<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><h5 style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Archivo Black", arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128139395 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">At the Washington State History Museum, Tacoma</span></h5><h5 style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Archivo Black", arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128139395 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">AVIS MARVELOUS: Ornithology on the Western Frontier, 1776-1896</span><span class="EOP SCXW128139395 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">October 7, 2023–March 3, 2024</h5><p style="font-size: 16px; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Archivo, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as Europeans and American explorers were documenting the natural history of the Western Hemisphere, avian artists created assemblages of their bird art for distribution. From their original artworks, prints were produced and disseminated to audiences that could </span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Archivo, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">AVIS MARVELOUS</i><span data-contrast="none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">, curated by Lee Silliman, features over 50 historic engravings that provide a glimpse into the documentation and art produced about birds in the North American West during this era. These images are juxtaposed with their historic context, information about various species pictured, and a discussion on the status of several of these species today.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></p></body></html>