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We are pleased to announce that the following distinguished Audubon experts, scholars and authors have consented to participate as guest lecturers in conjunction with the John James Audubon, American Artist and Naturalist traveling exhibition.

Please be sure to watch your PBS listings for the new Florentine Films Production,"John James Audubon, Drawn From Nature" on the series American Masters. The new film features segments narrated by a number of the world's foremost Audubon experts, scholars and lecturers, including Don Boarman, Richard Rhodes, Ella Foshay, Roberta Olson and Bill Steiner.

Dr. Carolyn DeLatte. Professor DeLatte is the Chair of the Department of History at McNeese State University, Lake Charles,Louisiana. Her book "Lucy Audubon, a Biography" published by the Louisiana State University Press brings exceptional insights to the life, character and correspondence of the dynamic woman behind John James Audubon.

Ms. Ella Foshay. Ms. Foshay is a distinguished American Art Historian and author who teaches art history at Columbia University. She is the former Curator of the New York Historical Society, NewYork, New York and the author of "John James Audubon" published in 1997 by Harry N. Abrams and many other important books on American Art.

Mr. Joel Oppenheimer. Mr. Oppenheimer is the President of Joel Oppenheimer Galleries of Chicago, Illinois, the world's foremost Natural History Fine Art Gallery. He is an Audubon expert, fine art dealer and his gallery sells, appraises, restores and conserves rare original Audubon fine art prints and original John James Audubon historical documents.

Mr. Richard Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes is an award winning author who has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and is listed in the Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the 20th Century. Mr. Rhodes is the author of a new and comprehensive biography of John James Audubon published in September of 2004 by Alfred A. Knopf & Company. This is the first new study of the life of Audubon to appear in ten years.

Mr. Bill Steiner. Mr. Steiner is an Audubon expert and collector who works as an Ecologist for the Environmental Protection Agency in Atlanta, Georgia. His recent book, "Audubon Art Prints, A Collectors Guide to Every Edition" was published in June of 2003 by the University of South Carolina Press and is considered to be "the Bible" for the serious Audubon print collector.

Mr. Mark Alexander. Mr. Alexander is Co-Curator of the John James Audubon, American Artist and Naturalist traveling exhibition and Director of Art Services 2000 Ltd. New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

Please contact us for more information.