Art that Matters to the Planet: Wild America
This year’s Art that Matters to the Planet exhibition takes its theme from Wild America, the chronicle of a 100-day, 30,000-mile journey undertaken by Roger Tory Peterson and his British counterpart, James Fisher. RTPI has invited artists from throughout the world to revisit this seminal work of exploration and discovery. This exhibition will explore the relationship between place and identity and depict the breadth and depth of American land and its histories.
2025 marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of Wild America, a classic in environmental literature and art. It has inspired generations of artists, conservationists, and birders, including Kenn Kaufman, who is the guest juror for the exhibition. As a boy, Kaufman was strongly influenced by the artwork and writing of Roger Tory Peterson. Wild America inspired Kaufman to pursue birds all over North America while he was still a teenager—an adventure later chronicled in his own classic work of environmental non-fiction, Kingbird Highway. An accomplished writer, artist and leader of international birding tours, Kaufman has authored or co-authored 14 books about birds and nature, including his most recent book, The Birds That Audubon Missed.
We’d like to thank G.L Olson for sponsoring Art that Matters to the Planet: Wild America.
ARTISTS: KC Bailey, Wendy Bale, David Blow, Emma Brittain, David Cook, Jessica Damsky, Donna Dittmann, Mary Dwyer, Ben Erlandson, Madge Evers, Anna Foer, Jennifer Forrest, Douglas Greer, Joseph Grice, Cheryl Hochberg, Frank Ippolito, Oliver Jankosky, Bethany Johnson, Lauren Knollmeyer, Igor Kogan, Sarah Koten, Lori Lawrence, James Lewis, Pamela Lowell, Sallie Lowenstein, Catie Michel, Kellyann Monaghan, Susan Munderich, Mary L Peng, Bonnie Peterson, Anne Peyton, Melinda Plank, Remedios Rapoport, Leah Tomaino, and Suze Woolf.
