SAA EXHIBITIONS
Interested in hosting a Society of Animal Artists Annual Exhibition or Special Show? Contact our Executive Director, Wes Siegrist.
Please note that this page represents ONLY the SAA’s Annual Exhibition. Smaller regional and special shows are listed on our Special Shows page
SAA 64th Annual Art & the Animal Exhibition at the Sioux City Public Museum
Society of Animal Artists Upcoming Annual Exhibitions
2026: The Elliott Museum, Stuart, FL
2027: The Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA
2028: The Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Society of Animal Artists Annual Exhibitions 1960 – Present
SAA 64th Annual Catalog (Free PDF 15.3 MB)
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2024: The Sioux City Public Museum, Sioux City, IA
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2023: The Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
NATIONAL TOUR: The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ; The Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum, Logan, KS; The Peggy Notebaert Museum of The Chicago Academy of Sciences, Chicago, IL
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2022: Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, California
NATIONAL TOUR: The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ; The Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, MO
No 2021 Catalog
SAA 2021 Members’ Exhibition
Unfortunately, the SAA had to cancel the 61st Annual Exhibition due to the COVID 19 virus. A smaller exhibition was held at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute during the dates that the 61st would have been held there. View the Exhibition Online
NATIONAL TOUR: The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ; The Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, KS
No 2020 Catalog
SAA 2020 Members’ Exhibition
Unfortunately, the SAA had to cancel the 60th Annual Exhibition due to the COVID 19 virus. A smaller exhibition was held at the Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum in Oradell, NJ during the dates that the 60th would have been held there. View the Exhibition Online
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2019: The Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
NATIONAL TOUR: The Evelyn Burrow Museum, Hanceville, AL; The Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT
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2018 The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art, St. Petersburg, FL
NATIONAL TOUR: The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ; The Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
SAA Exhibition Catalog 2017 (PDF 6.5MB)
2017 The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ
NATIONAL TOUR: National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, Dubuque, IA; Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet (Myrtle Beach), SC; Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ; George A. Spiva Center For The Arts, Joplin, MO
2016 The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX
NATIONAL TOUR: The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ; The Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, KS; The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, VA
2015 The Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, NY
NATIONAL TOUR: The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ; The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ; The Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH
2014 The Wildlife Experience, Denver, CO
NATIONAL TOUR: The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ; The Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, MO; The National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg, VA
2013 The Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
NATIONAL TOUR: The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ; The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ; The Booth Museum of Western Art, Cartersville, GA
2012 The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ
NATIONAL TOUR: The Art Museum at The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (
2011 The Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI
DUAL NATIONAL TOUR: Half of the Exhibition went to The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO; Dunnegan Gallery Of Art, Bolivar, MO; Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI and half went to Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA; Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL
2010 The San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA
ENCORE DISPLAY OF ENTIRE 50th ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL EXHIBITION: The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO
NATIONAL TOUR: : Dunnegan Gallery Of Art, Bolivar, MO, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum Of Natural History, Norman, OK
2009 The Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure, Salina, KS
DUAL NATIONAL TOUR: Half of the Exhibition went to The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO; Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute, Tucson, AZ; Green Acres Art Center, Cincinnati, OH and half went to The Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, MO; The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury, MD
2008 The Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
NATIONAL TOUR: The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO; Dunnegan Gallery Of Art, Bolivar, MO; Cultural Arts Council Of Estes Park Fine Art Gallery, Estes Park, CO; San Angelo Museum Of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
2007 The Wildlife Experience, Parker (Denver), CO
NATIONAL TOUR: West Valley Art Museum, Surprise (Phoenix), AZ; Spartanburg County Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC; The Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, OH; Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute, Tucson, AZ
2006 Bennington Center for the Natural and Cultural Arts, Bennington, VT
NATIONAL TOUR: The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO; West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ; Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI; Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
2005 Nevada State Museum, Carson City, NV
NATIONAL TOUR: The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO; West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ; Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA; Stifel Fine Arts Center, Oglebay Institute, Wheeling, WV; Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
2004 The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ
NATIONAL TOUR: Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL; West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ; Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK; University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE; Art Institute at Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
2003 The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ
NATIONAL TOUR: The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO; West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ; Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL; New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI; Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH
2002 The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO
NATIONAL TOUR: The Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH; Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake, UT; Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI; The Miami Metrozoo, Miami, FL
2001 West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ
NATIONAL TOUR: The William s. Fairfield Public Gallery, Sturgeon Bay, WI; Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science Visual Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD; Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK; Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA
A special display of selections from the 41st Annual Exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists was exhibited in the National Geographic Society Explorers Hall from June 18 through September 11, 2002.
2000 The William S. Fairfield Public Gallery, Sturgeon Bay, WI
NATIONAL TOUR: Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD; Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford, IL; University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE; Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History; South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, TX.
1999 The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH
NATIONAL TOUR: Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford, IL; Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT; The Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI; The R. W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA
1998 Disney’s Animal Kingdom Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL
1997 Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH
NATIONAL TOUR: Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ
1996 The Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX
NATIONAL TOUR: The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA; The Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI; The R. W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA; The Delaware Museum of Natural History, Wilmington, DE
1995 Old Algonquin Museum, Algonquin, Ontario, Canada
NATIONAL TOUR: Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA; Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR; The Sangre de Christo Arts and Conference Center, Pueblo, CO
1994 The Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
NATIONAL TOUR: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO; The Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury, MD; The Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, Jamestown, NY
1993 Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, WA
NATIONAL TOUR: University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE; The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR; The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA; The High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
1992 Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, NY
NATIONAL TOUR: The R. W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA; Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK; Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh, WI; Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX
1991 The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH
NATIONAL TOUR: Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinville, VA; The Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX; San Bernardino County Museums, Redlands, CA; Anniston Museum of Natural History, Anniston, AL
1990 St. Hubert’s Giralda Animal Art Museum, Madison, NJ
NATIONAL TOUR: Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, VA; Glen Helen Nature Preservation, Yellow Springs, OH; Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, CO; Bloomingdale Park District Museum, Chicago, IL
1989 Museum of Science, Boston, MA
1988 Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, NY
1987 First Bank of the United States, Independence National Historic Park, Philadelphia, PA
1986 The California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
1985 Crown Center, Kansas City, MO
Subsequent Showings listed below may have been tours or independent exhibitions of the SAA.
1984 The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH
Subsequent Showing: Membership Show at A.M. Adler Fine Arts, Inc., New York, NY
1983 Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, KS
Subsequent Showing: Membership Show at A.M. Adler Fine Arts, Inc., New York, NY
1982 Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, CO
Subsequent Showing: ARK II Gallery Show, Flemington, NJ; Membership Show at A.M. Adler Fine Arts, Inc., New York, NY
1981 The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
1980 Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
1979 Sportsman’s Edge Gallery, New York, NY
Subsequent Showing: Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
1978 Sportsman’s Edge Gallery, New York, NY
Subsequent Showing: Owens Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
1977 No Exhibition
1972-76 Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY
1971 Manufacturers Hanover Trust, New York, NY
Subsequent Showing: Abercrombie and Fitch, Chicago, IL; Abercrombie and Fitch, Troy, MI; James Ford Bell Museum, Minneapolis, MN; Kalon Galleries, McClean, VA; Manufacturers Hanover Trust, New York, NY
1970 Carl Thompson Gallery, New York, NY
Subsequent Showing: Carl Thompson Gallery, New York, NY; Abercrombie and Fitch, Chicago, IL; Abercrombie and Fitch, Detroit, MI; Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit, Detroit, MI; NY Zoological Society, Bronx Zoo, New York, NY; Boston Museum of Science, Boston, MA; Abercrombie and Fitch, New York, NY; Manufacturers Hanover Trust, New York, NY; Silvermine Guild of Artists, Silvermine, CT ; Maryhill Museum of Science, Maryhill, WA
1969 Abercrombie and Fitch, New York, NY
Subsequent Showing: Kalon Galleries, McClean, VA; Manufacturers Hanover Trust, New York, NY
1968 Abercrombie and Fitch, New York, NY
Subsequent Showing: Museum of Science and Natural History of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit, Detroit, MI; Boston Museum of Science, Boston, MA
1967 Abercrombie and Fitch, New York, NY
1966 Manufacturers Hanover Trust, New York, NY
Subsequent Showing: Thomson Gallery, New York, NY; Manufacturers Hanover Trust, New York, NY
1965 Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY
Subsequent Showing: Lake Mohonk Galleries, NY
; Manufacturers Hanover Trust, New York, NY
1964 Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY
Subsequent Showing: Lever House, New York, NY
1963 Burr Gallery, New York, NY
Showing at Manufacturers Hanover Trust, New York, NY
– 1962 Burr Gallery, New York, NY
1961 Burr Gallery, New York, NY
1960 Burr Gallery, New York, NY
This, the first show of the SAA, was sponsored by the Bronx Zoo and featured works by the late Carl Rungius and William R. Leigh along with the inaugural members of the Society.
Annual National Geographic Society SAA Sculpture Courtyard Exhibitions 2002-2007
David J. Wagner, Ph.D., Curator
EXHIBITING SCULPTORS:
– 2006-2007 Dan Ostermiller
– 2005-2006 Eric Berg, Darrell Davis, Renée Headings, Diane Mason, Gamini Ratnavira
– 2004-2005 Walt Matia, Diane Mason, Louise Peterson, Rosetta, Kent Ullberg
– 2003-2004 Leo Osborne, Rosette, Sherry Salari Sander
– 2002-2003 Eric Berg, Kent Ullberg