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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">June 5, 2019
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> Teresa Izzo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> 508-896-3867 ext. 137<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><a href="mailto:tizzo@ccmnh.org"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">tizzo@ccmnh.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif">The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif">presents</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Naturescape Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Northeast Reptiles and Amphibians<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif">Wildlife
Illustrator and Artist Matt Patterson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">BREWSTER, MA</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626"> —</span>
<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Naturescape Gallery at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History is proud to present
<i>Northeast Reptiles and Amphibians, </i>illustrations by wildlife artist Matt Patterson,
<b>July 1 – August 31, 2019 *</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Matt Patterson is owner of Stoneridge Art Studios located in the small town of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, where he grew up. His father was a biology teacher
and as a child he was exposed to all kinds of animals. As far back as he can remember, he had the same two interests: wildlife and art. He loved the outdoors and in his free time he was either out fishing, searching for turtles and snakes or painting. Today,
things haven’t changed much. He is a professional artist and his work reflects his love for nature...particularly reptiles and amphibians. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">In 2010 Matt illustrated his first book titled <i>Freshwater Fish of the Northeast.
</i>It won the National Outdoor Book Awards in the category of Design and Artistic Merit. Currently, Matt has illustrated a book that was recently released on reptiles and amphibians titled <i>The Snake and the Salamander Reptiles and Amphibians from Maine
to Virginia</i>. This book just won the National Outdoor Book Awards in the Nature and Environment category.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Matt’s Naturescape Gallery exhibit will encompass prints from
<i>The Snake and the Salamander</i> as well as other recent work!</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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with Museum Admission</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">*Dates
for the exhibition are subject to minor changes. Please call ahead.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">For more information please call the Museum at 508-896-3867 ext. 133.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Teresa Izzo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Program Coordinator/Publicist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Brewster, MA 02631<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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