Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 11/14/2002 - Joint with Horse Care Board

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The second phase entailed collecting native white pine seeds from the parent trees on site and propagating them in Anoka County's greenhouse. Several hundred white pine trees were successfully propagated in an effort to maintain the local genetics of the site, The final phase included transplanting the white pine seedlings into the understory of the forest, primarily in the gaps that were created from thinning the red maple. Some direct seeding efforts were also implemented by experimehting with various site preparation and sowing methods. Field work assis~nce was provided by the Minneso~ Conse~'ation Co~s. This cooperative project was implemented by the Anoka County Parks and Recreation Department and was partially funded by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation Partners Program. In addition, some field work assistance was provided by the Ninnesota Conservation Corps. An A,ffM Responds The 8anfilI-Locke Center for lhe Arts inviles the public to view the work of St. Cloud artist Bill Gorcica in November. As we all struggle 1o respond to catastrophic events in past months, some artists have lelt particularly bound to use their girts fo express horror or sadness, asking questions or seeking answers through their creative work. Gorcica, a faculty member of SI. Cloud State University's Nt Department, has been exploring his own inner emotional and psychological responses to current events through experimental digital drawing. The results of this experimental work will be on display from November 5 lhrough November 23 al the Ad Center. "1 don't claim to lully understand the images thal appear in these works nor do I wish to," says the artist. "Even though the works are my own creation, they have taken on an existence al their own." The drawings are a provocative combination of traditional art forms and new medi(~. Using Adobe Photoshop and a Wacom drawing tablet, the artist employs a pressure sensitive cordless to "draw" the pictures. The work can then be transferred to multimedia formats such as video and interactive new media, demonstraling the flexibility' at the method. Relying heavily on intuition, Gorcica attempts to balance aesthetic concerns with intense emotion. The resulting pictures are intensely colored, rendered in scratchy, often child-like fragments of recognizable images---human races, a sky, a building, for example. Some of the work on exhibit will be in the form of digital sculpture made in much the same way as the drawings described above and created as three-dimensional installation. ~e dra~n~ are a provocative combm~bon o¢~adifional art [o~ and new media. A receplion lot the artist will take place on :riday, November 8, 7:00 p.m. at BanlilI-Locke Center for the Arts in Fridley. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend lhis free event. BanfilI-Locke Center for the Arts located at 6666 East River I~oad, in Fridley about 2 miles north of 694. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday,1 0:0Q a.m. to 4:013 p.m. Please call 763-,574-1 850 lot more inlormation. BanfilI-Locke Center for the Arts (BLCA) is a nonprofit community art center dedicated fo the belief that the presence of arts in the community has a vitalizing effect. 8LCA promotes awareness and appreciation of the arts; encourages artists in all disciplines; and provides opportunities lot artists to exhibit, teach, market, and perfo,m their works, thereby enriching and improving the quality of lile in our community. Employee Fall Picnic Anoka County Parks and Recre'ation staff and their families gathered at the Bunker Hills Activities Center on October 11, to celebrate the conclusion of another successful summer season. 8 6 Pa8¢ 4