We are excited to announce a Monday Night Science event featuring local West Virginia artist and author Rosalie Haizlett!
Please join us for a free community meal from 5:30 to 7:30 PM on Monday, December 2nd, 2024, as we host Rosalie Haizlett for a book talk and signing to celebrate the release of her second book, Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains: An Artist’s Journey (Mountaineers Books, 2024). Tiny Worlds chronicles Rosalie’s 6-month journey from Alabama to Newfoundland in 2022 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 receive a behind-the-scenes look at her adventures and artwork and the opportunity to participate in a Q&A following the talk. After the book talk, Rosalie will guide guests through an interactive nature journaling activity to help us become better observers using simple drawing and painting techniques.
Please note that the event is open to all ages, and you can RSVP here.
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 of Watercolor in Nature and the newly published book Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains, she lives on the edge of Monongahela National Forest in Elkins, West Virginia. Learn more about her work at www.rosaliehaizlett.com.
