Wilderness and Imagination
Featuring Subhankar Banerjee, Terry Tempest Williams, and David Allen Sibley
Tuesday, December 6, 2005, 7:30 p.m.
Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium


Presented by Seattle Arts & Lectures and North Cascades Institute

Please join us for a special evening featuring internationally acclaimed Arctic photographer Subhankar Banerjee; noted ornithologist, bird illustrator, and author David Allen Sibley; and poet and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams.

"Wilderness and Imagination" focuses on the vital relationship of natural resources and culture. The three speakers offer richly nuanced views of nature. Terry Tempest Williams's book Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place (1991) is cited as a classic of American nature writing. Preservationists consider The Sibley Guide to Birds (2000) a monumental achievement. Subhankar Banerjee took the breathtaking photos featured in the landmark photographic exhibit, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land. The speakers will reflect on philosophical, literary, and visual presentations of nature. They will comment on ways in which the natural world has historically been perceived and consumed in our society, as well as the resulting impact on environmental policies.

Banerjee's photographic exhibit, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land, is on display at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle through December 31, 2005.

Underwritten by the Consulate General of Canada and the Lannan Foundation with assistance from The Mountaineers Books