Drawing the Living World: The Illustrated Books of Allen Crawford

Speaker: Allen Crawford

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Allen Crawford, winner of multiple awards for illustration, will share and discuss his two most recent books, both devotionals to the natural world. Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself is an illustrated, hand-lettered edition of Walt Whitman’s landmark pantheistic poem, “Song of Myself.” A Wild Promise celebrates the Endangered Species Act. Crawford’s work is on permanent display at the American Museum of Natural History. A lifelong naturalist and conservationist, he also is a trail steward for the New Jersey Park Service.

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