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Film Screening: American Experience: Rachel Carson

Wedneday January 18, 2017 at 7:00pm

Byrd Auditorium

National Conservation Training Center

698 Conservation Way

Shepherdstown, WV 25443

On Wednesday January 18 at 7:00 p.m. PBS filmmakers Rafael de la Uz and Michelle Ferrari will screen their new documentary on “Rachel Carson.” The screening will be in the Byrd Auditorium at the National Conservation Training Center, 698 Conservation Way, Shepherdstown, WV 25443. It will by a Q and A session with the filmmakers.

Featuring the voice of Mary-Louise Parker as the influential writer and scientist, Rachel Carson is an intimate portrait of the woman whose groundbreaking books revolutionized our relationship to the natural world. When Silent Spring was published in September 1962 it became an instant bestseller and would go on to spark dramatic changes in the way the government regulated pesticides. Drawn from Carson’s own writings, letters and recent scholarship, the film illuminates both the public and private life of the soft-spoken, shy scientist who launched the modern environmental movement.

The presentation is free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations are required. It is part of The Conservation Lecture Series held at the National Conservation Training Center. For more information please contact Mark Madison at (304) 876-7276 or mark_madison@fws.gov or visit http://nctc.fws.gov/history/publiclectures.html

 

 

 

 

Sharon Schafer

Artist, Wildlife Photographer

Becoming Animal: Standing Witness for the Sentient Wild

Talk and Art Show

October 20, 2016 at 7:00pm

Byrd Auditorium

National Conservation Training Center

Shepherdstown, WV 25443

 

Sharon K. Schafer has a varied background ranging from painter and photographer, to wildlife biologist and river guide. Now as a full-time artist, she combines two loves -

 

Nature and Art.  She is a signature member of both the international Society of Animal Artists and Artists for Conservation. Her wildlife paintings are sought after by collectors and displayed in museums across the country. 

 

Throughout the world, Schafer shares her artistic talent and passion for the wildlands by teaching art and nature-related classes and lecturing extensively, and tirelessly, about the stunning beauty and amazing diversity of life on our planet.

She earned her degree in Wildlife Management at Humboldt State University, in northern California. Subsequently, she worked as a field wildlife biologist for the Soil Conservation Service, Pacific Gas and Electric, and the Bureau of Land Management.

In an effort to combine her interest in art and science, Schafer founded Skydance Studio in 1998. With her studio, she has dedicated herself to the creation of images that promote a deeper understanding and appreciation of the beauty and diversity of the natural world.

Using her skills as both an artist and biologist, she has developed natural-resource-related educational exhibits and images for many organizations including the U.S. National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management.

Her sense of adventure and unflagging curiosity about the natural world has led her to every continent and to the very ends of the earth, where she has worked extensively as an artist, photographer, and videographer in the Arctic, Antarctic, and the Sub-Antarctic Islands.

 

 

 

The 14th Annual American Conservation Film Festival

46 Films, Filmmakers, Speakers

October 21-23, 2016

Shepherdstown, WV

 

 

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