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Art Will Imitate Life in Wildlife Art Show
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Graphic design student Matthew
Busch sketches the
Black Rhinoceros at Campbell University’s Lundy-
Fetterman Museum and Exhibit Hall. |
Graphic design major Matthew Busch, of Raleigh, NC,
sketched the massive Black Rhinoceros on exhibit in Campbell
University’s Lundy-Fetterman Museum and Exhibit Hall recently. Busch
planned to enter his drawing in the museum’s first annual Wildlife
Art Show featuring drawings, paintings, sculpture, and photography
created by students and members of the community. The show will be
held April 1-30.
“I’m basically trying to capture still life and this is the
best way of doing it,” said Busch, who plans to enroll in design school upon
graduation from Campbell. “You learn a lot from sketching these animals, such
as the different bone structures in the face and how animal bone structure
differs from humans.”
Museum Director Dorothea Stewart Gilbert is delighted to see
Busch and other art students using the museum’s exotic animal collection as
models for their still life work. This kind of interface is just one more way
in which the museum provides an important resource for both Campbell and the
community.
“Ches Crow (museum curator) and I are always trying to come up
with new ways in which to promote the museum,” said Gilbert. “So we formed a
little think tank and came up with the idea for a wildlife art show.”
Another promotion idea, “The World of Bears,” was an
educational program presented by experts from the North Carolina Zoological
Park in Asheboro, NC. Gilbert and Crow hope the program will be one of a
series of educational programs conducted at the museum by the North Carolina
Zoological Society.
“This museum is really a rarity now because museums that house
animal collections are decreasing in number due to the fact that there are so
many endangered species of animals,” Gilbert said. “We feel very fortunate to
have such a magnificent collection.”
The Lundy-Fetterman Museum and Exhibit Hall features 175
revolving exhibits of animal and marine wildlife. The collections were
gathered by Burrows T. Lundy, founder of the Lundy Packing Company, and his
wife, Mabel L. Lundy. The impressive wildlife collection was donated to
Campbell by the Lundy family. The exhibits also contain Mrs. Lundy’s
collection of prized seashells gathered from the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific
oceans. Over 4,000 people have visited the museum since it opened in 2001.
Housed on the first floor of the Lundy-Fetterman School of
Business at Campbell, the museum is an expression of the Lundy family’s desire
to give young people the opportunity to discover more about the natural world
and the beauty of wildlife.
The Lundy-Fetterman Museum and Exhibit Hall is open the first
Sunday of each month from 2 p.m. -5 p.m., Monday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesday
from 1 p.m.-4 p.m., and other times are available by special request.
Arrangements may be made by calling (910) 814-4398; (910) 893-4093; or (800)
334-4111, ext. 4398. Admission is free.
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