Member Newsletter Fall/Spring 2023

On display at the Museum

Honor, Courage, Commitment: Marine Corps Art, 1975-2018

Now - April 30

Trust presents West Coast Biennial Art Exhibition

Now - April 30 Additional support by Julia

Famous Artists Childrenʼs Art Exhibition: Contemporary Color and Shapes

Now - April 30

Whatʼs Your Bag?

Now - April 30

Sherrill Bambauer presents Tree Houses

Feb 11 - May 14

Supported by Red River Forest LLC

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Winter/Spring

Supported by The Robert Harris Family Additional support provided by Dr. Bruce Farrell, DDS The F. William & Kathleen Evanhoe & Dan Cronin

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Turtle Bay Auction

March 18, 2023 · 5:30pm Redding Civic Auditorium Page 2

Upcoming Events • Feb - April

Winter Museum Hours

9am-4pm (Wed-Fri) 10am-4pm (Sat & Sun)

Other open days:

Monday, Feb 20 & Tuesday, Feb 21

Monday, April 10 & Tuesday, April 11

Parrot Playhouse

9:30am - 4pm (Wed - Fri) 10:30am - 4pm (weekends)

Briefly closed 11:45am - 1pm

Water Wonders

Indoor Animal Program

Wednesdays & Thursdays, 2pm

Now - April 30

Sherrill Bambauer presents Little Explorers

Thursdays, 10am – 11am

Feb: Be An Artist

March: Me & My Family

April: Earth Day Every Day No Program on April 6

Animal Artists

Indoor Animal Program

Fridays, 2pm, now - Feb 10

Guided Garden Walks with the Horticulture Manager

Saturdays, 10am – 11am

Meet at 1155 Arboretum Drive

Columbia Bank presents Predator vs. Prey Indoor Animal Show

Saturdays, 2pm, now - Feb 11

Project Learning Tree & Growing Up WILD Workshop

Saturday, Feb 4, 9am - 3pm

Animal Parade

Sundays, 2pm, now - Feb 12

Charlie Rabbit & Friends

Saturday, Feb 4, 10am – 11am

Plant Workshop: Creating Beautiful Succulent Dish Gardens

Saturday, Feb 11, 10am - 12pm

Kool April Nites presents Family 2nd Saturday: Celebrating Women & Girls in STEM

Saturday, Feb 11, 11am – 2pm

Sensory Hour

Saturday, Feb 18, 9am – 10am Register online at turtlebay.org

Redding Electric Utility presents Science Saturday: KEVA Building Challenge

Saturday, Feb 18, 11am – 2pm

Volunteer Info Hour

Saturday, Feb 18, 3pm - 4pm

Discovery Camp: Engineering the World Feb 20-24 (Monday – Friday), 9am-4pm

Supported by PG&E

Art Studio Saturday: Playing the Conceptual Art Game!

Saturday, Feb 25, 11am – 2pm

Bubblepalooza

Wednesdays, 10am-11am, March 1 - 29

Charlie Rabbit & Friends

Saturday, March 4, 10am – 11am

Paint Night at the Museum (21+)

Saturday, March 4, 4:30pm – 7pm

Plant Talk: Shrub & Perennial Pruning

Saturday, March 11, 10am - 12pm

Kool April Nites presents Family 2nd Saturday: Rain Rain, Stay Awhile!

Saturday, March 11, 11am – 2pm

Redding Electric Utility presents Science Saturday: Small Science (Nano)

Saturday, March 18, 11am – 2pm

Disco Wonderland

Turtle Bay Auction 2023

Saturday, March 18, 5:30pm

Art Studio Saturday: Wonderful Watercolor

Saturday, March 25, 11am – 2pm

Spike the Porcupineʼs 20th Birthday

Saturday, March 25, time TBD

Open Animal Trainings

Saturdays & Sundays , April 1 - 23 11am - 12pm & 2pm - 3pm

Week of the Young Child: Pop-up Story Time

Tuesday, April 4, 10am – 11am

Week of the Young Child: Caring for Our World!

Thursday, April 6, 9am – 12pm

Spring Plant Sale

Member Sale: April 7, 4pm-7pm

Public Sale: April 8, 9am - 3pm

Charlie Rabbit & Friends at the Spring Plant Sale!

Saturday, April 8, 9am - 1pm

Kool April Nites presents Family 2nd Saturday: Seeing the Forest for the Trees!

Saturday, April 8, 11am – 2pm

Redding Electric Utility presents Science Saturday: Earth Day Every Day

Saturday, April 15, 11am – 2pm

Plant Talk: Restoration Tree Pruning

Saturday, April 22, 10am-12pm

Art Studio Saturday: Creative Klecksography

Saturday, April 22, 11am – 2pm

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Turtle Bay Auction

March 18, 2023 · 5:30pm

Redding Civic Auditorium

Disco Wonderland • Turtle Bay Auction 2023

March 18, 2023 • 5:30pm • Redding Civic Auditorium

We are pleased to announce the return of the in-person Turtle Bay Auction, now with something for everyone in our community! This year's format allows both online and in-person bidding for Silent Auction items! Plus, those joining us in person will experience the exclusive Live Auction bidding. Enjoy delicious food, drinks, and DISCO merriment supporting Turtle Bayʼs educational programs, museum exhibitions, and more!

For more information and to purchase your Patron Table or Individual tickets, visit the website link below:

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Donors Making an Impact

A special thank you to our Funding Families, whose pledged support throughout the year helps Turtle Bay continue to thrive. We could not do all that we do without friends like you! Looking to celebrate philanthropy, community, and, most of all, family fun with this group? Learn how you can become a Funding Family today!

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To give to Turtle Bay is to make an investment in our community that returns tenfold in the minds and spirits of those who visit the Park! Our Mission to inspire wonder, education, and appreciation of our world is only made possible when we all work together to create new opportunities!

Sherrill Bambauer has been helping Turtle Bay make that happen since the beginning! Sherrill (with her late husband, Dennis) is a founding member of Turtle Bay who supports childrenʼs education through annual donations. Sherrill loves to sponsor the wildly popular Little Explorers program at Turtle Bay. This Winter, Sherrill is presenting Tree Houses (opening February 11) - an exhibition to delight

Tri Counties Bank presents School Field Trips at Turtle Bay

For more than eight years, Turtle Bay has relied on Tri Counties Bank to help us fund so many important programs at the Park. This year, their generous support goes to Turtle Bayʼs spectacular Field Trip Programs that help to educate more than 10,000 school children every year.

Dignity Health North State presents Dam To Bridge

Dignity Healthʼs Presenting Sponsorship makes sure our rich local history is highlighted! Thank you to longtime sponsor Dignity Health North State (Mercy Medical Center, Redding) for their continuous support of the permanent exhibition Dam to Bridge. Showcasing our local feats of engineering and human ingenuity, Dam To Bridge celebrates the North Stateʼs iconic architectural works and our important relationship with the Sacramento River.

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Honor, Courage, Commitment: Marine Corps Art, 1975-2018

Open Now - April 30

Support provided by The Robert Harris Family

Additional support provided by Dr. Bruce Farrell, DDS

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Most people are unaware that there is a Marine Corps Combat Art Program that relies on talented Marines and civilians to document the ongoing mission of the Marine Corps. The guidance they set is simple, “Go to war and do art.” We are pleased to bring Honor, Courage, Commitment: Marine Corps Art, 1975-2018, to Turtle Bay. This exhibition features 36 artworks that speak to the experiences of these artists, most of whom are deployed around the globe. “Marine Corps art is up close and personal. It is about the individual Marine—in combat, during training, or while delivering assistance during times of great need,” said Lin Ezell, Curator Emeritus of the Marine Corps Combat Art Program. “This art helps us better appreciate those who wear the uniform of todayʼs military service members.”

Our version of the exhibition has a special addition. Lin Ezell encouraged our Collections and Exhibits department to find Marine Corps artifacts in Turtle Bayʼs Permanent Collection to add to the gallery. Though it meant stepping back in time to well before 1975, this allowed us to tell the story of Jane Deeble Korn, a Marine Corps Womenʼs Reservist during World War II who moved to Redding with her Navy veteran husband Bob after the war. The Korns were deeply involved in the community, and Jane served on the City of Reddingʼs Civic Arts Commission that created the Redding Museum and Art Center in the early 1960s. This is one of the founding organizations that merged to become Turtle Bay Exploration Park in 1997. Janeʼs uniforms, which she donated to the museum in 1974, give us a glimpse into the life of a Woman Marine nearly eight decades ago.

This exhibition tells the visual story of the United States Marine Corps as seen through the eyes of the artists. It has, as its foundation, artworks created by Marine combat artists who documented their own experiences in times of war and peace. Marine Corps Art will be on display in the Turtle Bay Museumʼs East Exploration Hall now through April 30.

7th West Coast Biennial Art Competition & Exhibition

Open Now - April 30

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Lucky number seven! It is hard to believe that this brainchild of Mary Harper, our former Education Manager, and her husband John, Redding Museumʼs former art curator and long-time Shasta College art instructor, has been a Turtle Bay tradition since 2011. The pair came up with the idea to create a larger version of the Redding Museum of Art and Historyʼs annual art competition and exhibition, which had been discontinued after the move to the new museum in 2002.

All artists working in California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska are invited to submit artwork that has been created in the previous three years and has not been previously exhibited at Turtle Bay or the Mosaic Gallery. A new juror not associated with Turtle Bay is chosen to jury each competition. Our jurors have ranged from curators to art critics; many of them are artists themselves. Along with generous cash prizes for the winners, this fresh perspective for each competition attracts new artists who have not previously submitted and creates a unique exhibition for each exhibition.

For the first four competitions, Jan DeHate, our former Education Coordinator, wrangled all of the art submissions and matched them to payments, and prepared them for the juror. In 2019, we switched over to Entrythingy, which has streamlined the process for the artists and our staff. In 2021, we even managed to host the competition and exhibition virtually with a live exhibition gallery, reception, and jurorʼs lecture via Zoom. This was a memorable experience that speaks to the resilience of artists and museums alike.

Traditionally, the West Coast Biennial opens on the last Friday of January during the City-wide Cultural Cruise, which dates back to the 1980s and is organized by the Shasta County Arts Council. This might be the last year these two coincide, as the Cultural Cruise will be moving to April in 2024 to tie in with California Arts & Creativity Month. However, as Turtle Bayʼs exhibition schedule is set years in advance, we will still open the Biennial at the end of January. When you visit the Turtle Bay Museum to admire the variety of artwork, donʼt forget to

The F. William & Kathleen Evanhoe Trust presents

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Additional support provided by Julia & Dan Cronin

Tree Houses

Open February 11 - May 14

Supported by Red River Forest LLC

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Immerse yourself in an indoor treehouse! Look for tracking clues and natural artifacts. Learn how to become a responsible forester through sustainable logging. Find out how trees sustain life on Earth! You can experience all this and more with our upcoming Tree Houses exhibition! This is an excellent exhibition for Turtle Bay Exploration Park because it fits perfectly with our mission and the amenities already offered, including Paul Bunyanʼs Forest Camp and Wildlife Woods. These fun and educational areas show the importance of our forests as resources and habitats for animals and for us!

Trees provide habitats for many different animals and are used to make a variety of products in our lives. In the exhibition, you will have the chance to become an animal tracker by hunting for signs left by raccoons, woodpeckers, bears, and other tree dwellers. You can also create a new dance by waving your arms and moving your body on the “Forest Sound Dance Floor,” producing a symphony of sounds such as bear grunts, woodpecker taps, turkey gobbles, and more! Learn how different parts of your house are made from trees and what types of kitchen staples might have come from trees. You can even practice sustainable logging and build your own tree house.

After exploring Tree Houses, head out to Paul Bunyanʼs Forest Camp, an educational hub modeled after an old-time forest camp similar to the ones all over Shasta County hundreds of years ago. Explore the Forest Adventure Playground, a forest-themed playground for older children and adults featuring a large tower and climbing wall for a birdʼs eye view of the Park. Take the little ones to Babeʼs Corral Playground, a forest-themed playground attraction for our youngest guests that includes a balance log, ADA-accessible nest swing, log tunnel, Osprey nest with a slide, and more. Finally, visit the animals inside the Mill Building and in Wildlife Woods!

Preparing for the Walk on the Wild Side Animal Show

The fox is running free: no harness, no leash as she darts across the stage and with a bounding leap she is up on the backdrop, balancing as she runs across like an acrobat. The raven opens a box with a push of a lever, grabs a tool, and carries it across the stage. Thousands of people enjoy our Walk on the Wild Side animal show each summer. We are often asked how we get the animals to do these behaviors. Why donʼt they run off?

Itʼs called Choice and Control Positive Reinforcement Training. Using some of the most modern forms of training, Animal Care Trainers are able to showcase a full array of natural behaviors of the animals. In this form of training, the animals have a choice every day and in every instance, whether they want to participate or not in the trainings, and on show day. Our job is to make it worth it for them, so they choose it. It is a process that takes time, consistency, clear communication, patience, and a lot of relationship-building. During this process, we slowly add each of the variables that may distract them during the show. We start with the trainers and an empty, quiet theater. Then, we add a few people. Then the music and eventually lots of strangers. That is where our guests come into the picture to help with the training.

We take ten weeks between the end of our winter programming and the start of rehearsal week to proceed through this training process. In April, we open it up for our guests in our Open Training Sessions. We open the theater for any guests to come and observe us train and watch the progress of the animals. Itʼs a time to get a glimpse into how it all comes together! Come stop in for a few minutes or the entire hour. Watch one step with an animal or many repetitions. The choice is yours!

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Presented by the Senator K. Maurice & Marianne Johannessen Foundation

Volunteer Info Hour

Saturday, February 18 • 3pm - 4pm

Register online

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Find out how YOU can make a difference at Turtle Bay Exploration Park. From assisting with the care of our animal ambassadors to tending flowers in the gardens, helping at special events, and supporting our world-class museum exhibitions and educational programming, there are volunteer opportunities for everyone ages 13 and up!

Learn more at our informal Volunteer Info Hour on Saturday, February 18 at 3pm in Zubieʼs Classroom at Turtle Bay. Staff members from each department will be on hand to provide details about available volunteer opportunities and answer questions one-on-one. Light refreshments will be served. We hope that you will join us

Questions?

Contact Elizabeth Golnick, Education Resources & Volunteer Coordinator

Email: egolnick@turtlebay.org

Phone: 530-242-3155

Famous Artists Childrenʼs Art Exhibition: Contemporary Color and Shapes

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Open Now - April 30

See the creative artwork of local child art learners at the Famous Artists Childrenʼs Art Show! Every year Turtle Bay exhibits the works of students reached by Turtle Bay's Famous Artists Portfolio Program. There is a variety of artwork from K-8 students at schools throughout our community!

Turtle Bayʼs Famous Artists Portfolio Program is an art resource that community members and educators can use to teach learners about important art, art history, the lives of famous artists, and more! This free program allows parents, teachers, and/or community members to present reproductions of significant artworks to students in the classroom. Portfolio prints are organized into nearly 70 age-appropriate themes. Follow-up art activities are suggested for each portfolio.

If you are interested in using this resource for your learners, no artistic experience is necessary; an enjoyment of working with children and a belief that art matters is what is important.

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Artwork by Ludovic S. 3rd Grade Redding Christian School

Turtle Bayʼs Nursery

31st Annual

1100 Arboretum Dr • Redding, CA

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Spring Plant Sale

Turtle Bay Member Sale

Friday, April 7 • 4pm-7pm

*Memberships available at the gate

Members 30% Off Public 20% Off

General Public Sale

Saturday, April 8 • 9am-3pm

Spring is here! Enjoy discounted plants and stock up for your home garden. The sale includes a 30% discount for Turtle Bay Members and a 20% discount for the public. Come early, as some plants sell quickly!

Traditionally heirloom tomatoes and other vegetables are a main feature of the spring plant sale! In addition, we have unusual, drought-tolerant, hard-to-find perennials, shrubs, and trees, as well as California native plants and ornamental grasses. All of the plants you see at our Spring Plant Sale are all grown here in the Turtle Bay Nursery and acclimated to Reddingʼs vigorous climatic conditions.

Purchasing plants from a botanical gardenʼs nursery is an opportunity to grow plants that you see as mature specimens growing throughout established gardens. In our case, it is also an opportunity to grow a wide selection of drought-tolerant plants, including native species in our California native sections (sun and shade).

Even with some substantial rain recently, our climate has very little to no rain in summer. Drought-tolerant plants that need minimal summer irrigation are always a good choice for our area. They are also typically lower maintenance, which is an added bonus!

Agave americana ‘Variegataʼ Variegated Century PlantSouthwest US, Mexican native. All Agaves are “architectural” plants, perfect for single-specimen garden highlights!