TOArts Trailblazers

Jean Fruth, Sports Photographer

Inside America’s Favorite Pastime

Friday November 8, 2024

One of baseball’s preeminent photographers, Jean Fruth has built a storied career documenting America’s favorite pastime. She spent a decade covering the San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, and San Francisco 49ers before helping build the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s archive.

Robbie Shone, Photographer/Explorer

Adventure in Caving

Friday December 13, 2024

Descend 7,000 feet below ground to witness what few have ever seen along with National Geographic photographer and explorer Robbie Shone. For more than two decades, he has traveled to remote regions to illuminate and document the world’s deepest, largest, and longest cave systems.

Heather Joan Lynch, Ecologist

Penguins of Antarctica

Friday February 21, 2025

Journey to the bottom of the world with ecologist and National Geographic Explorer Dr. Heather Lynch to see how penguins, whales, and other wildlife thrive in one of the most remote regions of the planet.

Doug Smith, Biologist

Wild Wolves of Yellowstone

Friday May 2, 2025

Witness the beauty and wonder of Yellowstone, the world’s first national park, with National Geographic Explorer and wildlife biologist Doug Smith, who shares his quest to reintroduce wolves to this iconic American landscape

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