Memories From SAA Opening Weekends 2006, 2007 and 2009

I thought it would be fun to take a walk down memory lane a few times via the blog while visiting a few of the Society of Animal Artists (SAA) past Annual Exhibition opening weekends. These first four photos are from the 2006 opening weekend at The Bennington Center for the Arts in Bennington, Vermont.

A group photo of most of the attending artists

SAA dinners are always a fun time to catch up with fellow artists

SAA artists having a great time seeing the sights 

Enjoying a picnic lunch inside the Bennington Center For the Arts

The photo below is a group shot of most of the attending artists at the WIldlife Experience in Denver, Colorado in 2007.

SAA artists at the Annual Exhibition at the Wildlife Experience 2007

In 2009 the SAA Annual Exhibition was held at The Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure in Salina, Kansas. The opening weekend was great fun with SAA artists hanging out together while getting to spend lots of time inside the park, and were able to go inside the zoo in the mornings before it opened to the public, enabling us to get great reference photos of resident animals! The next seven photos are from that wonderful weekend!

SAA artists at the Annual Exhibition at Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure 2009

The opening reception at Rolling Hills

Meeting one of the critters living at Rolling Hills

Animal sightings at the Wildlife Museum

Artists enjoying lunch at Rolling Hills

There's something fishy about this informal SAA business meeting

Artists enjoying another meal together in Kansas

Visit the SAA website via this link for information on submitting to the SAA jury for artist membership, or to become a Patron Member of the SAA

Until next time ~ Rachelle Siegrist for the SAA