Join Masters of the Fly for a special evening with legendary artist, writer and naturalist, James Prosek, who will talk about his latest book, Art, Artifact, Artifice. James Prosek made his authorial debut at nineteen years of age with Trout: an Illustrated History, which featured seventy of his watercolor paintings of the trout of North America.
Compared by The New York Times to John James Audubon, James is a modern-day master whose art and writing are cherished by anglers and naturalists around the world.
Event and Q&A discussion moderated by Erik Schatzker of Bloomberg News and hosted by Masters of the Fly.
This session will be held virtually. Attendance limited to the first 100 registrants.
About James Prosek:
Artist, writer, naturalist, and Yale graduate James Prosek published his first book at nineteen years of age, Trout: an Illustrated History (Alfred A. Knopf, 1996), which featured seventy of his watercolor paintings of the trout of North America. Prosek's work has been shown at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, NY, Gerald Peters Gallery, NY and Santa Fe, The Royal Academy of Arts in London, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, The Yale Center for British Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, with solo exhibitions at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT, The Addison Gallery of American Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The New Britain Museum of American Art, The Buffalo Bill Center of the West, The North Carolina Museum of Art and the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC among others.