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Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 10:25 AM Subject: Mark Catesby's Third Centennial in America All: On November 4th - 9th, 2012, The Catesby Commemorative Trust will bring together experts from America and Europe to discuss Catesby's influences, drawings, science and impact on natural history. Guests will travel to places once visited by Mark Catesby; Richmond, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and Charleston, South Carolina, and have the privilege of viewing his most famous etchings and discover the scientific value and marvel at the beauty of Mark Catesby's remarkable work. You have the opportunity to participate as well! The Smithsonian Libraries are hosting the Washington DC portion of the celebration with a daylong symposium on November 6, 2012, focused on the Art and Science of Mark Catesby. We invite you to explore Mark Catesby's world and discover how he introduced the wild beauty of North America to the astonished eyes of Europe and went on to influence artists such as William Bartram and John James Audubon. All presentations will be in The Baird Auditorium, from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM, and are free, open to the public, and do not require tickets! Our own Leslie Overstreet is one of the speakers! We hope you will join us for some or all of the lectures! Mark Catesby (1683 - 1749) [http://www.catesbytrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1-1.jpg]In February 1722, Mark Catesby, a 40-year old Englishman with an enigmatic past and an insatiable curiosity for the wondrous serendipity of nature, set sail on a three-month voyage to the Lowcountry of South Carolina. His sojourn in the New World was taken under the auspices of London's Royal Society. Catesby was to spend the next four years exploring the natural habitat of the southeast colonies and the Bahamas, and the subsequent 20 years writing and illustrating his exhaustive two-volume Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands. Coming at the golden dawn of modern natural science, Catesby's achievements are numerous and interdisciplinary in nature. As an explorer, he was the first to conduct a critical study of the lush and varied habitat of North America, particularly the southeast colonies and the environs of the Lowcountry and the Piedmont area. As a scientist, he was the first to empirically observe and recognize the natural and man-made dangers impacting species' survival. As an artist, his meticulous paintings and etchings of birds and plants captured the diverse natural beauty of colonial America 100 years before Audubon. Susan R. Frampton Program Coordinator Smithsonian Institution Libraries PO Box 37012 National Museum of Natural History 10th and Constitution Avenues NW Room 2212 MRC 154 Washington DC 20013-7012 frampt...@si.edu<mailto:frampt...@si.edu> tel: 202.633.1699 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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Smithsonian Tuesday Public Schedule with SIL logo.docx
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