Photo: Betye Saar in 2019. Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California; photographer David Sprague.

How a visit to the Field inspired Betye Saar's art

Paleoartist Ted Rechlin chats onstage with Field Museum Dinosaur Curator Jingmai O’Connor, PhD, during a Q&A at the Field Museum’s first-ever Dino Fest on June 10.

Paleoartist Ted Rechlin Helps Bring Dinosaurs to Life

A series of six painted iguanas in different colors and stages of the process.

Fact and Fiction About Watercolor

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A group gathers at the corner of a diorama case. One man sits a desk with a typerwriter. He looks up to a family of three standing over him. The man in the middle stands with arms around the other two individuals. Both are smiling down at the man seated at the desk. A black box with a glass front holds a rock specimen and is propped up against the leg of the desk.

Poetry Pop-Up

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Finding the Poetry in Natural History

In a 1922 Charles Knight mural, a group of Protoceratops gather on a sandy hill, one watching over a clutch of eggs, while two stand nearby. Another in the background eats leaves from a small tree.

Photo Archives - Charles Knight Paintings Gallery

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Protoceratops, Mesozoic era. Primitive ceratopsian dinosaur with eggs, found in the Gobi desert of Mongolia, 1922. ID# CK10T

Paleoart: Painting the Land Before Time

A woman sitting at a desk with art supplies, holding a pencil in hand and drawing a nautilus

Bringing Fossils to Life Through Art

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Woman sitting at a table in a lab, holding a marker and writing on something small

Women in Science and Art: Rebecca Banasiak, Mammals Collections Assistant and Preparator

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Numbering small skeletal specimens that will be installed into the main mammals collection.

Two photos side-by-side: A women sitting in front of a large drill, and a bowl with a gold bracket attached to it, for display

What's in a Name? That Which We Call a Dinosaur

Women in Art: Ann Prazer, Mountmaker

A woman drawing on a large sheet of paper, in a forest of bright green, leafy plants

Women in Art: Peggy Macnamara, Artist in Residence

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Side-by-side of a woman seated at a desk, working on a drawing, and a close-up of an illustration of orange foxes

Women in Art: Adrienne Stroup, Geology Collections Assistant

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A man stands smiling in front of an outdoor art installation, while several other people explore behind him.