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Beauvais Lyons Exhibition Opening

Part archaeologist, part scientist, part revolutionary, part artistic visionary, Beauvais Lyons, Director of the Hokes Archives and art professor at the University of Tennessee, is the force behind an incredible world of artifacts, drawings, lithographs, and objects that tell the story of his mythical visions. This exhibition will feature his work for the Association for…

Fantastic Fauna-Chimeric Creatures

Gregg Museum of Art & Design 1903 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh

Fantastic Fauna-Chimeric Creatures features factitious historical and scientific parodies by Dr. Beauvais Lyons, Director of the Hokes Archives and art professor at the University of Tennessee. Part archaeologist, part scientist, part satirist, part artistic visionary, Director Lyons, on behalf of the Association for Creative Zoology, presents evidence that exotica throughout the animal world is merely a representation of the…