Barely a week before the opening at Cincinnati Museum Center, the John A. and Judy Ruthven Get Into Nature Gallery appeared to be nowhere near completion. It was crunch time. Behind the scenes, artists, carpenters and painters were working nonstop on the dioramas, aquariums, ponds, wildlife figures and plant life that will depict the Richard & Lucile Durrell Edge of Appalachia Preserve System in Adams County.
Named for the late wildlife artist John Ruthven and his wife, Judy, the Get Into Nature…
