Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains: Author & Artist Talk

with Rosalie Haizlett

Saturday, May 24  |  6 - 6:30 pm

Join nature author and illustrator Rosalie Haizlett for an artist talk and gallery opening focused around her new book and traveling art exhibit, Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains: An Artist’s Journey. Tiny Worlds chronicles Rosalie’s 6-month journey from Alabama to Newfoundland as she hiked daily and looked for small, often-overlooked flora, fauna, and fungi. She painted and wrote about her observations along the way, and the finished book includes more than 150 watercolor paintings and illustrated maps. This book is a celebration of Appalachian biodiversity and an invitation to tune into our natural surroundings in a deeper way. Attendees will get a behind-the-scenes look at her adventures and artwork and the opportunity to participate in a Q&A following the talk. Book signing to follow with books available for purchase from Malaprops Bookstore.

Rosalie Haizlett is an illustrator who creates captivating paintings that celebrate the hidden wonders of the natural world. Haizlett has been an artist-in-residence at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with the National Audubon Society at Hog Island, and at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. In 2022, she was awarded the Eckelberry Fellowship for distinguished wildlife illustrators. Rosalie also teaches workshops in person and online, and so far she has taught more than 60,000 students how to paint the natural world as a Top Teacher on Skillshare. The author and illustrator of Watercolor in Nature and Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains, she lives on the edge of Monongahela National Forest in Elkins, West Virginia.

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The North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville, United States