Snowshoe, with Marten or Bobcat scat on White River, February 2010

February 21st 2010, Sunday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Sponsored by: Chelan-Douglas Land Trust

WHITE RIVER WINTER ECOLOGY SNOWSHOE TOUR

Location: White River, Lake Wenatchee area.
Explore the winter ecology of the riparian and floodplain areas on Land Trust property along the beautiful White River with Bob Bugert, CDLT Executive Director, Heather Murphy, Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist, Judy DeLavergne, Fisheries Biologist, and Neal Hedges, Stewardship Coordinator. With these enthusiastic and knowledgeable trip leaders and a very special place to explore, this promises to be a great outing. We will carpool from Wenatchee and Leavenworth. Please contact the office to RSVP and for details on meeting times. Space is limited.
Cost: Free! Contact: RSVP to Chelan-Douglas Land Trust (509) 667-9708 or cdlandtrust.org/newsletter.html

March 24-25, 2010 – Artists’ Bowl Auction on KOHO SOUP SUPPER on Thursday, March 25th 5:30 and 6:45 PM Sponsored by: Leavenworth’s Community Cupboard, Upper Valley MEND

EMPTY BOWLS FESTIVAL

Location: Cascade High School, Leavenworth, WA

A fundraiser benefitting the Community Cupboard helping the hungry, the Empty Bowls Soup Supper is made possible by area restaurants contributing soup, a grant providing hundreds of pottery bowls, area artists decorating bowls for auction, and area residents painting bowls and volunteering. The lively On-Air auction begins 8:00am on Wednesday March 24th and Thursday March 25th (Patrick Murphy radio auctioneer). Beautifully hand painted bowls by 13 Leavenworth artists including Heather A. Wallis Murphy, Lori Aylesworth, Amanda Gibbs, Melissa Madsen and Amber Zimmerman, amongst others.

Cost: $12 soup and a bowl
Contact: MEND at (509) 548-0408 or uvmend.org/programs/empty-bowls/2010 or KOHO Radio at (509) 548-3474 or kohoradio.com

Bird Migration bowl by Heather Murphy – side view and top view after final glazing and firing – and before glazing when painting is done.

March 28th 2010, Sunday 2:30PM and 4:00PM Sunday Icicle Creek Music Center and Sponsor Walleye Cards

GAMELAN PACIFICA – DEMONSTRATION and CONCERT

Location: Canyon Wren Recital Hall, Leavenworth, WA

Walleye Cards helps sponsor the exotic sounds of the East meeting Western classical music with Gamelan Pacifica. The concert features enthralling concertos, mystical sonatas and interludes inspired by cultural and musical traditions from distant and exotic regions of Indonesia, Basque dance rhythms as well as Malaysian poetry and the Indian music of Sri Lankan. 2:30 PM pre-concert talk and gamelan demonstration with Jarrad Powell, Director of Gamelan Pacifica. Concert begins at 4:00 PM.
Cost: $20 concert, demonstration is free.
Contact: Icicle Creek Music Center (509) 548-6347 or icicle.org

Musical Sketches at ICMC - by HAW Murphy

May 1st Saturday through Saturday May 29th 2010 –Artshow
Sponsored by: Östling & Brooks Designer Goldsmiths Studio

Nature Art of Heather A. Wallis Murphy

Location: Östling & Brooks Designer Goldsmiths Studio, 905 Commercial Street, Leavenworth WA

An exhibition of nature paintings by local artist and wildlife biologist, Heather A. Wallis Murphy; showing throughout the month of May at this stunning goldsmith studio in beautiful Leavenworth, WA. The show highlights Heather’s original paintings created for the popular Walleye Cards note cards as well as works during her Artist-In-Residency at the North Cascades National Park and for her work on international migratory birds with Dancing With Birds and Environment for the Americas birdday.org/shop

Studio Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Cost: Free.
Contact: Heather Murphy at heather@wildtales.com (509) 548-7757 or
Östling & Brooks at (509) 548-4456 or info@ostlingbrooks.com
Please visit their website ostlingbrooks.com

A Trio of Offerings from Dancing With Birds on International Migratory Bird Day May 8th 2010

Part One -
May 8th 2010, Saturday from 7:00 AM to NOON
Sponsored by: Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest
and Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center

HIKE AND DRAW: MOUNTAIN BIRDS

Location: Depart from U.S. Forest Service Ranger Station in Leavenworth WA.
Hike with Heather Murphy, wildlife biologist, artist and Co-founder of Dancing With Birds, and celebrate IMBD while doing field sketches along Mountain Home Ridge, bordering the Icicle Valley. Wide views, great variety of birds on this habitat owned by Chelan-Douglas Land Trust. Bring sketchbooks and drawing tools to capture field marks, an intriguing way to bird!
Group limit: 12
Cost: Pre-register $12
Contact: Bird Fest (509) 548-5807 or see website leavenworthspringbirdfest.com  

Part Two –
May 8th 2010, Saturday from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Sponsored by: Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center

Dancing With Birds Workshop with Rhona Baron

Location: Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, 127 So Mission, Wenatchee, WA.
Have fun learning simple Latin dance moves designed to reflect local migratory birds with choreographer, radio personality and Dancing With Birds Co-founder Rhona Baron. Following the one hour workshop, participants have the option of participating in a live performance. Dancer/choreographer Norma Enciso is on hand to teach and provide Spanish translation.  No dance experience necessary; all ages and walk-ins welcome!
Cost: Free.
Group limit: 35
Contact: Pre-register - Optional through Museum (509) 888-6240 or see website

Part Three –
May 8th 2010, Saturday from 3:15 PM to 4:00 PM
Sponsored by: Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center

Dancing With Birds Movie Preview and Dance Presentation

Location: Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, 127 So Mission, Wenatchee, WA.
Attend a Dancing With Birds performance where you can try some Merengue moves while learning about the bird migrations that inspired Dancing With Birds. The performance will be led by Rhona Baron and Norma Enciso and illustrated by Heather Murphy’s beautiful educational posters featuring watercolors of neotropical migratory birds and Western Hemisphere migration routes. Following the performance, settle in for the premiere of Rhona Baron’s original short movie “Dancing With Birds,” being shown for the first time in North Central Washington. The film is being launched this spring via “Environment For The America’s” birdday.org internet site.
Cost: by donation.
Group limit: 100, pre-registration not needed, open to the public.
Contact: Museum (509) 888-6240 or see website

Dancing With Birds – co-producers
Heather Murphy & Rhona Baron

May 9th 2010, Sunday 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Sponsored by: Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest

Upper Basin Birders Hike: the Birds of Wetlands in the Lake Wenatchee and Meadow creek Area

Location: Meet at U.S. Forest Service Ranger Station in Leavenworth WA
Join Heather Murphy on a birding hike-and-drive to Lake Wenatchee and Meadow Creek. Heather is a USFS volunteer, with the Upper Basin Birders who have been monitoring the birds of the area for ten years. They know where the best birding sites are! This will be a great pre-Bird Fest field trip.
Group limit: 10
Cost: Free, Pre-register
Contact: Bird Fest (509) 548-5807 or see website leavenworthspringbirdfest.com

A pontoon boat putter while identifying and drawing birds – co-lead by Heather Murphy and Captain Michael Patterson.

May 14th 2010, Friday afternoon Presentation
Sponsored by: Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest and Upper Basin Birders

THE ART and Science OF BIRDING

Location: “The Barn” at Barn Beach Reserve, 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA
A fun inspirational presentation by scientist Susan Ballinger with a colorful slide show of the birds and habitats in the White River-Lake Wenatchee area, by various artists, scientists and birding enthusiasts who also volunteer for the Upper Basin Birders. This lively birding group provides bird data to the Cornell Lab and the U.S. Forest Service. Amongst other artists, you will see field sketches and watercolors by Heather A. Wallis Murphy; pastels and oils by Lori Aylesworth; and others artworks.
Cost: Free!
Contact: Gail Roberts, Barn Beach Reserve (509) 548-7584 or barnbeachreserve.org and leavenworthspringbirdfest.com

May 15th 2010 Saturday from 8:00 AM to Noon
Sponsored by: Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest and Walleye Cards

BIRDING THE AMERICAS HIKE

Location: Depart from Gazebo in Leavenworth WA
Join map maker Patrick Murphy, scientist-birder Susan Ballinger, and visiting international scientist from Latin America on a trek along the slopes of Mount Cashmere looking for neotropical migratory birds and learn about forest fire recovery. Must wear and carry appropriate gear: hiking boots, day pack, water, extra clothes, raingear. Bring binoculars.
Group limit: 12
Cost: Pre-register
Contact: Bird Fest (509) 548-5807 or see website leavenworthspringbirdfest.com

June 11th 2010, Friday from 5:30AM to 3:00PM
Sponsored by: Washington Ornithological Society
WOS Annual Conference in Wenatchee

BIRDING FIELD TRIP TO LAKE WENATCHEE

Location: Meet at Wenatchee Red Lion, drive to Lake Wenatchee area.
We will bird several forest/riparian areas around Lake Wenatchee including Upper Meadow Creek, finding Winter Wren, Varied Thrush, and Chestnut-backed Chickadee, as well as Olive-sided Flycatcher, "Slate-colored" Fox Sparrow, and a good chance at hybrid Red-naped/Red-breasted Sapsucker. Fish Lake has Bald Eagle, Osprey, Common Yellowthroat, MacGillivary's Warbler, Black Swift, waterfowl, and other wetland species in the extensive bog. Mill Creek and Cascade Meadow have nesting White-crowned and Fox sparrow. Look up for Black Swift any time on this trip. There may be some hiking on this trip to Meadow Creek. Hiking would be a mile or less.
Trip Leader: Friday is Heather Murphy.
Cost: Part of June 11th -14th conference fee plus $10.
Contact: Pre-register - contact Washington Ornithological Society PO Box 31223, Spokane WA 99223 or call Cindy McCormack (509) 939-4448 or www.wos.org/2010conffieldtrips

June 12th 2010, Saturday 2:00PM-4:00PM
Sponsored by: Washington Ornithological Society
WOS Annual Conference in Wenatchee

FIELD SKETCHING WORKSHOP with Heather Murphy

Location: Meet at Wenatchee Red Lion, drive to Horan Natural Area, Wenatchee, WA
Do you have an interest in improving your field sketching abilities so you can better document that rare bird when a camera isn't handy or when the bird is too far away? Join local professional artist and wildlife biologist Heather Murphy at The Horan Natural Area for this Field Sketching Workshop. Please bring sketch pad or notebook and pen or pencil. Heather will instruct participants in the technique of doing quick accurate sketches to document field marks of species.
Cost: Part of June 11th -14th conference fee plus $10.
Contact: Pre-register - contact WOS PO Box 31223, Spokane WA 99223 or call Cindy McCormack (509) 939-4448 or www.wos.org/2010conffieldtrips

July 2nd to September 25th
Sponsored by: Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center
Exhibit in the Main Gallery (upstairs)

THE NATURALIST’S EYE: Heather A. Wallis Murphy
With
THE MAPMAKER’S EYE: David Thompson

First Friday Exhibit Reception: July 2nd from 5:00-7:00pm

First Friday Meet the Artist: August 6th from 5:00-7:00pm

Location: Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center; 127 South Mission, Wenatchee, WA 98801
Description: This shared exhibit celebrates 200 years of explorer David Thompson, the mapmaker of the Columbia River; with journals and artwork by North Central Washington wildlife biologist and artist Heather A. Wallis Murphy. Inspired by early explorer/naturalists, Murphy creates artistic studies of plants, animals and landscapes of the Cascades. Working in wildlife and forestry since 1974, she developed a strong sense of observational skills. An assortment of her field journals and wildlife equipment are on display. Heather’s nature art is part of many local events; posters of her work are shown in large format. Presented here are over 40 original paintings and journals, as well as press-sheets of her popular Walleye Cards.
Cost: July 2nd and August 6th receptions are free; other times museum entrance fee.
Contact: WVMCC (509) 888-6240 at the museum or wvmcc.org

August 14, 2010
Sponsored by: Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center

NATURALISTS' STUDY HIKE

8:00 am to 3:00 pm

Leaving from Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center

Join wildlife biologist and artist, Heather A. Wallis Murphy, exploring one of her favorite field studies in the Mission Ridge area. Hike and Study as we survey habitat, plants, and landscapes; view animals and discover their “evidence” on this journaling and sketching 3 to 5 mile hike in the higher elevations, escaping the summer heat. After the hike, come into the air conditioned museum, and get a personal tour of The Naturalist's Eye with Heather.

Group limit: 12

Cost: Free (Museum donation is appreciated).

Contact: Pre-register through Museum (509) 888-6240 or see website wvmcc.org

Bring: Sketchbook and drawing tools; hiking boots and day pack with water, food and layers for hot/cold.

Carpool: Need high-clearance vehicles.

September 6th to 10th 2010, Monday to Friday
Sponsored by: Holden Village the Valparaiso Project

DAILY NATURE JOURNALING SESSIONS

Location: Holden Village, Lucerne, WA

Description: The Holden community offers daily programs in the summertime. They are centered on renewal and learning; beginning Mondays and continue through Fridays; offered for those staying at this remote setting. Wildlife biologist and artist, Heather Murphy will be leading nature journal workshops and hikes throughout the week of Labor Day and again later in September. Bringing together gifts of art and natural science, we will explore the out-of-doors together learning about “the intimate things that make up the grandeur of nature around us” – HAW Murphy. Come for the whole week, or just pop in for a day session. Please bring a sketchbook/journal and pencil/pen.

Cost:  Part of lodging registration package.
Contact: Holden Village programming@holdenvillage.org
or see the website holdenvillage.org
(Mail to: Holden Village, HCO Box 2, Chelan, WA 98816)

Glacier Peak Wilderness near Holden Village, 2009

September 18th 2010 Saturday

LOCAL ARTISTS’ CHALK ART MORNING – 8:00 AM to Noon
Wenatchee River Salmon Fest 20th year

Location: Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery, Leavenworth, WA
Cost: Free! During weekend festival September 18th and 19th .
Contact: salmonfest.org

Cool Waters Salmon 2009 chalk art by Heather & Patrick Murphy

WildTales Banners donated for 2009 Salmon Fest Stage

September 18th 2010 Saturday from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC: Gala Dinner, Benefit Auction and Concert

Sponsor: Icicle Creek Music Center

Location: Icicle Creek Music Center; in the Meadow and Canyon Wren Recital Hall, Leavenworth, WA

Description: An enchanting, elegant evening featuring silent auction, live auction, wine tasting, gourmet 5-course dinner, and an evening concert performance by the Icicle Creek Piano Trio. Included in the auction is a painting by Heather A. Wallis Murphy is donated for this benefit.
Cost: Tickets are $100 per person.
Contact: Icicle Creek Music Center (509) 548-6347 or visit the website at icicle.org

October 1st Friday through Monday November 15th 2010 –Artshow
Sponsored by: Friends of Leavenworth Library

Nature Art of Heather A. Wallis Murphy
Artist’s Reception Date and Time TBA

Location: Leavenworth Library, 700 Highway 2, Leavenworth WA

Description: An exhibition of nature paintings scattered amongst the library walls, by local artist and wildlife biologist, Heather A. Wallis Murphy. Many North Central Washington landscapes and species will be on display for the show. The library hosts a “meet the artist” reception, a fun time to learn more about how the art was created.
Library Hours: Monday & Tuesday 11:00 am to 8:00 pm; Wednesday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm; Thursday 11:00 am to 8:00 pm; Friday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. Closed Saturday and Sunday.

Cost: Free.
Contact: Leavenworth Library (509) 548-7923 or visit website ncrl.org/leavenworth.htm