Northglenn - The Northglenn Arts and Humanities Foundation announced Nov. 23 that Dollores Shelledy is the recipient of the 2005 Northglenn’s Art on Parade People’s Choice Award for her bronze sculpture, The Orphans.

The piece was originally commissioned by the Wildlife Association after the Yellowstone Park Fire to make known the natural life tragedy. 

“All the animals of our earth, both domesticated and wild, give us a beauty and fascination that cannot be equaled by anything else,” said Shelledy.  “I hope that in the creation of my animal sculptures that I have been able to capture even a small part of that fascination and beauty.”

The Northglenn Arts and Humanities Foundation has secured partial funding for the piece from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).  The foundation will continue to fundraise in an effort to purchase The Orphans for the citizens of Northglenn in May 2006.
 
Northglenn’s Art on Parade program is an on-loan, outdoor sculpture exhibit at E.B. Rains Jr. Memorial Park. The People’s Choice Award was determined through an open voting process where local citizens cast their vote for the sculpture they wanted to see permanently placed in the City of Northglenn. 

T he Orphans will remain on display in E.B. Rains Jr. Memorial Park through May 2006, at which time six new sculptures will be temporarily installed.
 
The Northglenn Arts and Humanities Foundation (NAHF) is a 501(c)3 organization committed to maintaining and nurturing the cultural arts in the Denver, Colorado area’s north metro communities. NAHF was founded in 1990.