Beaver
- Beaver Festival 1 2008 Clay Beavers
- Art in the Park 2008 Water color Beavers
- Earth Day 2009 Clay Beaver Diorama
- Beaver Festival II 2009 Ceramic Tile Beaver Art
- Flyway Festival 2010 Fabric Beaver Drawings
- Earth Day 2010 Fabric Beaver Drawings
- Beaver Festival III 2010 Acrylic Creek Mural
