Nature Art
Powder Valley Art Gallery: Rugged Spirit
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Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center
11715 Cragwold Rd
Kirkwood, MO 63122
(314) 301-1500
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This February, visit Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center's Art Gallery to take in the work of Professor Scott Lawrence Angus MA MFA. Professor Angus will be displaying his photographs from his upcoming book the "Rugged Spirit." In Missouri there is an ancient land that holds the story of stoic conflict between the elements of the natural world. Once mountains, a shallow sea and glaciers dominated our land. These forces deconstructed and created and the lands. Today we see exposed glades, hills, bluffs, rounded mountains, canyons, sinkholes, caves and waterways including springs, rivers and underground lakes that makes Missouri an enchanting wilderness to explore. Often the sights of awe are hidden, and one must seek out and explore to find the magic of our State. About the Artist: Angus is an avid adventure photographer and academic who has let wonder lust dictate his life. Angus has lived, travelled and taught all over the world. He holds degrees from the University of Missouri, the University of New South Wales in Australia, and California State University – Fullerton. Working in the genres of street photography, travel and humanitarian documentation he has lived an exciting life capturing images of combat zones, impoverished hospitals, humpback whales in Tonga, and Tigers in Thailand. His research is in the forgotten stories that photography tells of American Civil War Soldiers and the History of Travel Photography and Escapism. Recently he produced a film about the Dental Crisis of Rural Children in Missouri and continues to champion those who most need the care of others in the World including the fragile landscape of Earth (His first) book Snake Medicine won Best Photography for the Green Book Awards). Angus has won many awards for his teaching including CSUF Arts and Science Student Association Educator of the Year Award, and the 2013 MU award for Global Awarness2020 the Presidential Award for Diversity and Inclusion. His upcoming book is titled "Rugged Spirit" and is about the ancient landscape of Missouri. Lauren Baker