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Butterfly Art to Make a Fossil Fuel Statement in New Haven

WalkBikeTransit New Haven

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The winter streets of New Haven will get a little more colorful in January. Thousands of hand-made butterflies will be dispersed throughout the city in a massive outdoor art installation, and the public is being asked to get involved.

WNPR's Ray Hardman spoke recently with Chris Schweitzer from WalkBikeTransit New Haven, the organization sponsoring the butterfly art installation project. Chris is program director for the New Haven/Leon Sister City Project.

Instructions for making butterflies can be found here, preferably from recycled materials. WalkBikeTransit is inviting residents to consider a "metamorphosis" to less fossil fuel/car dependent transportation.

Schweitzer said the deadline for collecting them is Monday, January 20.

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Ray Hardman is Connecticut Public’s Arts and Culture Reporter. He is the host of CPTV’s Emmy-nominated original series Where Art Thou? Listeners to Connecticut Public Radio may know Ray as the local voice of Morning Edition, and later of All Things Considered.

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