Our latest story: Artist’s 'Big Foot' Project Highlights Human Impact on California’s Species in Peril

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Check out our latest feature!   Artist's 'Big Foot' Project Highlights Human Impact on California's Species in Peril Sculptor Beverly Mayeri with "The Big Foot," her 68-inch tall photo collage sculpture inspired by California's federally endangered species. Credit: Steve Martarano/USFWS   By Steve Martarano October 17, 2016   Beverly Mayeri's clay pieces were once described in a 2003 New York Times review as evoking "something rare in contemporary art – a richly complicated human presence." Now, 13 years later, the Mill Valley-based sculptor is still showing how that human presence is affecting us. California's endangered wildlife is the inspiration behind Mayeri's "The Big Foot," a 68-inch tall photo collage of vulnerable species in California pasted onto a paper mache foot. The project, which weighs 40 pounds, took two years to conceive and build in her studio, and the collage was finished by Mayeri while she was Artist-in-Residence at the de Young Museum in San Francisco earlier this year. Continue to full story...   Stay Connected with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region     SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe All  |  Help This email was sent to mantiskhiralla@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region · 2800 Cottage Way · Suite W-2606 · Sacramento, CA 95825