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Support Art & Science! Butterflies & Friends on Parade is a community-wide summer celebration of art and science presented by Green Bay Packaging and The Einstein Project and supported by Dominion Resources and Wells Fargo Bank and with help from many other area businesses, foundations, organizations, and artists.

Save the Date! The 2009 Butterflies & Friends on Parade art auction will be:

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at the KI Convention Center

A butterfly with graceful wings of multi-colored forged and fabricated steel, "Hopp'n Good Time", a frog being created in conjunction with students from Syble Hopp School, and a turtle inspired by Pueblo Indian pottery are just three of 28 art pieces that will make the Green Bay community a more interesting place this summer as part of The Einstein Project's 2009 Butterflies & Friends on Parade, presented by Green Bay Packaging with support from the Dominion Foundation and Wells Fargo Bank.

A distinguished panel of twelve judges sorted through a record 98 applications to chose 28 designs for this year's on Parade event. Artists will begin work on the selected projects in the next few weeks and the finished art pieces will be unveiled in June to be placed along the Fox River in downtown Green Bay for public viewing throughout the summer.

On October 6th, the art pieces will be auctioned at the KI Convention Center with all proceeds benefiting The Einstein Project, a non-profit school-business-community partnership dedicated to improving the quality of science education for K-8 students in Wisconsin. Special guest auctioneer will be Action 2 News Anchor Bill Jartz.

"This blend of art and science has continued to be a well-received and much-anticipated event in our community," says Julie Paavola, executive director. "In addition to the pre-cast aluminum butterflies, we've added artist-created butterflies that the chosen artists will create from the ground up. The new turtle has artists quite excited, plus we've brought back the popular fiberglass/resin frogs. The quality of the designs and the artists continue to astonish us, and we are most appreciative of their support."

Artists Selected

The following artists have been selected to create butterflies, frogs or turtles for the 2009 Butterflies & Friends on Parade:

Artist-Created Butterflies:

• Jeff Benson, Green Bay, "Summer Breeze", sponsored by Robinson Metal

• Carrie Fonder, Green Bay, "Untitled" (Carrie is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Sculpture at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan), sponsored by The Selmer Company

• Shannon Frantz, Green Bay, "Star Fly", sponsored by Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance

• Jeff Greening, Green Bay, "Nector Injector", sponsored by the OpEx Council 

• Kent Hutchison, Madison, "Butterfly with Coneflower", sponsored by KI

• Lawrence A. Jankowski, Pulaski, "Flying Tiger", sponsored by LaForce, Inc.

• Naomi Moes Jenkins, Green Bay, "Butterfly Faerie", sponsored by Aon Corporation

• Erik & Jon Larsen, Oconto & Sobieski, respectively, "Teak the Woodwing", sponsored by Pomp's Tire Service

Aluminum-Based Butterflies:

• Peter Haen, Luxemburg, "Monarch DeVille", sponsored by U&I Movers Express

• Michael Jakopovich, Green Bay, "Baltimore Checker Spot", sponsored by Associated Bank

• Kimberly Lindgren, Green Bay, "Rosie", sponsored by Nasco

• Linda Rauscher, De Pere, "Nature's Jewelry", sponsored by EMT International

• Becca Raymond, Appleton, "Water Wings", sponsored by Rotary Foundation of Green Bay (This will be the 2009 raffle butterfly)

• Sienna, Green Bay, "Betterbutterfly By The Bay", sponsored by General & Vascular Consultants, LLC

• Sienna, Green Bay, "My Wings of Lace", sponsored by Berners-Schober Associates, Inc.

• Brenda Socha, Marinette, "The Heart of the Woods", sponsored by the Shopko Foundation

Frogs:

• Paula Bavinck and students from Syble Hopp School, De Pere, "Hopp'n Good Time", sponsored by CESA 7

• Savannah M. Carr, (Preble High School student) Green Bay, "Japanese Water Works", sponsored by Davis & Kuelthau, S.C.

• Heidi M. Dalberg, Manitowoc, "Farmers' Market Frog", sponsored by Commercial Horizons & Nicolet Bank

• Bethany Fuson, Green Bay, "Fine Feathered Frog", sponsored by PMI

• Samantha Van Ess, Green Bay, "Green Thumb", sponsored by Community First Credit Union

• Teri Vandenhoven, Milwaukee, "Star", sponsored by Cellcom/Nsight

• Kim Wozniak, Pulaski, "Petals the Garden Frog", sponsored by Wisconsin Public Service Foundation

Turtles:

• Mark Farnsworth, Green Bay, "Pondemonium", sponsored by WS Packaging

• Sara Gerondale, Green Bay, "Patches", sponsored by Chestnut Gallery & Gifts

• Kimberlee Jankowski, Green Bay, "Artifact", sponsored by M&I Bank

• Annie Larsen, Sobieski, "Taku-Raku Turtle", sponsored by Downtown Green Bay, Inc.

• Mary Schall and Jan Green, De Pere, "Louis Comfort Tiffany Turtle", sponsored by Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.

• Lynda Secor, Green Bay, "Spurs", sponsored by Bank Mutual

• Stephanie Lee Stevens and Jessica House, Green Bay, "Turtle Island", sponsored by the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin

In addition to the title sponsor Green Bay Packaging; supporting sponsors the Dominion Foundation and Wells Fargo Bank; Arketype and Tara Adsit have agreed to do our graphic design; WBAY TV2 is our television media sponsor; Brown County Graphics is our print sponsor; KI Convention Center is the auction location sponsor; Williams Auto Body is the protective coating sponsor; and WPR is the our radio media sponsor. Also donating in-kind services are: Mary Magella Baugnet, Magella Studios; and the City of Green Bay. Access a pdf listing of area businesses that have a supply of the Locations Maps.

The Einstein Project provides K-8 teachers with hands-on science materials in ready-to-teach condition. Most of the science units for grades K-8 are developed at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Academy of Sciences and are leased to school districts throughout Wisconsin.