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The Rotary Club of Sarasota and Save Our Seabirds will present the second annual Sarasota Wildlife Art Festival and Wildlife Symposium Saturday and Sunday, March 1 and 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Save Our Seabirds, located at 1708 Ken Thompson Parkway on City Island in Sarasota, the orga- nizations have announced. Tickets are $5 for adults; children 12 and under will be admitted free. Admission entitles guests to free entry to the Save Our Seabirds Wild Bird Learning Center and a $5 discount on admission to Mote Marine during the festi- val, a news release notes. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Proceeds from the festival will benefit Save Our Seabirds and the Rotary Club of Sarasota Foundation. For more information, visit sarasotawildlifefest. com or call 840-1193. The event will feature a juried exhibition of wildlife-inspired art and fine crafts by more than 40 painters, sculptors, photographers, jewelers and other craftspeople, the release says. The works, which will be for sale, were juried by Ringling College of Art and Design instructors and staff. Along with plenty of family-friendly activi- ties, there will be guided tours of Save Our Seabirds, and each day the Sarasota Ski-a- Rees will perform its water team ski show adjacent to the Save Our Seabirds Wild Bird Learning Center, the release adds. Additionally, the event will include a sympo- sium "with prominent speakers in the field of wildlife rehabilitation and other environ- mental topics," the release notes. Headlining the symposium will be Lee Nesler, executive director and CEO of the Lemur Conservation Foundation in Myakka City; Jeff Kremer, director of donor appreciation at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa; and Dr. Norm Griggs, "who has performed innovative stem cell therapy on a Florida panther named Buddah," the release continues. Among the other speak- ers will be Barbara Walker, volunteer for Audubon Florida's eagle watch program, and Debi Osborne, director of land protec- tion with the Conservation Foundation of Gulf Coast. SARASOTA WILDLIFE ART FESTIVAL AND SYMPOSIUM SET FOR MARCH 1-2 Sarasota News Leader February 21, 2014 Page 121