Free First Saturday + "Audubon" Film Screenings

Visit the Appleton on the first Saturday of each month for free admission all day to see the special exhibitions, permanent collection, and to make art in the Artspace. The Donut Express and Grilled Cheese Emporium food trucks will be onsite from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

In combination with the special exhibition, “Outsider Aviary: Robert W. Smeltzer’s Birds of America,” see a screening of the 2017 documentary, “Audubon” at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the auditorium. Naturalist and 19th century painter John James Audubon explored the American frontier in search of “the feathered tribes” he loved and studied. A self-taught artist and ornithologist, he left a legacy of art and science that made him famous in his lifetime and endures to this day. The program, filmed in locations where Audubon painted, brings to life his timeless paintings with dazzling footage of the living birds he immortalized – and celebrates visually the natural world he described in his writings. (Not Rated, 56m) Screenings are free; no reservation needed.