The Leelanau Conservancy through the Lens of Ken Scott is now on exhibit in Traverse City at the Dennos Museum Center. The exhibit will be on display from now until October 26, 2014 and is being presented in collaboration with the Leelanau Conservancy.

In celebration of its 25th Anniversary, the Leelanau Conservancy commissioned landscape photographer Ken Scott to take pictures of the natural areas and farm land it has preserved on the Leelanau peninsula. Ken, self-taught, has been photographing nature for more than twenty years.

“His delight and amazement in his subject are contagious,” says exhibition curator, Barbara Krause, of the Leelanau Conservancy, “Ken is fully attuned to his surroundings and exercising great patience, he waits for the perfect moment and then captures the unique qualities of the place. Each of the photographs selected for the exhibition invites viewers to look closely, engage their senses, and, like the photographer, savor their experience.”

The exhibition will consist of a selection of framed works by Ken Scott as well as a digital presentation of additional photographs from the commissioned work on a flat screen in the gallery.

For more information on Ken Scott visit his website.

There are also two programs in association with the exhibit:

A Conversation with Ken Scott

Thursday, October 2, 2014 6:30 pm

Free with paid admission to the Museum

Join Dennos Curator of Education, Jason Dake, and photographer Ken Scott as they discuss the exhibition, Leelanau Conservancy Legacy through the Lens of Ken Scott. Using the photographs and related materials as a backdrop, this informal conversation will shed light on Scott’s process while focusing on the images, not the technical jargon. 


Sunday with the Leelanau Conservancy

Sunday, October 19, 2014 1:30 pm & 2:30 pm

Free with paid admission to the Museum

Visitors of all ages will enjoy an interactive tour of the Ken Scott photography exhibition with Leelanau Conservancy Executive Director, Brian Price. Learn about the Conservancy’s mission and the land it protects.


This exhibition is made possible at the Dennos with support from the Leelanau Conservancy, The Camera Shop, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Robert T. and Ruth Haidt Hughes Memorial Endowment Fund.

To learn more about the Dennos, visit their website.

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2014 Fall Exhibits at the Dennos

Three Traverse City Produced Albums

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Photo(s) by Ken Scott Photography