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Information for Artists

Adopt-A-Heron Artist Program

Chesapeake has a new flock of Blue Heron that are just waiting to be painted, collaged, bejeweled and/or bedazzled! Interested artists will be provided with a sketch of the blue heron to illustrate their artistic design.

• Outline of The Blue Heron for sketch - .jpg - print letter size - 390kb
• Outline of The Blue Heron for sketch - .jpg - print legal size - 609kb
• Outline of The Blue Heron for sketch - .tif - high res to resize - 2.4MB

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Their completed sketch should be returned along with a brief bibliography of themselves and their work. This information should be returned to:

The Blue Heron Project
PO Box 16495
Chesapeake, Virginia 23328-6495

Artists will be required to adhere to the deadline established for their blue heron.

Examples of Artists' designs

Some of the artists involved will need studio space
in order to decorate their sculpture.

If you have any space that you are able to donate, please contact
Barbara O. Carraway at carrawa@cityofchesapeake.net.