The Art and Nature News
Your Monthly Field Guide to RTPI
June 2024
Breaking News
Exhibition Updates
Upcoming Programs and Events
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RTPI Anniversary Season Video
It's been 90 years since the publication of the very first Peterson Field Guide. It's also been 40 years since the founding of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute.
To celebrate these milestone achievements, we created a short Anniversary Season Video featuring Lee Peterson, Roger's youngest son, RTPI board member, and, himself, the author of a field guide in the Peterson Field Guide Series: the Peterson Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
The video also features recent RTPI Resident Artists Lisa Mullen and Joseph Grice, along with our current RTPI Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Jenn Lodi-Smith and her daughter, Maisie Hebrank, founder of the WNY Young Birders Club.
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Bentley Preserve Birding Challenge
Winners to be Announced
Saturday, June 22, 9 am
World-traveling nature photographer Kevin Ebi reminds us that sometimes the most beautiful nature can be found in your own backyard. In his current exhibition at RTPI -- which closes July 21 -- he features a stunning image of the Bentley Preserve.
In 1933, Roger Tory Peterson mapped all the songbird nests at the Bentley Preserve. In partnership with the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy, which owns and manages the site, we issued a challenge to birders to see how many different bird species they could find at the Bentley Preserve today.
We will announce the birding challenge winners on the same day we provide an update on the NYS Breeding Bird Atlas and celebrate RTPI's recent inclusion in the NYS Birding Trail. CLICK here for more program Information.
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Best Happy Hour in all of WNY!
Appearing at RTPI for the first time, Jazz Crossing is our featured musical guest for Art After 5 on Friday, June 28, 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
Jazz Crossing features Jim Madden on piano, John Cross on saxophone and clarinet, Doug Shutte on trombone, and Sonny Froman on drums. The quartet will play an eclectic mix of jazz standards including music of Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, George Gershwin, Grover Washington Jr., Louis Armstrong, Carlos Jobim and Thelonius Monk.
CLICK HERE to buy your tickets. Buying tix in advance saves you a couple bucks and helps us to better prepare for your visit.
Thanks to our partner, Southern Tier Brewing Co, your first beer (or soft drink) is on the house!
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Painting Birds with Watercolor
Taught by Joseph Grice
July 7, 14 and 21
Recent RTPI Resident Artist Joe Grice returns to RTPI to teach this popular workshop. The cost is $120 for all three sessions. The number of participants is limited to 10. CLICK HERE for more information and to register for the workshop.
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This Year's Annual Summer Soiree Promises to be the Best Ever
Saturday, July 20
6 - 9 pm
It's hard to imagine a better way to spend a mid-summer evening than underneath the tent at RTPI. Delicious food, thanks to Elegant Edibles. Plenty of wine, thanks to Johnson Estate Winery. The coolest jazz, courtesy of Razz and Friends.
Plus, there will be cake! RTPI board member Lee Peterson and his wife, Courtney, will be on hand to cut the cake celebrating the 90th anniversary of the publication of the first Peterson Field Guide and the 40th anniversary of the founding of RTPI.
Proceeds from this year's Soiree will go to supporting RTPI's Artist-in-Residence Program, which nurtures the next generation of nature artists whose art truly Matters to the Planet.
Tickets are selling fast. CLICK HERE to purchase your Soiree tickets today.
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Roger's Bird-Day Bash
Michael Glabicki
Back by Popular Demand
Saturday, August 17
Noon - 4 pm
Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root returns to RTPI to help us celebrate Roger's "Bird-Day."
This year we have not one but two opening acts. The party kicks off with Tim Britt, followed by Miranda Wilcox.
Sandee’s Catering will be grilling in the back courtyard and PersNikkity Pies will be serving up their drool-worthy desserts. The RTPI bar will be open with a variety of beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages to wet your whistles.
CLICK HERE to buy your for Bird-Day Bash tickets and get ready to party!
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Artist-in-Residence Registry
Unable to join us for the Summer Soiree but still want to support the Artist-in-Residence program? No worries. CLICK HERE to buy an artist lunch, or lodging, art supplies, or even a cup of coffee.
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Amy Tan In Person at RTPI
Sunday, August 4, 1:30pm
SOLD OUT
Tickets sold quickly for Amy Tan's in-person program at RTPI. Ms. Tan will lead a private tour of her exhibited sketches and journals, followed by a book signing and a conversation led by RTPI Curator, Maria Ferguson.
The good news is that Amy Tan's Backyard Birds exhibition will remain on view through August 25 at RTPI.
Amy Tan
at Chautauqua Institution
Tuesday, August 6
For those who would like to see Ms. Tan in person, we encourage you to consider a program she'll be presenting at the Chautauqua Institution on Tuesday, August 6. For more information, please CLICK HERE.
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Amy Tan's Backyard Birds
Exhibition
ON VIEW THROUGH AUGUST 25
RTPI is honored to be the only museum to host an exhibition of Amy Tan's original sketches and journals, featured in her new book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles.
Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, Saving Fish from Drowning, and The Valley of Amazement, all New York Times bestsellers.
(Amy Tan, Fledgling Bluebird and Mom, 2020, mixed media, © Amy Tan)
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On view through
August 25
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Celebrating 90 years of Peterson's A Field Guide to the Birds
On view until
March 9, 2025
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Thank You
For those who have already renewed your membership or purchased a membership for the very first time, thank you. To be a member of RTPI is to join our family, to share in the joy of celebrating the legacy of Roger Tory Peterson and nurturing the next generation of artists whose work likewise matters to the planet.
If you haven't yet joined, please CLICK HERE to review our membership categories and membership benefits. Thanks!
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Plan Your Visit to RTPI Today
For a Full Schedule of Exhibitions and Programs, Please Visit our Website at RTPI.ORG
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