Alberto Rey’s art of Bachman’s Warbler (ermivora bachmanii), Oils on Wooden Panel is one of the works that will be featured at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown in the coming weeks.

The Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History (RTPI) presents a new exhibition by artist Alberto Rey this fall. The Extinct Birds Project will be featured at RTPI from Aug. 17 to Dec. 14 and will include 18 original works by the artist.

The project also includes a new book by Rey, along with programming in partnership with RTPI.

The 208 page full-color Extinct Birds Project publication, that accompanies the exhibition, is a collaboration between Rey and designer Jason Dilworth, and examines collecting practices, causes for extinction and the politics of categorizing endangered species. It also includes specific information about 18 extinct bird specimens and their collectors as well as an overview of our status as we stand on the brink of the next mass extinction period. Eighteen birds skins were selected for inclusion into the initial painting series and book. These species were curated by variety in size, global reach, popularity and reasons for extinction.

Rey is a painter, filmmaker, writer, fly fishing guide, distinguished professor and founder/director of a youth fly fishing program and he has been involved in environmental art for the past 20 years. For more information, please visit www.albertorey.com and www.bagmatiriverartproject.com.

Dilworth is an environmentally conscious graphic designer, outdoorsman, cyclist and professor who works on global design projects. For more information, please visit designersandforest.us, www.jasondilworth.com and www.bagmatiriverartproject.com. Jason and Alberto have collaborated on several projects in the past including one on the Bagmati River in Kathmandu and are currently working with the United States Forest Service and Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History to document the good work being done by communities in New Mexico to protect the national forests.

Join Alberto Rey and Jason Dilworth at RTPI for the following programs:

¯ Aug. 17, 5 to 7p.m. — Reception, gallery talk and book signing.

≤ Sept. 21, 7 to 8pm — Lecture and book signing.

≤ Oct. 20, 10 to 11 a.m. — Bird skinning workshop at RTPI.

≤ Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Designers and Forests Workshop

≤ Nov. 3, 10 a.m. to noon — RTPI grounds tour and drawing workshop.

For more information about The Extinct Birds Project visit www.extinctbirdsproject.com. Call RTPI at (716) 665-2473 or visit www.rtpi.org for additional information on events and exhibits. The Roger Tory Peterson Institute is located at 311 Curtis St. in Jamestown.