From June 9 through July 2, The Nature Conservancy will present Nature Inspires, a very special art show at the Bruckmann Library at The Center for Conservation in East Hampton. The show features works from highly collectible local landscape artists including: Bobbie Braun, Jim Gingerich, Terry Elkins and Catherine Krusos, as well as The Wednesday Group: Plein Air Painters of the East End. Local designer Silas Marder curated the art show, which will also be the centerpiece of The Nature Conservancy Beaches and Bays gala on June 28. KDH and Doc popped over to the conservancy for a preview as we are fans and collectors of Gingerich and Elkins — there are so many beautiful paintings in this show…..don’t miss it!

Members of The Wednesday Group have been setting up easels at locations throughout the East End including the Conservancy’s Center for Conservation, Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island and the Andy Warhol Visual Arts Preserve in Montauk to create a new body of work for the show.

Bobbie Braun

Bobbie Braun

The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Our future is inextricably linked to nature – our health, our happiness, our prosperity, our way of life. On Long Island, we protect and restore natural areas, including bays, harbors and woodlands. We transform how nature is valued and used, and we inspire people to collective action.

Bobbie Braun

Bobbie Braun

A percentage of proceeds from the sale of the paintings will benefit the island-wide work of The Nature Conservancy. In addition to protecting the lands and waters that make Long Island a natural paradise, the Conservancy has made restoring Long Island’s water quality a top priority.

WHEN: June 9-July 2, Monday-Friday 10 am to 5 pm

WHERE: The Bruckmann Library at The Center for Conservation, 142 Route 114, East Hampton, NY

CONTACT: For questions, please contact Judy Christrup at jchristrup@tnc.org; 631.329.3981 ext. 19 or visit www.nature.org