Nature Art Gallery<\/strong><\/a> presents \u201cWoodland Jewels,\u201d artwork by Chapel Hill native Ruth Ananda. The show runs August 3\u201326, with a Gallery reception Saturday, August 4, 2\u20134 p.m. All exhibited art is for sale.<\/p>\nAnanda trained in drawing, stained glass, watercolor, oil painting and printmaking at the University of Virginia, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1979. Now she works in acrylics and gels on canvas and paper.\u00a0Having departed from years of realism, Ananda\u2019s current style is semi-abstract, somewhat decorative and full of texture. Paintings often include trees, sky, birds and leaves.\u00a0Illustrations are whimsical imaginative paintings or drawings of a wide range of subjects.<\/p>\n
\u201cBirds in their habitat inspire playful and contemplative paintings,\u201d says Ananda, who is also an avid birder. She creates her paintings in the aptly named Bird Nest Studio, which she opens to the public during the annual Orange County Artists Guild Tour each November.<\/p>\n
The Nature Art Gallery is located inside the Museum Store. Hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 4:45 p.m. Admission to the Gallery is free. All exhibited art is for sale. For more information about the Nature Art Gallery, call 919.707.9854.<\/p>\n
\nThe North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences<\/em><\/strong> in downtown Raleigh (11 and 121 W. Jones St.) is an active research institution that engages visitors of every age and stage of learning in the wonders of science and the natural world. Hours: Monday\u2013Saturday, 9 a.m.\u20135 p.m., and Sunday, noon\u20135 p.m. General admission is free. Emlyn Koster, PhD, Director. For more information, visit naturalsciences.org.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31651,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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