RTPI to host “Guy Coheleach: Wildlife in Art”
The Board of Trustees of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute is pleased to host Guy Coheleach’s acclaimed traveling exhibition for the fall and winter season, beginning Friday, October 11th. Featuring more than forty original works, the exhibition includes several new pieces created by the artist in the last five years. RTPI has previously hosted solo exhibitions of Coheleach’s work in 1997, 2003 and 2008. In the introduction to the book Guy Coheleach’s Animal Art, Roger Tory Peterson wrote, “Guy is perhaps the most versatile and, in a sense, the most professional wildlife artist I...
Read MoreRTPI Presents ‘Roger Tory Peterson’s Penguins’ February 8 – May 5, 2019
“’Comical’ – ‘Adorable’ – ‘The little fellow in the dress suit,’ et cetera. It is tempting to be anthropomorphic about penguins. Using human comparisons, it is easy to think of them as little clowns, the ridiculous dwarfs that enliven the circus, waddling with baggy pants across the arena for our amusement. They are far from that; they are not little people dressed in feathers. They are highly specialized birds dedicated to penguinism, a life molded by the cold impersonal sea, harsh climate, and the crowded colonies in which they reproduce.” Visit RTPI’s galleries beginning Friday, February...
Read MoreBird Portraits by Steve Cagan
“Bird Portraits” by Steve Cagan will only be on our walls for a couple more weeks. During your holiday vacation, stop down at RTPI to see these beautiful photographs that take an up-close and personal look at a number of different species. January 4th is the last day for the exhibit, so don’t miss it!
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