Ernest Thompson Seaton - A Legacy of Wildlife Conservation

 The Sleeping Wolf, oil on canvas 1891 by Ernest Thompson Seton

Ernest Thompson Seton: A Legacy of Wildlife Conservation

Historian David L. Witt, Santa Fe, NM

Wednesday, June 17, 6 p.m. MDT | (Online Zoom meeting)

Join historian David L. Witt to learn about the work and legacy of Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946), influential naturalist, author and artist who elevated wild animal preservation to a national cause. A popular educator and wildlife illustrator, Seton helped establish an important foundation for today’s environmentalism and wildlife conservation.

Witt is curator of the Seton Legacy Project at the Academy for the Love of Learning in Santa Fe, where he oversees research, collections, exhibitions, and programs related to Ernest Thompson Seton. He founded the Southwest Art History Conference and was the curator of the University of New Mexico’s Harwood Museum of Art in Taos from 1979-2005.

From: The Worlds of Ernest Thompson Seton- Knopf 1976