General Meeting, June 9, 2017, Meeting at 8:00 pm, Speaker at 9 pm
International House - 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA (Second floor, Asia-Africa room)
Bob Walters began drawing dinosaurs when he was 4 years old and first saw “The Age of Reptiles” by Rudolph Zallinger on the cover of LIFE magazine. He illustrated his first dinosaur book, “Dinosaurs, the Terrible Lizards” for E.P. Dutton in 1979 and since then, he has illustrated more than 20 books as well as innumerable magazine articles and TV shows for PBS, A&E, and the Discovery Channel.
He often works with his life partner, Tess Kissinger. The couple first collaborated in1995 on the murals and illustration program for the dinosaur hall at the Creative Discovery Museum in Chattanooga. SInce then they have worked together recreating paleo environments for the NMNH, (Smithsonian), The Academy of Natural Sciences, Taiwan National Museum of Natural History, Delaware Museum of Natural History, Southwest Florida Historical Museum, Idaho State Museum of Natural History, USGS, Utah Field House of Natural History, The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and Dinosaur National Monument.
They have won 2 Lanzendorf 2D Awards for their murals in the past. Bob is an alumnus of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, where he studied painting. Tess attended Carnegie-Mellon University where she also studied painting.
They live in Philadelphia with their cat, Maggie.
You can visit them online at www.dinoart.com
Upcoming Meetings
General Meetings
General Meetings are open to the public and are held at International House, 3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA, at 8:00 p.m.; or at The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA at 8:00 p.m.
Social gathering begins at 7:30 p.m.
The Business Meeting begins at 8:00 p.m.
The Program begins at 9:00 p.m.
| Date | Speaker or Program | Location |
| June 9, 2017 | Bob Walters and Tess Kissinger | International House |
| July 14, 2017 | Hugo Review Panel | International House |
| August 4, 2017 | Kellan Szpara | International House |
| September 8, 2017 | International House | |
| October 13, 2017 | International House |
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