Bill Steiner to speak at JCSM’s Late Night Thursday

AUBURN, AL- The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art welcomes everyone to enjoy of our late night programs every third Thursday of the month. This event features a special program, followed by a reception, admittance to the museum galleries and a free wine tasting.

The next Late Night Thursday program will begin at 5pm on September 17, 2009 with a lecture given by Bill Steiner, author of Audubon Art Prints: A Collector’s Guide to Every Edition (University of South Carolina Press, 2003). An accomplished entomologist, herpetologist, and horticulturist, he holds degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Steiner is a field ecologist and expert bird-watcher with one of the most significant private collections of Audubon prints in the United States. His talk will include a presentation of prints by other ornithological artists such as Alexander Wilson, John Gould, J.W. Hill, and several others. Steiner invites the public to bring prints to the lecture where he will review for free.

Following the lecture, there will be a reception and free wine tasting to visitors 21 and over with valid id provided by Gus’ Fine Wine and Beer. For more information on this event, please contact the museum at 334.844.1484 or visit www.jcsm.auburn.edu.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Late Night Thursday: October 15, 2009 5pm: Artist’s talk by Joni Mabe

Followed by a reception and wine tasting

Late Night Thursday: November 19, 2009 5pm: Drawing class for adults instructed by Barry Fleming of the Auburn University Department of Art

Followed by a reception and wine tasting

Contacts:
Andy Tennant, Assistant Director
(334) 844 – 3081
tennawa@auburn.edu

Stacey Moore, Marketing
(344) 844 – 3488
moore23@auburn.edu