CALL FOR ARTISTS

PARTICIPATE IN THE HI-DESERT NATURE MUSEUM'S

"REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE" EXHIBITION

ON DISPLAY JANUARY 25 - APRIL 26, 2014

OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY, JANUARY 24^th, 5:00-7:00 PM

As part of our Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 20, 2013 the local community is invited to contribute artwork made from recycled or reused materials for display in our "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" exhibition.  Paintings, sculpture, mixed media creations, photographs of recycled products, or any other art-related objects can be loaned to the museum for display in the exhibition.  Individual and group projects are welcome and children are particularly encouraged to participate.

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Winter Facts

• The coldest temperature ever recorded in the world was -128 degrees Celsius, in Vostok Station in Antarctica in 1983.
• The shape of each snowflake is determined by temperature, wind, the amount of time it takes to fall to the ground, and the amount of water vapor in the air.
• The Winter of 1779 - 1780 was so cold that ice was piled 20 feet high along the Delmarva Coast and stayed there until spring. The upper portion of the Chesapeake Bay and the entire Potomac River was frozen solid, allowing people to walk from Annapolis to Kent Island and from Alexandria in to D.C.
• People with chionophobia are simply said to have a fear of snow.
• Poinsettias were first introduced into this country in 1828 by the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Joel Poinsett. Poinsettias are now grown in all 50 states and represent over 85 percent of potted plant sales during the holidays. Over $220 million worth of poinsettias are sold during holiday season!
• Now more than 25,000 bulbs are strung on the Rockefeller Center tree - that's more than 5 miles of lights!
• The first Christmas card, created by a London businessman, was printed in England in 1843. Three years later, the first commercial Christmas cards were available to the public. One thousand cards in all were produced and they were an instant success.
• In 1939, an advertising employee at the department store Montgomery Ward wrote the story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for a store promotion. That year the store gave away 2.4 million copies of the story.
• Christmas was declared a national holiday in 1870.
• Kwanzaa is a seven day celebration of family, culture and heritage that begun in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, a professor at California State University. Celebrated from December 26th to January 1st, Kwanzaa is modeled after the first harvest celebrations in Africa. The holiday ends with a large feast on the final evening called Karamu.
• With over 2000 languages spoken on the African continent, Kwanzaa adopted one of the many unifying languages, Swahili, which is spoken by millions on the African continent. The name Kwanzaa comes from a Swahili phrase meaning "first fruits."
• Potato pancakes are a Hanukkah favorite. In Yiddish they are called latkes.
• In Hebrew the word Hanukkah means dedication.