THE CLEOPATRA PROJECT EXHIBIT
This exhibit will hang at UVA’s Health and Wellness Center from August 19 through October, 2022 and will display original art by members of the Firnew Farm Artists’ Circle. The Cleopatra Project - Poisonous and Venomous Animals in Virginia was initiated in 2021 as a collaboration between the Virginia Master Naturalists (VMN) program, the Division of Medical Toxicology – Department of Emergency Medicine of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and the University of Virginia Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center. It will be published in December of 2022.
Cleopatra is the continuation of a previous collaborative project The Socrates Project - Poisonous Plants in Virginia , published in
2020, which may be seen online here: https://med.virginia.edu/brpc/socrates
The VMN program has been working closely with the Firnew Farm Artists’ Circle, particularly with its principal artist Trish Crowe, who designed the covers of both publications. You may learn about these artists and their work by going to: https://www.firnewfarmartistscircle.com/current-artists/ or you can contact Trish Crowe at FirnewFarmArtistsCircle@gmail.com The Virginia Master Naturalists who created The Cleopatra Project - Poisonous and Venomous Animals in Virginia , and The Socrates Project - Poisonous Plants in Virginia , can be contacted at Cleopatra.Socrates@gmail.com Exhibit contribution: Haiku © Kathleen Neff Aucoin Contact with poisonous plants and poisonous/venomous animals can be dangerous. Following exposure, please contact your local poison center at 1-800-222-1222 for appropriate advice.
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