Toad Talk, Saturday, July 19th, 7PM

Toad Talk, Saturday, July 19th, 7PM

July 19, 2025 7:00pm

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Join conservationist Robert Villa as he discusses the Sonoran Desert Toad in a conversation in conjunction with the current exhibition, The Psychedelic Show, featuring the work of Pat Foley and Nina Lott, at Pidgin Palace Arts.

Robert Villa is a conservationist, studying, exploring, and documenting the bio-cultural diversity of the Sonoran region. He is the Community Outreach Assistant, at the University of Arizona’s Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill, the President of the Tucson Herpetological Society, and a member of various local and international conservation groups. He has consulted and edited for BBC, MoCA (Cecilia Vicuña, Fernando Palma), National Geographic, Vice, NYT, New Yorker, Storefront for Art and Architecture, and others.