Join taxidermy world title holder and museum preservationist Allis Markham, owner of LA’s Prey Taxidermy, for a weekend of events at the Whatcom Museum.

On Friday, May 31, the museum is hosting a viewing of the film “Stuffed,” which premiered to acclaim at SXSW in Austin. It features Allis and documents the often-surprising and always-unique world of taxidermy through the eyes of the newest generation of artists and naturalists. The film allows the audience to dip into and explore a diverse subculture, where sculptors must also be scientists. It is a genre of art formed by a collection of people who have a fanaticism for nature, matched only by their desire to protect it.

Allis will join us for the viewing, answer questions, and show us a sampling of taxidermy specimens.

Then, on Saturday, June 1, join Allis and award-winning biologist & taxidermist Paloma Strong for Taxidermy Lab 101.