Society of Animal Artist Exhibition in Traverse MI

The 51^st Annual Art and the Animal Exhibition opens in Traverse City MI

The Dennos Museum at Northwestern Michigan University hosted the 51^st opening of Art and the Animal, a fine art exhibition comprised exclusively of artwork from the Society of Animal Artists, an organization originating in New York City.  The exhibition opens on September 17^th and runs through December 31, 2011. Art and the Animal is the SAA’s premier exhibition and features member artists and their latest work. Whether it’s a Bateman, Ostermiller or Idaho's own Ken Newman – the exhibition is always a favorite who love nature, wildlife and animal art. 

Each year, members of the Society of Animal artists works in the exhibition are for sale and a full color catalog is available at the museum or online at www.societyofanimalartists.com    The exhibition will be split this year with all artworks going on tour – The Western Tour includes The Wildlife Experience in Parker CO – November 19, 2011 to February 19, 2012, it then moves onto the Dunnegan Gallery of Art in Bolivar MO from March 15-April 15, 2012 and finally onto the Milwaukee Public Museum in Milwaukee, WI from May 26 – Sept. 3, 2012

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The Eastern Tour heads to the Peninsula Fine Art Center in Newport News VA from January 21^st – March 25, 2012 and then onto the Appleton Museum of Art in Ocala FL from April 12 to June 12, 2012.

This year, the organization chose "Composed" a bronze long-billed curlew. Ken Newman's wood or bronze sculptures have been featured in 9 consecutive SAA exhibitions, winning several awards over those years, including the most prestigious Patricia A. Bott – Creative Excellence Award twice.  There are approximately 120 artworks in the exhibition with 25 sculptures. 

In 2011, Ken's work has been exhibited in six other museums including The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls, The Bosque Art Center in Clifton TX, the Wendell Gilley Museum in Southwest Harbor ME, the Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur TX, Newington Cropsey Foundation, Hastings on the Hudson NY, and the Michelson 

Museum of Art, Marshall TX.

For more information on the Society of Animal Artists – Art and the Animal Exhibition at the Dennos Museum Center contact them at http://www.dennosmuseum.org/ or at 231.995.1055 | 1701 E. Front St. in Traverse City, MI 49686.

Ken Newman's sculptures, both wildlife and figurative can be viewed on line at www.kennewmansculptures.com and his work is represented by Columbine Gallery in Loveland CO,  Signature Gallery in Scottsdale AZ, Honshin Fine Art in Sedona AZ and Silver Sage Gallery in Dubois WY.