Book Discussion - John James Audubon: The Making of an American

Enjoy a discussion of author Richard Rhodes’s book John James Audubon: The Making of an American led by Catherine Petersen, art history faculty at Northern Arizona University and Coconino Community College. Rhodes vividly depicts Audubon’s life and career: his epic wanderings, his quest to portray birds in a lifelike way, and his ambivalent witness to the vanishing of the wilderness. Programmed in conjunction with the exhibition Four on the Floor: Audubon’s Quadrupeds on view through May 29.