Remembering Rex Brasher: Talk and Road Trip with Gerri Griswold
February 25, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Celebrate a truly wonderful, but relatively unknown avian artist, Rex Brasher. Based in Kent, CT, Rex was a prolific painter who produced 875 original watercolors depicting 1200 species/subspecies of North American birds. In fact, Brasher painted (from live observation!) more than twice as many birds as his better-known predecessor, John James Audubon. Join Gerri Griswold to learn about one of the greatest unknown stories in art history and Americana then hit the road to Gaylordsville, CT and pay your respects at his humble grave in Morningside Cemetery. An optional hot toddy at the Fife & Drum in Kent will wrap up the day honoring this great man. 2:00 p.m., A. B. Ceder Room, Members: $5.00, Non-Members: $10.00, Pre-registration and pre-payment are required. Call 860-567-0857 or register online: https://white-memorial-conservation-center.square.site/product/remembering-rex-brasher-talk-and-road-trip-with-gerri-griswold/1127
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Celebrate a truly wonderful, but relatively unknown avian artist, Rex Brasher. Based in Kent, CT, Rex was a prolific painter who produced 875 original watercolors depicting 1200 species/subspecies of North American birds. In fact, Brasher painted (from live observation!) more than twice as many birds as his better-known predecessor, John James Audubon. Join Gerri Griswold to learn about one of the greatest unknown stories in art history and Americana then hit the road to Gaylordsville, CT and pay your respects at his humble grave in Morningside Cemetery. An optional hot toddy at the Fife & Drum in Kent will wrap up the day honoring this great man. 2:00 p.m., A. B. Ceder Room, Members: $5.00, Non-Members: $10.00, Pre-registration and pre-payment are required. Call 860-567-0857 or register online: https://white-memorial-conservation-center.square.site/product/remembering-rex-brasher-talk-and-road-trip-with-gerri-griswold/1127
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