"John James Audubon- Precursors and Contemporaries"

LOCATION: The Louise Hauss and David Brent Miller Audubon Gallery in the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University.
 
Address: 901 South College Street, Auburn , Al. 36849. Telephone:334.844.1484. For more information visit: 

www.jcsm.auburn.edu and also www.activeculture.info at the Visual Arts Catergory
 
Natural History Artists & Authors included in the Exhibitions: 
 
(Part 1)-18th C; Eleazar Albin, Mark Catesby, George Edwards -19th C;John James Audubon, Alexander Wilson and John Gould.
 
(Part 2) -16th C ; Leonhart Fuchs, John Gerard - 17th C; John Jonston, Basilus Besler, John Ray - 18th C;  Maria Merian, Johan Weinmann, Albertus Seba, Thomas Pennant, Marc Bloch, Mark Catesby, Comte de Buffon, John Abbot, Xaverio Manetti, George Edwards - 19th C; John James Audubon, Prideaux John Selby, Pierre Joseph Redoute'.
 
Antique Nature Prints is pleased to help make these Exhibitions possible.

Antique Nature Print Exhibition and Sale to benefit SEWE

LOCATION: Charleston Place ( corner of Meeting & Market Streets), Ashley Cooper Room
(first door on the left on the main hallway on the 2nd floor)

Dates: Friday, Feb. 13th - Sunday, Feb. 15th, 2009
Time: 10 am- 5pm

LECTURE DATE : Saturday, Febuary 14th at 11am at the Riviera Theater.

LECTURE TITLE & SYNOPSIS : "Passion for Nature: the Development of the Scientific Art of Natural History with emphasis on Mark Catesby, Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon. Educated Europeans and Americans of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries shared a remarkable passion to learn about nature. This burning curiosity, a result of the previous century's geographical exploration of new lands, the rediscovery of classical nature writings and the ongoing worldwide trade and exploration created a Golden Age for the interaction of Science and Art." 

For more information: visit www.sewe.com. (click on SEWE INFO, click on HIGHLIGHTS,scroll to bottom)

LECTURE: "Art Treasures of Natural History: Connoisseurship and Preservation".

LOCATION: Brooks Hall, Room 134, Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, Al.
(Brooks Hall is between Reid Chapel and Cumberland Law School)

TIME: 2:00pm

COST: Free

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Dan Brooks, Director, Arlington Antebellum Home and Garden,
205-980-0421

Antique Nature Print Exhibition and Sale to benefit SEWE

LOCATION: Charleston Place ( corner of Meeting & Market Streets), Ashley Cooper Room
(first door on the left on the main hallway on the 2nd floor)

Dates: Friday, Feb. 15th - Sunday, Feb. 17th, 2008
Time: 10 am- 5pm
 
For more information: visit www.sewe.com. (click on SEWE INFO, click on HIGHLIGHTS,scroll to bottom)

February 17 - 19, 2006
LOCATION : The Historic William Blacklock House (18 Bull Street)
LECTURE DATE : February 17, 2006, Room 309 Albert Simons Center for the Arts from 7pm-8pm, reception afterward with sale preview.

LECTURE TITLE & SYNOPSIS : Passion for Nature: the 17th-19th century Scientific Art of Natural History with emphasis on Mark Catesby and John James Audubon. Educated Europeans and Americans of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries shared a remarkable passion to learn about nature. This burning curiosity, a result of the previous century's geographical exploration of new lands and the ongoing worldwide trade and exploration created a Golden Age for the interaction of Science and Art.

For more information: (843) 953-7766 or see www.sewe.com