Wes & Rachelle Siegrist
"Tiny Treasures of the Natural World"
"Career Highlights"
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A picnic on the veranda of the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, WY with the National Elk Refuge in the background. (Seated left to right: Pam Dean Cable, Will Bullas, Jason Bellinger, Dr. David Wagner and Rachelle.) PHOTO: June 2004 |
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ASSOCIATIONS: The Association of Miniature Artists - founding members The American Women Artists - R: supporting member The Society of Animal Artists - signature members (webmaster since 2001) The Miniature Art Society of Florida (webmaster since 2005) The World Federation of Miniaturists The Cider Painters of America - signature members The Hilliard Society of England - signature members The Miniature Artists of America - signature members (webmaster since 2005 and Traveling Exhibition Coordinator 2006 to present) The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, DC - signature associate members The Southern Wildlife Festival (webmaster 2000-2008) The Susan K. Black Foundation - instructor 2006,(webmaster since 2004) The Paint America Association (W: awarded signature status) The Nature Conservancy The National Parks Conservation Association The Great Smoky Mountains Association COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS: The City of Okeechobee(FL) The City of Orlando(FL) Cowen Construction (OK) Cox Media, Tulsa (OK) Craig Dickman Collection The Daytona Beach Museum of Arts & Sciences (FL) Doug and Susan Hoff Collection Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Hulen Collection Dr. and Mrs. Lonnie McCormick Collection Encore Farms The Hilliard Society of England James Macumber Collection John H. Hoffman Collection The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum (WI) Max and Fanny Blumenthal Collection The Miniature Art Society of Florida (FL) The Museum and Art Galleries of John Logan College (IL) Nancy Leatzow Collection The Natural World Museum of Art (CA) Pat McFadden Collection Sid and Sandra Strickland Collection South Florida Community College (FL) Steve and Karen DeHays Collection The State of Florida Ted and Janet Ryan Collection The United States Coast Guard (FL) Vice President and Mrs. Dick Cheney
EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS: The Siegrists have exhibited in over 500 shows and exhibits to date 1987-2001: Various festivals, shows and exhibitions in FL, GA, IN, MO, NC & TN Almost Miniatures Exhibition, Francesca Anderson Fine Art (MA) - 2004-2007 American Women Artists Exhibition (AZ) - 2007 Art Dans La Petit Miniature Show (SC) - 2001-2003 Art for Conservation (NJ) - 2008 Art of the Animal Kingdom (VT) - 2002, 2004-2008 Art of the Hunt Gallery Exhibition (NY) - 2001-2003 Art of the Rainforest Museum Tour Exhibition (various states) - 2005-2009 Artistic Design's Invitational Miniature Show (IN) - 2007 Arts for the Parks Mini 100 (WY) - 2005-2006 Arts for the Parks Top 200 (WY) - 2005 Bird Exhibit Meridian Arts Gallery (AL) - 2003 Birds in Art (Exhibition and Tour Venues) (WI-various states) - 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006-07 Blossom Art of Flowers Competition, Exhibition & Tour (TX - various states) - 2006 C&J Miniature Arts Challenge (IL) - 1999 Carlisle Small Works Show (PA) - 2007 Cold Blooded Creations Art Show (FL) - 2002 Drawn to Nature Wildlife Art Show & Sale (MN) - 2005 El Dorado Annual Juried Miniature Art Show (CO) -1999-2001, 2008 Endangered Species: Flora and Fauna in Peril Exhibition - 2008 Finalist in the 23rd Annual Artist's Magazine Art Competition - 2006 Friends of the National Zoo Wildlife Art Show (DC) - 1999 Gateway to the Rockies Miniature Art Show (CO) - 1999, 2007 Geoffrey Smith Gallery Show (FL) - 2003-2004 Gilcrease Museum's American Art in Miniature (OK) - 2007 Grant's Pass Museum Wildlife Art Show (OR) - 2005-2006 Heartland Juried Miniatures Art Show (KS) - 2007 Henry Doorly Zoo Wildlife Art Show (NE) 2001 Hilliard Society Miniature Exhibition (England) - 2000-2008 International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature: Miniature Painters Sculptors and Gravers Society: MPSGS (DC) - 2000-2007 International Exhibition on Animals in Art (LA) - 1998, 2006-2008 International Fine Art in Miniature Exhibit (NY) - 2006 International Miniature Art Exhibit and Sale: Black Mountain (NC) - 2000, 2006 International Miniature Art Exhibition: Papermill Playhouse Miniature Exhibit (NJ) - 1999-2005 International Miniature Art Show: Cider Painters of America (PA) - 1999-2007 International Miniature Art Show: Miniature Art Society of Florida (FL) - 1998-2008 International Nature Fine Arts (MA) - 1998 International Small in Nature Miniature Fine Art Show and Sale (Parksville, BC,Canada) - 2001, 2006 Kentucky National Art & Wildlife Exhibit (biennial) (KY) - 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 Lake Area Artists Gallery Miniature and Small Works Show (MN) - 1999-2000 Masterpieces in Miniature Invitational Art Show, Picture This Gallery (Canada) - 2007-2008 Masterworks in Miniature, Gallery One (OH) - 2006-2008 Mendocino Arts Center Animal Art Exhibition and Marine Exhibition (CA) - 2007 Miami Museum of Space and Science Exhibition (FL) - 1998-2000 Miniature Art Exhibition: CFTA (PA) -2006-2007 Miniature Art Show West Wind Gallery (WY) - 2001 Miniature Art Society of New Mexico Miniature Exhibition: NMMAS (NM) - 2007 Miniature Artists of America: MAA Traveling Exhibit (various states) - 2004-2008 Miniatures in Mariposa (CA) - 2005, 2007 MonDak Heritage Center's Miniature Art Exhibit (MT) 1998- 2000, 2005, 2007 Museum of Miniature Houses Special Exhibition (IN) 2008 Myrtle Beach Wildlife Exposition (SC) - 1998 Natural Selections V - a Society of Animal Artists Miniature Show, (FL) - 2003 Nature in Miniature Show, Elsinore Gallery (OR) - 2003-2004, 2007 Nature's Palette Wildlife Art Show (AZ) - 2005 NatureWorks Wildlife Art Show & Sale (OK) - 2003-2008 No Ordinary Line: Sketches from Field and Studio, Woodson Art Museum (WI) - 2006-2007 North American Juried Miniature Art Exhibition: Fells Point Gallery (MD) 2000-2001, 2007 North Carolina Wildlife Art Festival (NC) 2003 North Georgia Wildlife Arts Festival (GA) - 2000-2002 Operation Wildlife Art Show (KS) - 2000 Pacific Rim Original Miniatures Show (WA) - 2005 Paco Young Benefit Show and Auction, Gallery Jamel (MD) - 2005 Paint America Top Mini 50 Competition & Exhibition (various states) - 2006-2007 Paint Spot Gallery's Juried Miniature Exhibition (NC) - 1999 Paint the Parks Mini Exhibition (various states) - 2007 Parklane Gallery Miniature Art Show (WA) - 2004-2008 Paws and Reflect: Art of Canines Museum Tour Exhibition (various states) - 2007-2009 Plantation Trace Wildlife Arts Festival (GA) - 2002 Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival (GA) - 1998, 1999, 2001-2008 Reflections of Nature, FallBrook (CA) - 2008 Seaside Art Gallery Miniature Show (NC) - 1999-2001, 2004-2008 Silver Springs Wildlife Art Show (FL) - 1995,1997,1999,2000 Small Works Exhibition (NY) - 1999 Small Works North America Exhibition, Competition and Sale (CT) - 2007 Small Works Show, Bennington Center for the Arts (VT) - 2006, 2008 Society of Animal Artists Always Animals Benefit Show and Sale (UT) - 2001 Society of Animal Artists Art and the Animal Mini Show, Sportsman Gallery (GA) - 2002 Society of Animal Natural Selections V (Small Works) (FL) - 2003 Society of Animal Artists Art and the Animal: SAA (Exhibition and Tour Venues) (various states) - 2001-2007 Society of Animal Artists Small Works ~ Big Impressions (CO) - 2007 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SC) - 2001-2008 Southern Coast Invitational Miniature Show (FL) - 2002 Southern Wildlife Festival (AL) - 1999-2006 Sulphur Springs Valley National Miniature and Small Works Show (WY) - 1999 The Art of Miniature - Snowgoose Gallery (PA) - 2002-2008 The Sue Burton Traveling Exhibition of Miniatures (England) - 2005-2008 Virginia Beach Wildlife Art Festival (VA) - 1999-2001 Waterfowl Festival (MD) - 2002-2008 Western Visions: Miniatures and More ~ Show and Sale, National Museum of Wildlife Art (WY) - 2007-2008 2nd World Federation Exhibition of Fine Arts in Miniature - Hobart, Tasmania, (Australia) - 2000 3rd World Federation Exhibition of Fine Arts in Miniature - Smithsonian Institution, (DC) - 2004 4th World Federation Exhibition of Fine Arts in Miniature - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 2008 World of Birds Exhibit (FL) - 1998 Yankee Heritage Art & Nature Festival (MA) - 1998
MUSEUM EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS (1990-2010) The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA The A.E. Backus Gallery, Ft. Pierce, FL, USA The Aurora History Museum, Aurora, CO, USA The Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT, USA The Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI, USA The Black Mountain Center for the Arts - Black Mountain, NC, USA The Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery at Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT, USA The Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH, USA The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH, USA The Cornell Museum of Art and History, Delray Beach, FL, USA The Daytona Beach Museum of Arts & Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL, USA The Department of the Interior Museum, Washington, DC, USA The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN, USA The Dr. James C. Salato Wildlife Education Center, Frankfort, KY, USA The Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL, USA The Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, MO, USA The Fort Lauderdale Art Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA The Gilcrease Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, USA The Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR, USA The Gulfcoast Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, FL, USA The Henderson Fine Arts Center, Henderson, KY, USA The Highlands Art Museum, Sebring, FL, USA The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ, USA The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX The Huntsville Museum of Art, Hunstville, AL, USA The James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis, MN, USA The Kolb Studio at Grand Canyon, AZ, USA The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, FL, USA The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI, USA The Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta, FL, USA The Louisiana Arts & Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA The Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, CA, USA The Miami Museum of Space and Science, Miami, FL, USA The Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA The Mountain Arts Center, Prestonburg, KY, USA The Mondak Heritage Center, Sydney, MT USA The Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery, Walnut, CA, USA The Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA, USA The Museum and Art Galleries of John Logan College, Carterville, IL, USA The Museum of Miniature Houses, Carmel, IN, USA The Museum of Western Art, Kerrville, TX, USA The National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, WY, USA The Natural World Museum of Art, , CA, USA The Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI, USA The New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI, USA The Rolling Hills Wildlife Museum, Salina, KS, USA The Roswell Museum and Arts Center, Roswell, NM, USA The R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA, USA The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK, USA The Smithsonian Institute, International Gallery, Washington, DC, USA The Sordoni Art Gallery, Wiles-Barre, PA, USA The Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC, USA The St. George Art Museum, St. George, UT, USA The Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV, USA The St. Petersburg Art Museum, St. Petersburg, FL, USA The Swan River Museum, Paola, KS, USA The University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE, USA The Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL, USA The Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL, USA The Visual Arts Center of the Washington Pavillion, Sioux Falls, SD, USA The Wendell Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor, ME, USA The West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ, USA The Widmann Gallery, Kings College, PA, USA The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO, USA The Wildling Art Museum, Los Olivos, CA, USA The William S. Fairfield Public Gallery, Sturgeon Bay, WI, USA The Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, OH, USA
TRAVEL AND EXPEDITION HIGHLIGHTS TO DATE: 1990: Cancun; Playa Del Carmen; Cozumel, Mexico 1990: The Florida Keys, FL, USA 1994, 2001+: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC-TN, USA 2001+: The Cherokee National Forest, Joyce Kilmer - Slickrock Wilderness Area, NC-TN, USA 1994, 2001+: The Nantahala National Forest, NC-TN, USA 1998-2002: Shenandoah National Park, VA, USA 1999-2000: The Florida Everglades; Big Cypress National Preserve, FL, USA 1999-2000: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge; Canaveral National Seashore, FL, USA 2000: Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, FL, USA 2004-2005, 2007: Yellowstone National Park, WY-MT, USA 2004-2007: Grand Teton National Park, WY, USA 2004-2006: Bridger-Teton National Forest, WY, USA 2005: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, MD, USA 2005: Saguaro National Park (East and West), AZ, USA 2007: Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, USA We have also traveled and gathered reference together in the following states: AL,AR,AZ,CO,FL,GA,IL,IN,IA,KS,KY,MD,MA,MN,MS,MO,MT,NE,NY,NC,OH,OK,PA,SC,TN,VA,VT,WV,WI,WY |
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Rachelle at the Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ. An amazing place and a marvel at how well the Museum integrated into the area landscape. |
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