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Young at Art
Tapas Tuesdays in the Rising Sage Café
Art After Hours: Tuesday Night Drawing Series - Draw Wild Cats with Artist Sharon Thomas
Winter Film Series
Birds of Sage and Scree Opening & Reception
First Sundays Celebration
Community Concert Series: James Booth with Meggan Kaiser
Art After Hours: Film & Discussion: Planet Earth: Grasslands
Federal Junior Duck Stamp Workshop
Art After Hours: Conserving Wolverines in the Wild West: Bob Inman
Art Alive @ 12:05 with 2009 Polar Bears International Arctic Ambassador, Local Teen Hayden Shea
Art After Hours: Bison Restoration in Indian Country




March 1, 8, 15, & 22

10:30 – 11:15AM
Chrystie Classroom
Free for members or with Museum admission.
Art classes for toddlers ages five and under, accompanied by their caregiver, focusing on the simple art concepts of color, shape, texture and line. Children will learn about art and animals by looking at works in the museum galleries and doing fun, hands-on activities, while socializing with their peer group. Parents will spend quality time with their child working with exciting materials and instilling an appreciation of art. Pre-registration is unnecessary except for large groups. Call 307-732-5435 for more information.
Generously sponsored by First Interstate Bank and The Thanksgiving Foundation.

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Tuesdays through March 23

Tuesdays all winter long!
5:30 – 9:00PM
Chef Tom's famous Wyoming tapas feature a changing menu of small dishes, each under $15.00.
Reservations recommended 307-732-5434.

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Tuesday, March 2

5:00 – 9:00PM Galleries Open
7:30PM Programs

FREE!
Rising Sage Café opens for tapas at 5:30PM.
Tuesday night drawing series featuring three local artists and animals in our collection. Learn about bears, birds and wild cats, take inspiration from our art and practice drawing these animals. Artists of all levels of ability welcome. Basic materials provided. No registration necessary.

Tuesday night drawing series featuring three local artists and animals in our collection. Learn about bears, birds and wild cats, take inspiration from our art and practice drawing these animals. Artists of all levels of ability welcome. Basic materials provided. No registration necessary.
Sharon Thomas was born and raised in California. She attended college at Long Beach University in Long Beach, California. Many years ago she moved east to the Hoback area, south of Jackson, Wyoming. Sharon currently spends her time at home painting as well as teaching painting at the Center for the Arts in Jackson Hole. Sharon paints native fish, wildlife, local wild flowers, birds and fruit in both oil and acrylic. Her main focus, however, is on oil painting with a metal leaf base, a technique that has existed since the Renaissance. Sharon also paints on objects other than the traditional board or canvas. Her beautifully painted one-of-a-kind benches, trunks, and furniture are a delightful addition to any home. Generously sponsored by the Dragicevich Foundation, Bank of Jackson Hole, and Invisible Fence Brand of Wyoming.

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Tuesdays, Fridays, & most Sundays

2:00PM
Cook Auditorium
FREE!
Travel the globe as we screen films from the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. Films are one hour or less.

• March 2, 5: NATURE: The Wolf that Changed America
  In 1893, an adventurous young man rode out from New York to New Mexico. He came to kill the leader of a cattle-killing wolf pack. But by the time Ernest Thompson Seton finally met the renegade Lobo, the wolf had become a hero in his eyes. He would write of the encounter that captured the essence of the vanishing wilderness and led to the establishment of the National Park system and the Boy Scout movement. The confrontation between Seton and Lobo comes alive, and we discover how together they set in motion the continuing change in American hearts and minds. 57 minutes.


• March 9, 12, 14: Swamp Troop
  Against the dramatic backdrop of riverside forests and wildlife-rich floodplains of Botswana's Okavango Delta, Swamp Troop enters the heart of baboon society. We meet Boro, the troop's alpha male, who brutally dispatches rivals, and jealously guards mating rights with fertile females. In a land where baboons must swim to survive, winter floods bring peril. A dangerous stranger threatens Boro and his two surviving infants. Tragedy strikes when Boro is toppled and disease claims the life of one of the infants. Without progeny, Boro's reign as alpha is meaningless, he must do what he can to protect his remaining daughter. 50 minutes.


• March 16, 19, 21: The Crayfish in the Jam Jar
  The Crayfish in the Jam Jar is an authentic and intimate portrait of a habitat, its wildlife, and a man who has lived here all his life. When he was a boy, he caught fish and crayfish in jam jars and started to thoroughly observe the valley's unique nature and all the changes that came as time went by. Because agriculture in the Isen Valley is often carried out on small parcels of land and some farmers still do not use pesticides and chemical fertilizers, there is plenty of wildlife in this small unknown paradise. Located in Southern Germany, the valley of the river Isen is not only an unusual, species-rich environment, but also a beautiful landscape formed by the glaciers of the last ice age. 43 minutes.


• March 23, 26, 28: NATURE: Parrots in the Land of Oz
  From the outrageous drumming palm cockatoo in the tropical rainforests, to the shameless red female eclectus parrot of the far north who keeps a male harem, and the incredibly prolific budgerigars of the deserts, a spectacular array of parrots has evolved in Australia. Big and small, rare and bizarre, colorful and intelligent, they are the most conspicuous and exotic birds on this amazing island continent. Many mate for life, building homes and families together. Their colors, behaviors, and habitats are all described in depth by the scientists studying them and the Australians who live among them in this delightful film. 57 minutes.

Films and synopses are provided by the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival.

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Thursday, March 4

5:30 - 7:00PM
Wapiti Gallery
FREE!
Join Greg McHuron and Bert Raynes at the Museum to celebrate the opening of the exhibit Birds of Sage and Scree. Based on the upcoming book by the same name, the show includes all 25 images in the book displayed with Raynes' accompanying text.

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Sunday, March 7

Sunday, March 7
1:00 – 4:00PM Free for area locals!
1:00 – 3:00PM Art Project in Classrooms: Make Marbled Paper
Enjoy kids' art projects, refreshments, and galleries.
Generously sponsored by Wells Fargo.

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Sunday, March 7

2:00PM
James Booth and Meggan Kaiser will revitalize your spirits with their generational cross-section of acoustic Americana, folk, and rock music. They'll be playing selections by Alison Krause, The Allman Brothers, the Grateful Dead, and more.
Generously sponsored by Jan & Larry Finch and Caroline & Ken Taylor.

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Tuesday, March 9

5:00 – 9:00PM Galleries Open
7:30PM Programs

FREE!
Rising Sage Café opens for tapas at 5:30PM.
After filming for three years, Planet Earth finally captures the shy Mongolian gazelle. Only a handful of people have witnessed its annual migration. Don't miss the bizarre-looking Tibetan fox, captured on film for the first time. Over six weeks the team follow a pride of 30 lions as they attempt to hunt elephants. Using the latest night vision equipment, the crew film the chaotic battles that ensue at close quarters. (From the BBC web site.) This film was a finalist in the 2007 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival.

The Nature Conservancy is a leading international, nonprofit organization that preserves plants, animals, and natural communities representing the diversity of life on earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. To date, the conservancy and its more than one million members have been responsible for the protection of over 14 million acres of land in the United States and have helped preserve more than 83 million acres in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, and the Pacific. For more information, visit Nature.org/Wyoming

Art After Hours is generously sponsored by the Dragicevich Foundation, Bank of Jackson Hole, and Invisible Fence Brand of Wyoming. This evening's program is a partnership between the National Museum of Wildlife Art and The Nature Conservancy with thanks to The Stevie and Wyatt Priceless Foundation for their support..


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Friday, March 12

9:30AM – 12:00PM K-5th grade students
1:00 – 3:30PM 6-12th grade students
Chrystie & Esperti Classrooms
$20 for Members, $25 non-members
Students will learn about the Federal Junior Duck Stamp program and begin an entry for the 2010 contest. The National Museum of Wildlife Art is the Wyoming host for the national contest. Pre-registration is required. Call 307-732-5435 to register.
Generously sponsored by Mary Ann & Harry Lawroski, Tally & Bill Mingst, Clarke Nelson, Cynthia & Dick Quast, and Spring Creek Ranch.

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Tuesday, March 16

5:00 – 9:00PM Galleries Open
7:30PM Programs

FREE!
Rising Sage Café opens for tapas at 5:30PM.
Fierce and fearless — this is the common image of wolverines. But this is only part of the story. To help save these remarkable animals, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) biologists are conducting the most intensive study of the wolverines of the Northern U.S. Rocky Mountains to date. Amazingly, given the elusive nature, extreme movements and low densities of wolverine populations, the research team has collected over half of all the data ever assembled on wolverine natal dens, wolverine survival and wolverine reproduction in the U.S over the past nine years.

Bob Inman has 12 years of experience working on wildlife projects with diverse areas of emphasis including carnivore research, state game management, neo-tropical songbird inventory and monitoring, endangered species management, and habitat quantification. In 1997, Inman earned a master's degree in wildlife ecology from the University of Tennessee. He is a doctoral candidate with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, where he works with a Swedish and Norwegian team that leads the longest term, most comprehensive and extensive wolverine research study worldwide. Inman has directed WCS's Greater Yellowstone Wolverine Program from project initiation in 2001 and is one of a handful of wolverine experts worldwide.

Inman will discuss the biology of wolverines as determined with nine years of telemetry-based field research in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. He will also explain how this information has helped inform conservation actions for the species, where future research and conservation efforts will be focused, and how the public can get involved in conserving wolverines.

Generously sponsored by the Dragicevich Foundation, Bank of Jackson Hole, and Invisible Fence Brand of Wyoming. This evening's program is a partnership between the National Museum of Wildlife Art and the Wildlife Conservation Society


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Wednesday, March 17

12:05PM
Cook auditorium
Free for members or with Museum admission.
Looking for a way to enliven your lunch hour? We'll satisfy your cravings for great art and tasty food. Lunch available in the Rising Sage Café at a special price! Call 307-732-5438 for details.

Hayden Shea is a teen who was raised in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, one of the last intact ecosystems on the planet. She has always loved being outdoors and watching wildlife. A Journeys School student, Shea has become more concerned about the issue of climate change the effects it is having across the world. Shea's interest in the Arctic began when she was 10 and got a chance to spend two weeks in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Shea will speak about her return to the Arctic last fall and her own response to climate change as a result attending the Polar Bears International Leadership Camp.
Generously sponsored by Valerie & Dick Beck and Lisa & David Carlin.

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Tuesday, March 23

5:00 – 9:00PM Galleries Open
7:30PM Program

FREE!
Rising Sage Café opens for tapas at 5:30PM.
Join Fred Dubray at the Museum for a presentation on the value of bison to the nation's culture and ecology and to learn about his role in restoring bison in the territories of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

Dubray is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and is former Executive Director and co-founder of Pte Hca Ka, Inc., which is a Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Corporation created to restore and manage the tribal buffalo herd. It is also currently the largest and fastest growing tribal buffalo operation in the United States. He is founder and former President of the Inter-Tribal Bison Cooperative (ITBC). He has also served as Chairman of the ITBC Executive Committee. DuBray is known for his work in bison restoration, and has been featured in several national media outlets including People Magazine, National Geographic, and Newsweek. Dubray also appeared on the NBC Today Show, a CBS News Special, and in a PBS documentary entitled, “American Buffalo: Spirit of a Nation.” In 1995, Mr. DuBray was awarded the “Newsweek American Achievement Award.”

Fred Dubray's presentation is presented by the National Museum of Wildlife Art in conjunction with the National Wildlife Federation. The National Wildlife Federation is America's largest conservation organization. We work with more than 4 million members, partners and supporters in communities across the country to protect and restore wildlife habitat, confront global warming and connect with nature.
Generously sponsored by the Dragicevich Foundation, Bank of Jackson Hole, and Invisible Fence Brand of Wyoming. This evening's program is a partnership with the National Wildlife Federation.

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