Taking Flight:
Selected Prints from John James Audubon's Birds of America

September 18th through December 5th, 2003
and

January 5 through January 31, 2004



Other Images from the Exhibition

Acknowledgements

Reviews

History of Audubon's Birds of America

Exhibiting Audubon Prints

References


Exhibition Events

9/24/03 Tom Norulak, Printmaker 
      “The Etching and Engraving Printing Processes”
      Wednesday, 12:00 Noon -University Art Gallery
10/01/03 Charles Bier
      Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
      “Audubon and the Western Conservancy”
     Wednesday, 12:00 Noon - University Art Gallery
10/08/03 Dr. Deane Root
     Professor and Chair, Professor and Chair, Department of Music, University of Pittsburgh
      “Audubon and the Music of Birdsong"      
     Wednesday, 12:00 Noon -University Art Gallery
     Reception to Follow
10/9/03 Don Etherington and Michael Lee
     
President and Vice President, Etherington Conservation Center
      “The Birds of America:  A Conservation Challenge”
      Co-sponsored by the Pittsburgh Bibliophiles
     Thursday, 7:00pm -University Art Gallery
10/15/03 Dr. Anthony Bledsoe
      Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences,University of Pittsburgh
      “Audubon and the Art of Bird Watching”
     Wednesday, 12:00 Noon -University Art Gallery
10/22/03 Joy Borelli-Edwards, CPF and Renie Pollock, CPF
    
 “Capturing Audubon’s Birds:  The Art of Conservation Framing”
     Wednesday, 12:00 Noon -University Art Gallery
10/29/03 Creative Expressions Event
      Wednesday, October 29th, 12 noon
      A hands-on art making activity presented by the University Art Gallery in collaboration with
      the Conney Kimbo Gallery of the University of Pittsburgh
11/5/03 Jim Berry
     President, Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, Jamestown, New York.
      “The Evolution of Field Ornithology:  From Audubon to Roger Tory Peterson”
      Wednesday, 12:00 Noon -University Art Gallery
11/12/03 Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania
      “Don’t Be An Outta-Bee; Be In Audubon”
      FEATURING A LIVE RED-TAILED HAWK
      Wednesday, 12:00 Noon -University Art Gallery
11/19/03 John Schulman
     Caliban Book Shop
      “Collecting, Buying, and Selling the Works of John J. Audubon”
      Wednesday, 12:00 Noon -University Art Gallery
11/20/03 Tom Norulak, Printmaker
    
“Printing Etchings and Engravings”
      Co-sponsored by the Pittsburgh Bibliophiles
      Thursday, 7:00pm -University Art Gallery
12/03/03 Dayton Baker
    
The National Aviary
      "Bird Conservation and the History of the National Aviary"
      Wednesday, 12:00 Noon - University Art Gallery
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