For the past few years I’ve been working in close collaboration with the Saint George Dinosaur Discovery Site’s lead paleontologist Andrew Milner on an exhibit called the Dawn of the Dinosaurs, which will feature a highly detailed 16 foot long timeline mural that I illustrated based on newly discovered fossils found throughout the the Kayenta Formation near St. George Utah. Unfortunately the covid 19 pandemic and shutdown has been really hard on a lot of museums which rely on having visitors paying for tickets and making gift shop purchases to keep them running. The Saint George Dinosaur Discovery Site was hit hard by the shutdown, and that financial challenge has threatened to delay the completion of the Dawn of the Dinosaurs exhibit, which we are aiming to complete this coming winter. So, we need your help to complete this ambitious exhibit project at this awesome little regional museum.

Share this video and my other videos about the early Jurassic period/Dilophosaurus with friends and family so that more people learn about this important time period toward the beginning of the age of dinosaurs, and, if you are financially able, please consider making a small donation to the Saint George Dinosaur Discovery Site’s GoFundMe campaign. Every little bit helps! Even just a fraction of you contributing $1-$5 could get this project fully funded. You can make a tax deductible donation here:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/dawn-of-the-dinosaurs-exhibit-fundraiser

The Saint George Dinosaur Discovery site/Dinosaur Ah Torium is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Only a portion of funds raised will go to me (Brian Engh) to help pay for my time to finish the timeline mural, the rest of the funds will go toward funding casework, lighting and necessary infrastructure to complete the exhibit.

I also owe a huge thanks to my patreon supporters for helping to keep this project going. Because of the high level of detail and the huge number of fossils it incorporates, just drawing the Kayenta timeline took way longer than expected, and my patreon supporters kept me afloat financially during that time. Anyone interested in supporting my work on patreon, and gaining access to a bunch of top secret behind the scenes posts (including several showing the #paleoartprocess of illustrating this timeline) can support my work here: http://www.patreon.com/historianhimself

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