Joppa Flats Education Center continues to invite all community members to add their personal touch to a tile mosaic that will be displayed outside The Lookout, their new green education room for children and families. For $25 a tile, community members can paint a nature-inspired theme on a tile, which will become part of the mosaic and a permanent part of Joppa Flats. On June 5th, the tile mosaic will be unveiled during a day of family programs at Joppa Flats Biodiversity Celebration.
“The response to the Joppa Flats Tile Project has been so exciting! Parents are bringing in their kids, adults are coming in with their friends, local artists are getting involved, and what binds them all is their love for nature. This is a great testament to this community’s support for our wildlife,” said Pottery Isle owner Kathy Ryan, who is hosting the tile painting parties at her shop located in the Tannery on Water Street. Kathy and Mass Audubon volunteers are present at each tile painting session to help painters with ideas and technical advice.
People of all ages and artistic abilities are invited to participate in the Joppa Flats Tile Project. Sessions will be held will be held in March on Wednesday afternoons, 1-4 p.m., and Saturday mornings, 9-11 a.m. (except 3/6), and in April on Friday evenings, 6-9 p.m. (except 4/2) and Saturday mornings, 9-11 a.m. For more information or to sign up to paint a tile, please call Joppa Flats at 978-462-9998.
Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, located at One Plum Island Turnpike in Newburyport, is a natural history education and visitor center that is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday and Monday holidays, 8:30am to 4pm. Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the website atwww.massaudubon.org.
