The Musical Ark

The Musical Ark Born of a St. Ayles style skiff, the Sephira was built by Moravian Academy Students and Staff. The bo

The Musical Ark is the realization of a long-time dream of artist Michael Brolly. Nearly three decades in the making, the concept first inspired Brolly in graduate school: can humans communicate with whales? After hundreds of years of hunt and slaughter, it's time for an apology. Brolly hopes to accomplish this by reaching out to the species with music from a seaborne cello, the Sephira. Find out more about Brolly's art here: http://www.michaelbrolly.com/

Whale news...
10/04/2019

Whale news...

In Argentina, aerial imagery helps researchers get a close look at southern right whales from a distance.

03/06/2019

Exhibition highlight: “Dancing Triclops” by Michael Brolly, crafted in curly maple and dyed veneer. Find this piece on view among nearly 100 others in our current exhibition, “Pennsylvania Made: Local Forms in the Collection.” Visit Tuesday-Saturday, 10A-5P.

02/17/2017
02/15/2017

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Eric Fanning and Chae Park
Michael Brolly Redux opening
January 2017 Lehigh Valley Penn State

Great show at Penn State Lehigh Valley!
01/30/2017

Great show at Penn State Lehigh Valley!

Michael Brolly is a wood-turning artist who has exhibited internationally over the course of his artistic career. Brolly collaborated with Moravian Academy s...

07/19/2016

As seen on TV in St. John's Newfoundland! We were minor celebrities; the next day as we drove around with Sephira, folks would stop and wave and tell us they saw this on NTV!


We are waiting for the Capelin to lead us to the whales...https://newfoundsander.wordpress.com/capelin/
07/13/2016

We are waiting for the Capelin to lead us to the whales...

https://newfoundsander.wordpress.com/capelin/

Capelin are small fish that come to our beaches every year to spawn, their arrival is a spectacle that draws in thousands of birds and whales, but the exact date of the event is difficult to predic…

Here's Lynne talking about our boat and mission, saying we are sorry to whales. The video was produced while we were in ...
07/09/2016

Here's Lynne talking about our boat and mission, saying we are sorry to whales. The video was produced while we were in Martha's Vineyard last week to celebrate the Hokule'a.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO-5B2gjKIY

A boat designed by Michael Brolly to sing to the whales...

In Canada. A few extra questions at the border, but they let us in when we told them that we are heading to Newfoundland...
07/05/2016

In Canada. A few extra questions at the border, but they let us in when we told them that we are heading to Newfoundland for the summer sound symposium. That might be a better audience than whales!

07/03/2016

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