Thursday Night at the Center: “A Perfect Day for an Albatross” book release event with Caren Loebel-Fried
Thursday, September 28, 2017, 7pm-9pm
Join author and illustrator Caren Loebel-Fried for a book signing and presentation for A Perfect Day for an Albatross. A Perfect Day for an Albatross is a new picture book by Caren Loebel-Fried, award-winning author and artist from Volcano. This lively story sweeps you into an albatross’s world of wind, rolling seas, boisterous dancing, and their intense commitment to one another and their nestlings.
Set on Midway Atoll, where 72 percent of the world’s Laysan Albatrosses make their nests, Mālie, an albatross, must protect her egg until her mate returns. Join Mālie as she dances, hunts, and soars over the ocean swells. Block print art with flowing watercolors makes this title a glorious treat for the eyes, as well as the heart.
Loebel-Fried spent five weeks on Midway Atoll counting and researching albatrosses, and shares her love of wildlife and passion for conservation through art and story. Guest speaker Cynthia Vanderlip will be on hand to discuss her experiences on Kure Atoll. Copies of the book will be available for sale after the presentations, as well as original framed art and giclees from the book.
This presentation is free; however, a $5 donation is greatly appreciated.
This evening is part of a once-a-month Thursday night series at the Volcano Art Center, focusing on art, Hawaiian culture and our environment. The series is intended to inspire, enhance your appreciation of art and life experience, while fostering community connections.
About the Author and Illustrator
Caren Loebel-Fried is an award-winning author and artist from Volcano, Hawai’i. Birds, conservation, and the natural world are the foundations for her work. Caren has created seven storybooks to date, including Hawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits and Lono and the Magical Land Beneath the Sea, which use the ancient art of block printing, taught to her by her mother. Caren’s books have been recipients of the American Folklore Society’s Aesop Prize for Children’s Folklore and the Hawai’i Book Publishers Association’s Ka Palapala Po’okela Awards.
In addition to books, Caren creates iconic, educational art for local and national conservation organizations and government agencies, including the United States Fish & Wildlife Service, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Kilauea Point Natural History Association, and Conservation Council for Hawai’i in the Hawaiian rainforest, she lives among several native bird species, but lately seabirds have captured her imagination. Caren spent five weeks on Midway Atoll counting and researching albatrosses, and has been visiting other locations where new work is being done to help seabirds. Caren’s aim is to bring people, especially children, closer to the natural world with the hope that they will want to help care for it.
Cynthia Vanderlip has worked in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands since 1989 for NMFS, USFWS, DLNR and Oceanic Society as a volunteer, technician, biologist, naturalist and U.S. Coast Guard-licensed boat captain. Since 2002, she has led field camps at Kure Atoll for the State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife. Her passion and goal is to lead the campaign to eradicate Verbesina encelioides and other invasive plants from Kure Atoll and create wildlife habitat that is resilient to climate change conditions.
