DAVID J. WAGNER, L.L.C.

AMERICA'S PARKS I ENCORE EXHIBITION
Produced by David J. Wagner, L.L.C.
David J. Wagner, Ph.D., Curator

This is the third edition of America’s Parks. Artworks in this exhibition are drawn principally from artists who participated in the first edition of America’s Parks, though some were added because they were award-winners in the second America’s Parks exhibition. Wikipedia, the free, on-line encyclopedia, defines a park as ". . . an area of natural, semi-natural, or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats." Artworks included in this encore exhibition depict scenes from all kinds of parks (national, state, county, city) by these exhibiting artists:

Works in this exhibition by these artists represent parks in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Sonora (Mexico), Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming. The parks represented are: Acadia National Park, Agua Caliente County Park, Antelope Island State Park, Buffalo National River, Canaveral National Seashore, Cape Cod National Seashore, Catalina State Park, Cherokee National Forest, Crater Lake National Park / Lithia Park, Dry Tortugas National Park, Estero Soladado Estuary, San Carlos, Everglades National Park, Festge County Park, Frenchtown Pond State Park, Glacier National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Great Basin National Park, Griffith Park, Klamath National Forest, Lowry Park Zoo, Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, Mustang Island State Park, North Cascades National Park, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Papago Park, Point Betsie Light Station, Rocky Mountain National Park, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Saguaro National Park, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, San Simeon Beach State Park, Silver Creek Preserve, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Trinidad State Beach, Valley of Fire State Park, Van Saun County Park/Bergan County Zoological Park, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Yellowstone National Park, and Zion National Park.

The history of park art in America is broad and deep, going all the way back to 1871 and the campaign to rescue Yellowstone by transforming it into the nation's first National Park. In 1871, Ferdinand V. Hayden, director of the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, led an expedition to Wyoming to explore the then-unexplored Yellowstone region. Accompanying Hayden were landscape painter Thomas Moran and photographer William Henry Jackson. After the expedition, Moran’s watercolors and Jackson’s photographs were used to lobby Congress to pass a bill to protect and preserve Yellowstone as "a public park or pleasuring ground." President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill creating the nation’s first National Park on March 1, 1872. This exhibition is produced by David J. Wagner, L.L.C., and curated by David J. Wagner, Ph.D., who proposed and managed the first tour of the exhibition ARTS FOR THE PARKS many years ago, served as a Juror for that exhibit, and as a member of the Advisory Board of the National Park Art Academy. AMERICA'S PARKS is an entirely new initiative produced by David J. Wagner, L.L.C.

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Featured Artwork

(alphabetical by artist's last name)

Brest van Kempen, Carel P. "April Hibernaculum" Great Basin National Park, NV	Brest van Kempen, Carel P. "Flammulated Owl & Relict Underwing Caterpillar" Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
Crouter, Anni "Leap Of Faith" Van Saun County Park/Bergan County Zoological Park, NJ	Crouter, Anni "Betsie Bay Winter" Point Betsie Light Station, MI
Crouter, Anni "This Side Up" Lowry Park Zoo, FL	Garrish, Mary "Beginning of Autumn" Grand Teton National Park, WY
Garrish, Mary "Full Moon Rising" Canaveral National Seashore, FL	Garrish, Mary "Full Moon over the Fort" St. Augustine National Park, FL
Gould, Shawn "College Cove" Trinidad State Beach, CA	Gould, Shawn "Kangaroo Lake" Klamath National Forest, CA
Gould, Shawn "Sabino Siesta" Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, AZ	Hanken, Karen "A Grand Tapestry" Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
Hanken, Karen "Southern Oregon Highlights" Crater Lake National Park / Lithia Park, OR	Helfin, Tom "The Everglades" Everglades National Park, FL
Helfin, Tom "Rest Stop on the Buffalo River" Buffalo National River, AR	Helsaple, Mary "Hunting For Bugs - Lark Sparrow, Mangrove, Oysters" Estero Soladado Estuary, San Carlos, Sonora (Mexico)
Helsaple, Mary "Roseate Spoonbills" Estero Soladado Estuary, San Carlos, Sonora (Mexico)	Helsaple, Mary "White Pelicans" Estero Soladado Estuary, San Carlos, Sonora (Mexico)
Hill, Bailey "Palette Spring 206.28" Yellowstone National Park, WY	Hill, Bailey "Palette Spring 206.29" Yellowstone National Park, WY
McCorristin Peters, Evelyn "Red Rocks & Salt" Zion National Park, UT	McCorristin Peters, Evelyn "Snow Blue & Green Weir Farm" Weir Farm National Historic Site, CT
McCorristin Peters, Evelyn "Zion Fire" Zion National Park, UT	Nass, Rhonda "Amazon's Natural Fabric" Olbrich Botanical Gardens, WI
Nass, Rhonda "Succulence" Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, WI	Nass, Rhonda "Autumn" Festge County Park, WI
Oakley-DeLaPlante, Jennifer "Beach Bash" Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, MI	Oakley-DeLaPlante, Jennifer "Rocky Rapids" Cherokee National Forest, TN
Oakley-DeLaPlante, Jennifer "Sand Castles" Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, MI	Peyton, Anne "Under A Watchful Eye" Papago Park, AZ
Peyton, Anne "Antelope Island Beauty" Antelope Island State Park, UT	Peyton, Anne "In Perfect Balance" Mustang Island State Park, TX
Price, Cheryl "Blues At Dusk" Saguaro National Park, AZ	Price, Cheryl "Sweet Water Strand" Everglades National Park, FL
Schuerr, Aaron "Evening Squall at the Confluence" Yellowstone National Park, WY	Schuerr, Aaron "Madison River" Yellowstone National Park, WY
Smith, Jeanne Rosier "Early Morning Light" Cape Cod National Seashore, MA	Smith, Jeanne Rosier "Incoming" Cape Cod National Seashore, MA
Susinno, Mark "Ambush Point" Everglades National Park, FL	Susinno, Mark "On the Hunt" Biscayne National Park, FL
Swinney, Carol "Evening Golds" Catalina State Park, AZ	Swinney, Carol "Caliente Palms" Agua Caliente County Park, AZ
Thomas, Fred "Colorful Neighbors" Frenchtown Pond State Park, MT	Thomas, Fred "Teton Cutthroat" Grand Teton National Park, WY
Thomas, Fred "Silvercreek Brown" Silver Creek Preserve, ID	Tucker, Ezra "Scent of Man" Glacier National Park, MT
Tucker, Ezra "Magpie Summer" Rocky Mountain National Park, CO	Tucker, Ezra "A Cool Drink" Theodore Roosevelt National Park, ND
Tucker, Ezra "Northern Migration" North Cascades National Park, WA	Tucker, Ezra "Red Tail and Rattler" Saguaro National Park, AZ
Tyng, Alexandra "Marsh at Round Pond" Acadia National Park, ME	Williford, Ronnie W. "Candy on the Ridge" Palo Duro Canyon State Park, TX
Williford, Ronnie W. "Spring Tidal Pools" Canaveral National Seashore, FL	Williford, Ronnie W. "Light at the End of the Tunnel" San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, TX
Williford, Ronnie W. "Big Thompson Meltdown" Rocky Mountain National Park, CO	Wisnowski, James "Griffith Park Steam" Griffith Park, CA
Wisnowski, James "Valley of Fire Path" Valley of Fire State Park, NV	Wisnowski, James "Leffingwell Landing Park" San Simeon Beach State Park, CA
Woolf, Suze "Stehekin Sentinel" North Cascades National Park, WA	Woolf, Suze "Knotted" North Cascades National Park, WA
Woolf, Suze "Glen Canyon Light" Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, AZ/UT

AMERICA'S PARKS I ENCORE EXHIBIT

TOUR ITINERARY

INSTALLATION PHOTOGRAPHS

December 4, 2015 - January 31, 2016
Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum
Logan, KS

March 14 - May 14, 2016
Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center
Chadron State College, Chadron, NE

June 8 - August 31, 2016 Original Dates Now
Extended Through Labor Day, September 5, 2016
The Lightner Museum
St. Augustine, FL

The Lightner Museum will celebrate 100 years of service by The National Park Service by featuring America's Parks in collaboration with Castillo de San Marcos National Monument (Spanish), the first of only three walled cities ever constructed in North America; the other two are (English) Charleston, South Carolina and (French) Quebec City, Canada. The official anniversary date is: August 25, 2016.

September 16 - October 30, 2016
George A. Spiva Center for the Arts
Joplin, MO

The centennial of the National Park System, celebrated at the George Washing Carver National Monument, together with the Spiva Center for the Arts, in Joplin, MO, serve as the backdrop for a professional development workshop, in which educators will learn to write a lesson plan for visual arts, integrate science and other core subjects into an art lesson, create exemplars of the lessons, and get resources from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri Alliance for Arts Education in conjunction with the opening of America's Parks.