01-24-2010, 12:10 AM
Every year wildlife and nature artists from across the United States and abroad convene on the Tulsa Hotel and Convention Center to bring visitors the annual NatureWorks Art Show and Sale. This year about 60 artists are expected to display their work Feb. 27-28.
Art featured at the show includes everything from paintings and photography to sculptures and more. The 2010 featured artist is Kenny McKenna, an oil painter from Guthrie.
"The NatureWorks art show has been recognized as one of the best wildlife art shows in the country," said Nels Rodefeld, information and education chief for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. "It's widely recognized for its outstanding art and the opportunity it provides for visitors to meet directly with artists."
The annual art show is sponsored by NatureWorks, Inc., a Tulsa-based nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting in wildlife conservation efforts and wildlife education opportunities. The NatureWorks Wildlife Art Show and Sale has generated matching grants to assist a variety of state wildlife conservation projects.
Projects such as the Department's paddlefish management program, duck stamp print program and centennial duck stamp print have benefited from NatureWorks' support along with habitat work at the Harold Stuart Waterfowl Refuge Unit within the Deep Fork Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and the Grassy Slough WMA. NatureWorks also has been an important supporter of the Wildlife Department's Hunters Against Hunger program - in which hunters can donate their legally harvested deer to feed hungry Oklahomans - as well as in funding an effort to put Outdoor Oklahoma magazine in every school and library in the state.
Hours for the NatureWorks Wildlife Art Show and Sale will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27 and 11 a..m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28. Tickets are $5, and one ticket is good for both days. The art show will be held at the Tulsa Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center, located at 6808 South 107th East Avenue (71st and US-169) in Tulsa. For more information about NatureWorks or the art show, log on to www.natureworks.org.
Contact:<br />
Michael Bergin or Micah Holmes (405) 521-3856<br />
Web site: www.wildlifedepartment.com<br />
E-mail: info@odwc.state.ok.us
Art featured at the show includes everything from paintings and photography to sculptures and more. The 2010 featured artist is Kenny McKenna, an oil painter from Guthrie.
"The NatureWorks art show has been recognized as one of the best wildlife art shows in the country," said Nels Rodefeld, information and education chief for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. "It's widely recognized for its outstanding art and the opportunity it provides for visitors to meet directly with artists."
The annual art show is sponsored by NatureWorks, Inc., a Tulsa-based nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting in wildlife conservation efforts and wildlife education opportunities. The NatureWorks Wildlife Art Show and Sale has generated matching grants to assist a variety of state wildlife conservation projects.
Projects such as the Department's paddlefish management program, duck stamp print program and centennial duck stamp print have benefited from NatureWorks' support along with habitat work at the Harold Stuart Waterfowl Refuge Unit within the Deep Fork Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and the Grassy Slough WMA. NatureWorks also has been an important supporter of the Wildlife Department's Hunters Against Hunger program - in which hunters can donate their legally harvested deer to feed hungry Oklahomans - as well as in funding an effort to put Outdoor Oklahoma magazine in every school and library in the state.
Hours for the NatureWorks Wildlife Art Show and Sale will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27 and 11 a..m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28. Tickets are $5, and one ticket is good for both days. The art show will be held at the Tulsa Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center, located at 6808 South 107th East Avenue (71st and US-169) in Tulsa. For more information about NatureWorks or the art show, log on to www.natureworks.org.
Contact:<br />
Michael Bergin or Micah Holmes (405) 521-3856<br />
Web site: www.wildlifedepartment.com<br />
E-mail: info@odwc.state.ok.us