About this Event
Authors Series: Clay Henderson
Wednesday September 17, 5-8pm.
Presentation from 6-7pm, followed by a reception and book signing.
Join Wild Space Gallery for a special evening with Clay Henderson, an award-winning environmental advocate and author, as he presents his book Audubon’s Birds of Florida. The book chronicles Audubon’s paintings and descriptions of previously unknown birds of the Florida wilderness. Henderson visited and searched for birds in all the places Audubon visited from the St. Johns River to Dry Tortugas. Audubon’s Birds of Florida features high-resolution reproductions of all the thirty-nine birds Audubon painted from Florida together with fifty additional Florida birds from Birds of America. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Light refreshments will be served.
This exhibition is made possible through the support of the Ruth and J O Stone Foundation along with generous sponsorship from Bradley S. and Marta E. Pollitt and Family
About The Author:
Clay Henderson has served as president of Florida Audubon Society and Florida Trust for Historic Preservation. His previous public service includes Florida Constitution Revision Commission, Florida Communities Trust, and Chair of the Volusia County Council. Until his retirement, he served as Executive Director of the Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience at Stetson University. He has been recognized with the national public service award from The Nature Conservancy, lifetime achievement award from Environment and Land Use Section of the Florida Bar, and an EMMY award for Protect Our Paradise. His book, Forces of Nature, an environmental history of Florida, received a Florida Book Award.
Click the link here to learn more about Clay Henderson's books.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Wild Space Gallery, 2606 Fairfield Avenue South, St. Petersburg, United States
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