On Wednesday, February 23, world renowned and award-winning paleoartist Gary Staab visited Rousseau School to share his love for art, biology, and natural science with us. Mr. Staab, who grew up in Grand Island, Nebraska, has said that he “always liked making stuff” and turned his Hastings College studies into a directed study with a focus on art and biology. Mr. Staab produces natural history and prehistoric life models for museums, publishing and film. His work spans sculpting a flea to a T-rex and everything in between. His sculptures and models are displayed in the halls of the National Geographic, The Smithsonian Institute, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the American Museum of Natural History, and have been used in Walt Disney animation. In his career he has had great adventures such as being invited on archeological digs and measuring crocs in Costa Rica. He even got to venture into King Tut’s tomb with scientists to research then create the first exact 3D replica of King Tut’s mummy. All students got a chance to hear him speak about his work and some had the extraordinary opportunity to watch him work and participate in creating a clay dinosaur of their very own. To learn more about and see examples of Gary Staab’s work, go to www.staabstudios.com. Thank you to the Sepaphur family for making this unbelievable opportunity possible!
