Exhibit Changes
RTPI will be closed until Thursday, October 29 due to exhibit changes. We apologize for any inconvenience. If desired our nature store can be available by appointment by calling 716-665-2473 ext. 227 and our grounds and all trails are still open to the public as usual. Be sure to check out our upcoming exhibition that will begin on November 6: From Field to Frame by Michael DiGiorgio.
Read MoreArtist Reception – Thomas Annear – Friday, June 26, 2015
National Parks and Beyond A Solo Exhibition by Thomas Annear Artist Reception Friday June 26, 2015 7:00 – 9:00 PM www.thomasannear.com We are pleased to welcome artist Thomas Annear as he opens a new exhibit that originated with a month long journey to Yellowstone and other national parks in the American west. Since 2008, Tom has immersed himself in these majestic and sometimes extreme landscapes, and found that the parks had many lessons to teach. The more he painted, questions and issues began to emerge about balancing preservation with the aim of keeping parks open “for the...
Read MoreWoodpeckers of Newfoundland
Here’s a Throwback Thursday of a different sort – five woodpeckers from the Birds of Newfoundland by Roger Tory Peterson. Can you identify them all? Clockwise from the top we have the Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Black-backed Woodpecker. If you are fortunate enough to have a yard where you can see them all that would be extremely impressive!
Read MoreSouth Dakota Badlands by Thomas Annear
As posted by Thomas Annear Art (http://www.thomasannear.com/) “It’s really cold outside and the studio heater is almost keeping up with it. I helped stay warm with the memory of a warm August day in the South Dakota Badlands. With over 50 paintings in my national parks show, I am hoping to finish touching up a painting a day. The opening is Friday, June 26th at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History.” We can’t wait!
Read MoreMarch speaker – Dr. John D. Juriga
Dr. John D. Juriga will present a program on artist and illustrator Bob Hines (1912-1994) at a public reception for the exhibition of the works of Bob Hines now hosted at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History on Friday, March 14 at 7 p.m. Dr. Juriga, a Hines biographer, will help to tell the story of one of the pioneers of the American conservation movement, whose paintings and drawings helped Americans better appreciate our natural heritage. Bob Hines is well known for his work in developing the federal Duck Stamp program, which has generated over $700 million to protect...
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