The Amateur Naturalist Film Series at Akin Library
The Akin Free Library kicks off the spring events season on March 4th at 5:00pm with “The Amateur Naturalist Film Series,” featuring films by Erin Chapman, and Tom McNamara. Curated by Nicole Antebi, a New York based filmmaker living in Pawling, who works in non-fiction animation, motion graphics, and installation.
Erin Chapman is a Senior New Media Specialist at The American Museum of Natural History and producer of Shelf Life, a behind the scenes look at the museum’s collections and Tom McNamara is a senior multimedia producer for Popular Science Magazine.
Antebi was inspired to launch the film series after first encountering The Gunnison Museum of Natural History located on the lower level of the Akin Free Library. In 1960, Olive Gunnison donated her collection of natural artifacts gathered from around the world for public display at the Akin Free Library. Visitors can visit the gallery and find an array of fossils, rocks, eggshells, and other objects that will pique one’s curiosity about the natural world.
The collection is a celebration of one curious citizen’s contribution to science.
Film Program
Selected Shelf Life episodes presented by Erin Chapman:
Nabokov’s Butterflies,
Into the Island of Bats,
Kinsey’s Wasps
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Selected short films by Tom McNamara:
Diary of a Snake Bite Death
Sputnik-2 or: Laika, Our Hero
How Animals Hibernate
Admission is free; but donations are encouraged.
Location: The Akin Free Library, 378 Old Quaker Hill Road, Pawling.
To learn more about this event or to register, please contact Matthew Hogan at
director@akinfreelibrary.org or call (845) 855-5099.
