Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Franklin Park hosts art show

Prominent and emerging local artists will come together in Franklin Park this Sunday afternoon for "Nature's Gems," a first-of-its-kind holiday exhibit and sale of nature and community-inspired art.

Acrylics, oil and watercolor paintings, collages, mixed media pieces, photographs and sculptures - many of which were inspired by the city's "Emerald Necklace," a string of parks from Boston Common to Franklin Park created by famed park designed Frederick Law Olmsted - will be on sale, and 30 percent of proceeds generated by sales at the event will be donated for tree planting and woodland restoration efforts in Emerald Necklace parks.

The exhibit and sale represents the first …

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