KENTUCKY NATIONAL WILDLIFE ART EXHIBIT FEATURED ON “KENTUCKY AFIELD” Segment Will Air In Advance of 2010 KNWA Exhibit Opening
The Kentucky National Wildlife Art Exhibit will be featured on upcoming episodes of Kentucky Afield, the longest continuously-running outdoors television show in the nation. The KNWA segment will include material from the 2008 exhibit, and will air from September 11 to 18.
Kentucky Afield is broadcast via the following outlets:
KET 1 (Kentucky) - Saturdays at 8:30 p.m., Sundays at 4:00 p.m. KET 2 (Kentucky) - Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. KET Digital (Kentucky) – Wednesdays at 5 p.m., Thursdays at 7 p.m., Fridays at 1 a.m., Fridays at 12:30 p.m., Sundays at 6 a.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. WYMT (Hazard, KY) - Thursdays at 7 p.m., with live streaming at www.wkyt.com/wymtnews CWKYT (Lexington, KY) - Monday-Friday at 11:30 p.m. WNPT 2 (Nashville, TN) - Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. WKRP (Nashville, TN) - Saturday & Sunday at 5 a.m. HPTV (Chambers Co., Alabama) - four times daily MCTV 22 (Bell County, KY) - Thursdays 10 p.m. Cable Channel 2 (Prestonsburg, KY) - Thursdays 8:30 a.m. & 8:30 p.m. Massillon Cable (Massillon, OH) - five times weekly Clear Picture (Wooster, OH) - five times weekly TW Cable (Ashland, KY) - 12 times per week www.myoutdoortv.com – Streaming Video On-Demand
The air dates of the Kentucky Afield segments precede the upcoming 2010 Kentucky National Wildlife Art Exhibit, which will run from September 18 to November 5 at the Henderson Fine Arts Center Galleries. The purpose of the KNWA Exhibit is to increase awareness for the preservation of wildlife and to recognize artists who derive inspiration and imagery from the wildlife and environment and further encourages the collection of original works of art. Artists from 23 different states will present 81 pieces of two- and three-dimensional works, and more than $10,000 in prize money will be awarded. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday, and during all performance hours, and admission to the exhibit is free. The exhibit is sponsored by the Ohio Valley Art League and the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and is included as a part of the celebration of the Audubon Bicentennial of the landing of John James Audubon in Henderson.
The 2010 Kentucky National Wildlife Art Exhibit opens on September 18 at 6 p.m. At the Henderson Fine Arts Center, and will precede the Henderson Area Arts Alliance's presentation of Simply Sinatra at 7:30 p.m. Admission to the exhibit is free, and Simply Sinatra tickets may be purchased by calling the Henderson Fine Arts Center box office at 270-831-9800 or 1-800-291-3402.
Come Celebrate the 200th Anniversary Landing of John James Audubon Henderson, Kentucky John James Audubon arrived in the river town of Henderson, Kentucky in 1810 with his wife and infant son, determined to make his fortune. As a businessman, he met with some initial success, and in 1816 he undertook his most ambitious project to date, building a steam-powered saw-and-grist-mill in the city on the banks of the Ohio River. Audubon loved the frontier spirit in Henderson, and throughout his years there, he roamed the woods, observing and painting the many species of birds abundant in the area.
Audubon’s skills as an artist grew during his years in Kentucky, despite his collection of work suffering a serious setback. Every year on his birthday he would edit his work and destroy all that were not up to his current standards. Many of those that he did keep were destroyed when, during a long family absence from Henderson, rodents built a nest in the box where his work was stored. Audubon later stated this event forced him to replace the works with ones utilizing a much better technique. His technique would later garner great acclaim as his work gained prominence.
Audubon ultimately lived in Henderson for nine years, longer than anywhere else in the United States, during which two of his four children were born. Baby Lucy is buried there. In 1819, his saw-and-grist-mill failed, but his passion for capturing the area’s abundant wildlife would encourage a new business pursuit upon his family’s departure from Henderson. He went on to publish his ornithological works in the masterpiece, “The Birds of America.”
Present-day Henderson, Kentucky boasts the John James Audubon State Park & Museum, where Audubon’s life is interpreted through his art and personal memorabilia, framed within a timeline of world events. The museum also pays homage to its namesake through its Nature Center, which is comprised of three areas: a wildlife Observation Room; the Discovery Center with hands-on exhibits; and the Learning Center, where the park naturalist and art educator conduct environmental and art programs. Henderson’s position on the Mississippi Flyway migration route also offers visitors the chance to take part in many of the same spectacular birdwatching opportunities that Audubon enjoyed, both at the park and at the nearby 10,000 acre Sloughs Wildlife Management Area, a National Audubon Society Important Birding Area.
In celebration of the bicentennial of Audubon’s 1810 arrival in Henderson County, the Friends of Audubon, Ohio Valley Art League and the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources are planning a full slate of events.
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