Member News

Mark Hobson
Hobson Champions Protection of Canada’s West Coast Wilderness
2012/04/22 - AFC Signature Member, Mark Hobson from Tofino, Vancouver Island is the visionary and driving force behind a new project for fifty artists to portray Canada...
Pollyanna Pickering becomes Patron of Parrotaid
2012/03/14 -   Pollyanna and her daughter Anna-Louise are pleased to have accepted the roles of joint patrons of the organisation Parrotaid. Parrotaid is a non profit...
Dodge and Dumas Jointly Recognized in Leading Canadian Arts Magazine
2012/03/14 - Most people in fine art circles would recognize internationally known Michael Dumas’ name in relationship to his outstanding talent as a painter of the...
AFC Flag Expedition book by Ria Winters on Flora and Fauna of Mauritius
Book on Ria Winters' AFC Trip To Mauritius
AFC Flag Expedition 8: Ria Winters2012/02/10 - Two years after the  Ria Winters Flag Expedition to Mauritius a beautiful full colour book has been published about the extinct and endemic fauna of...
Seeking Refuge -- Four Seasons on Assateague Island
Sandra Blair Launches Fundraising Project2011/10/04 - Assateague Island, a tiny barrier island on the Atlantic Coast of Maryland and Virginia, is home to Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague National...
Ian Griffiths BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year
Animals in their Enviroment Category2011/08/14 - With two of Griffiths' paintings selected for the finals of the BBC wildlife artist of the year including these Spix Macaws and the other, a Kingfisher, was...
Pollyanna Pickering Foundation Helps Save Namibian Painted Dogs
2011/08/14 - The Pollyanna Pickering Foundation has funded the building of an enclosure for the rehabiliation of Painted Dogs at the N/a’an ku sê Wildlife...
Rossin Awarded in Kirkland Show
2011/07/22 - Celebrating the 19th year of the International Miniature Art Show, the Parklane Gallery in Kirkland, Washington had an outstanding number of entries submitted...
BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year - Winner in Two Categories
2011/07/22 - For the second year in succession Jeremy Paul has won a category in the annual BBC Wildlife Artist of The Year with his paintings 'Southern Ocean - Wandering...
Dumas Wins at the Bruno Capolongo Invitational
2011/04/14 - First Born, a painting by Michael Dumas depicting a mother mourning dove and one of her young has won Best of Show by Peoples Choice at The Bruno Capolongo...
Terry Mathews New Book
2011/04/10 - Those interested in Africa and the life of a wildlife sculptorwill enjoy the just released book by Terry Mathews -"The Woodpecker calls on the right." If you...
Brenda Johnson's "Caribean Cruiser" an Award Winner
2011/03/29 - Brenda D. Johnson received the "Excellence Award” given in recognition of exceptional artistic merit for her original painting, “Caribbean Cruiser"...
Banovich Cancer Benefit for Stacey Peretz
2011/03/25 - One of AFC's most prominent members and ardent conservationists, John Banovich, has also shown us his humanitarian giving side. Many of you will know or know of...
Earth Day Celebrations with M. Pape in Support of Nature
2011/03/24 -  Help celebrate Earth Day, Thursday, April 21, 2011 with The Art of Michael Pape, The Royal Bank of Canada and The Endangered Species Fund of Canada near...
Dumas wins "Masterworks" Twice in a Row
2011/03/07 - Michael Dumas' history of participation in the Masterworks in Miniature show has seen him win the Best of Show by People's Choice 3 times out of the 5 times...
James Coe Named Woodson Art Museum 2011 Master Artist
2011/02/22 - Congratulations to AFC Signature Member James Coe  Named Woodson Art Museum 2011 Master Artist We are delighted to pass on the following Press Release which...
American Museum and Explorer's Club to Showcase AFC Flag Expedition
2011/02/05 - AFC's recent Flag Expedition featuring Signature Member Stephen Quinn, also designated as an official Flag Expedition of the famed Explorer's Club...
Nicholls to Give Explorers Club Seminar
2011/02/01 - Alison Nicholls has been invited to give a Members Seminar, titled "Expedition Journals and Sketchbooks", at the Explorers Club in New York City. The seminar...
Mike Hughes Wins AFC Peoples Choice Award
2011/01/18 - We are pleased to announce that the winner of AFC's first 'People's Choice' award, worth $500, is going to Mike Hughes of Great Britain, for 'In the Shade of an...
Ken Newman Sculpture in Woodson Museum Collection
2010/12/02 - Ken Newman's bronze long-billed curlew sculpture "Composed" was recently chosen for the 35th Annual Birds in Art exhibition and purchased by the Woodson Art...
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