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Topics of interest to Seton explored by the author of this site
Project Gutenberg and Seton
One advantage to being a long dead author is that your books enter the public domain and can come back to life in printed or digital form. Project Gutenberg has made digital copies of seventeen Seton books available in a variety of digital formats. The three most...
Seeking Artists for 2020 Exhibition
I am seeking artists to take part in an exhibition slated for August 2020. Read on to learn about the organizing concepts behind “Endangered.” Before the Land Ethic Decades before Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring or Aldo Leopold’s “land ethic,” Seton, through his art and...
Trial Run for the Sixth Extinction
Seton became a leader in the effort to reconnect us to the natural world. When I tell people that Seton was in his early life an unrepentant killer of wolves and other animals, they are alarmed, aghast, and often offended. How could he be such a terrible person! they exclaim. But he ended up as a wolf advocate. What a wonderful person! they conclude.
Lobo lecture in Albuquerque
Intertwined: The Mexican Wolf, the People and the Land Transformation of a Wolf Killer into a Wolf Protector: Wolves, Conservation and Ernest Thompson Seton by David L. Witt Saturday, March 23, 1 p.m. In January 1894 a little-known Canadian bounty hunter came to the...
da Vinci and Seton finally meet
Walter Isaacson’s masterful biography, Leonardo da Vinci, takes readers on a journey into the life of one of the most creative minds in history. Civilization has produced only a few such geniuses. As the original “Renaissance Man,” Leonardo...
Lobo Graphic Novel Premiers
The passage of time brings change to the details of life. But overarching themes may change very little. One-hundred and twenty-four years ago Ernest Thompson Seton attended the last hours in the life of a wolf. Referred to in his journal as specimen #677, the wolf...
The Iliad of Lobo and Seton
Seton wrote Lobo story in slightly fictionalized form. At its conclusion we know the fate of Lobo and Blanca, but not that of Seton. His attitudes about hunting and trapping unfolded through lectures and additional books in the early 20th century. The meaning of the...
Ernest Thompson Seton Legacy Project
The essays to be presented on this site are about the life and legacy of the writer, artist, educator, and naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton. Sponsored by the Academy for the Love of Learning, the Seton Legacy Project came about due to a fortuitous meeting between...
Seton Village Wildflowers Late August 2017
Apache Plume Clammyweed Cowpen Daisy Long Flowered Trumpet Gilia Purple Geranium Scarlet Morning Glory Scarlet Penstemon Snakeweed Hollyhock (domestic) Combleaf Evening Primrose Mixed domestic and wildflower garden near...
echoes Exhibition at the Academy for the Love of Learning
We are premiering a new exhibition at the Seton Gallery this August: "echoes" featuring historic art and photographs from Seton Village. Opening Reception: August 13, 2017 • 2:00-4:30PM • Special Guests: Dancing EarthTM Indigenous Contemporary Dance Creations The...