Interviews with J. Gilbert Johnston about antique nature prints can be found in the July, 2007 Webpost Dallas, Tx. Park Cities People and the September, 2004 issue of Birmingham Magazine.

Click here for the July, 2007 Park Cities Article.

Click here to read the Birmingham Magazine article or here to download a PDF version.

Click here for other media articles about antique nature prints.

Birmingham, Alabama
Professor Dan Brooks'
Samford Antiques Class - March 11, 2014

Antique Nature Prints Lecture & Exhibition
to benefit
The Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society
"Sundown Lecture Series"
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Antique Nature Prints Lecture, Exhibition & Sale
to benefit the
Marengo County Historical Society
Sunday, September 23, 2012

Lecture, Exhibition & Sale benefiting the Marengo Historical Society and featuring the works of the Great Natural History Artists & Scientists: Birds, Botanicals, Shells, Insects, Fish, Mammals. Also, a presenting a large collection of Fine Art reproductions from the originals in the Antique Nature Print collection. Featuring Audubon's America, a large early 19th century map of the U.S., which shows the French settlement at Demopolis and the locations of the Indian tribes. (See Recent Acquisition page)

Antique Nature Prints @ The Garden Clubs of America Boutique 2012
Savannah, Georgia
April 14 - 17, 2012

Birmingham Museum of Art
Artbreak Gallery Talk
Tuesday January 31, 2012 at Noon

Artbreak Gallery Talk by J.Gilbert Johnston on John James Audubon

For more information: http://www.artsbma.org/events/artbreaks

Fall Exhibition and Sale featuring the work of the Great Natural History Artists & Scientists, including John James Audubon, Pierre Joseph Redoute'. Prideaux John Selby, Priscilla Susan Bury, Johann Weinmann, William Curtis, George Edwards, Basilius Besler, etc.  set among the beautiful period furnishings of Robert Hill Antiques.

For more information: (205) 531-7353  or AntiqueNaturePrints @ Robert Hill Antiques

The Royal Octavo Editions

Louise Hauss and David Brent Miller Audubon Gallery
 
Exhibition will feature prints from several editions of the octavo Birds of America as well as from The Quadrupeds of North America. Also included will be bound volumes and comparisons to prints from earlier larger format editions.
 
Antique Nature Prints is pleased to provide prints for this exhibition.
 
For more information: www.jcsm.auburn.edu 
 

Audubon's Final Achievement: The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
 
Saturday, October 30, 2010, 9 am � 2pm

As JCSM closes the first exhibition featuring one of the treasures of the Louise Hauss and David Brent Miller Audubon Collection, a bound set of the first edition of John James Audubon's The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (published 1849-54), we are happy to present a symposium exploring various aspects of the book, its making, and its publication.

Registration for the symposium is free. Pre-order your boxed lunch, $15, when registering.

Register now

Guest lecturers will be:

Alan Gehret, curator, John James Audubon State Park, Henderson, Ky.
"The Last Journey: Audubon's 1843 Missouri River Expedition"

For three years Alan Gehret has been Curator of the John James Audubon Museum in Audubon State Park, Henderson, Ky. Gehret grew up near Audubon's first American home, Mill Grove in Audubon, Penn. After completing a Bachelors degree in Wildlife Conservation from the University of Montana and a Masters in Science Education from Temple University, he moved back to Pennsylvania to become Naturalist and Curator of the Audubon collection at Mill Grove, a position he held for 20 years. Gehret has traveled extensively in Audubon's footsteps across the United States and Canada. Using Audubon's painting, sketches and journal entries along with personal observations from his travels up the Missouri River, his talk will trace Audubon's grand and last journey.

Thomas W. Jones, independent curator
"Audubon's Texas Quadrupeds"

Since graduating from Clemson University with an MFA in Visual Studies(1983), Thomas W. Jones has held positions in four American museums. He is the director of the Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas. As Executive Director and Chief Curator at the Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas (1995�2010), Jones, was responsible for building the museum's collection of over 130 works by John James Audubon. Jones serves the museum community as a peer reviewer for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal granting agency and is a member of the American Association of Museums (AAM) Accreditation Visiting Committee. Since 1983 he has curated numerous exhibitions and authored many catalogues and essays on American art.

Leslie Kostrich, founder, Minniesland.com
"Not Just Sons: Fleshing Out John and Victor Audubon"

Leslie Kostrich was born and raised in Washington Heights, a mile north of the site of John James Audubon's final home, Minniesland estate. Educated in engineering and public policy, her early professional life was as an environmental policy analyst. In the 1990s, Kostrich purchased a set of books on Audubon's watercolors on eBay, a purchase that set her life on a new course. In early 2001, Kostrich launched an online gallery, Minniesland.com, not only a commercial sales site for Audubon prints and related publications, but also a "home" on the Internet where collectors can exchange information on Audubon. Minniesland.com has evolved into one of the premier websites for information about Audubon prints. In 2006, Kostrich served as a panelist for a Roundtable discussion at a conference on Audubon's octavos at the Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve in Rensselaerville, Ny. In addition to maintaining Minniesland.com, Kostrichalso manages two online discussion groups devoted to Audubon and related topics � "Audubonprints," that focuses on John James Audubon's art and life, and "Minnie's List" for people interested in the evolution of the Minniesland area and the extended Audubon family.

Bill Steiner, author of Audubon Prints-A Collector's Guide to Every Edition
"The Legacy of Audubon and Bachman: Art, History, Science, Conservation, and Money"

Bill Steiner holds biology degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and is an accomplished entomologist, herpetologist, bird-watcher and horticulturist. He retired in 2003 after 20 years as an enforcement supervisor for the Environmental Protection Agency. From 1994 to 1997 Bill was loaned to the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games as the environmental chief for the 1996 Atlanta summer games. He is the author of Audubon Art Prints � A Collector's Guide to Every Edition. 2003. University of South Carolina Press. Columbia He and his wife of 40 years, Peg, live in Asheville, North Carolina. They own an extensive and varied collection of Audubon prints, some of which they have loaned to JCSM for exhibition.

Ron Tyler, director, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Tx. And author of Audubon's Great National Work
"John James Audubon: After The Birds of America."

Ron Tyler is Director of the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Tx. He is former Professor of History and Director of the Texas State Historical Association at the University of Texas at Austin. He has written or edited more than twenty books, including Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist as Explorer (1999), Prints of the West (1994), and Audubon's Great National Work: The Royal Octavo Edition of The Birds of America (1993).

His honor include the Capitan Alonzo de Le�n medal for contributions to Mexican history from the Sociedad de Historia, Geograf�a, y Estad�stica de Nuevo Le�n (2002), Best Contribution to Knowledge from the Texas Institute of Letters (1995) for Prints of the West, best book on Texas history (The Coral H. Tullis Award) from the Texas State Historical Association for The Big Bend: A History of the Last Texas Frontier (1975), and a D.H.L. (honorary doctorate of humane letters) from Austin College (1986), where he served as professor from 1967-69.

For more Information visit: www.jcsm.auburn.edu

Lecture: Passion for Nature; the Development of the Scientific Art of Natural History.
 
Synopsis:  Educated Europeans and Americans of the 18th-19th centuries shared a remarkable passion to learn about nature. Their burning curiosity, a result of the previous century's geographical exploration, the rediscovery of classical nature writings and the ongoing worldwide trade, created a Golden Age for the interaction of Science and Art.
 
Sale of Original Prints to benefit the JCSM: 
March 25th following the lecture and also on Friday morning, March 26th 
 
Location:  901 South College Street, Auburn, Al. 36849
                           Tel.(334)844-1484
 
Time:  5p.m. Print Sale following & Friday morning.
 
For more Information visit: www.jcsm.auburn.edu

Christmas "Passion for Nature" Exhibition & Sale of original Engravings, Etchings and Lithographs, including Audubon and featuring Birds, Botanicals, Animals and Butterflies from the 18th & 19th centuries. 

LOCATION: Mary Adams Antiques Bldg.
                1829 29th Ave. South
                Homewood , Al. 35209
For more information visit: www.activeculture.info under the Visual Arts Category

(With AMW in downtown Homewood across from Soho in the Mary Adams Antiques Bldg.  Parking available at Soho )
 
DATES: Thursday December 10th through Saturday December 19th, 2009.

TIME: 10 am- 5pm 
 
For more information: 205.531.3973