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How Do Animals See the World? - In the Footsteps of Painter Franz Marc

An evening talk and morning workshop with Jan Kees Saltet and Craig Holdrege. "I never have the desire to paint animals as I see them, but as they are—how they themselves see the world and feel their existence." With these words Franz Marc (1880 to 1916) characterizes his aim to express truly something of an animal's nature in his boldly colored, dynamic paintings. In this talk and workshop we will follow Marc's track—how he as an artist worked to reveal the animal world. This path leads to an appreciation of Marc's intensive efforts in less than a decade (he was killed in WWI) to find a new approach to painting together with his Expressionist colleagues, and also provides a key to opening up a new way of looking at animals. The workshop will include drawing exercises and working with oil pastels in the style of a Marc painting. No experience necessary! The talk is on Friday, Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m.; the workshop is on Saturday, Sept. 25 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (workshop fee: $25; $20 for Friends, seniors and students; materials included). Please pre-register for the workshop (518-672-0116; info@natureinstitute.org).