Looking for a new way of noticing? Come visit art, try hand work, listen to music, or look for birds. August is a great month for you and a friend to stretch or swap points of view.
The Museum is open Wednesday – Sunday, 10 am – 4 pm (but we are closed July 4th). The trails are open sunrise to sunset, every day. Libraries have passes, and admission is always free for members (https://birdsofvermont.org/membership/).
=== AUGUST EVENTS ===
“THE POWER OF PERSPECTIVE” ART SHOW
May – October • Wednesdays – Sundays, 10 am – 4 pm
The Museum’s 2024 community art exhibit is open! What is the Power of Perspective? Explore, examine, and delight in art that speaks to both humans’ and birds’ perspectives and experiences. How might a change in perspective alter people’s understanding of the lives and needs of the birds who share our world?
Included with museum admission, no registration necessary
GREEN MOUNTAIN WOODCARVERS 3-DAY MALLARD CARVING CLASS
August 14 – 16, 2024
From August 14 – 16, the Birds of Vermont Museum is hosting the Green Mountain Woodcarvers’ annual three-day seminar. This year, they will carve a mallard drake. Matt Strong and Bob Lindemann will teach the course.
If you are interested in taking the class, visit http://greenmountainwoodcarvers.org/class/class.html and follow the instructions there for more details and to register.
This is part of the 2024 Festival of Woodcarving.
GREEN MOUNTAIN WOODCARVERS 51ST ANNUAL SHOW
August 17, 2024 • 10 am – 3 pm
Celebrate woodcarving! Discover some of the variety of styles and techniques possible: from caricature carving to wildfowl, birds to Scandinavian flat plane carvings. Demonstrations are planned throughout the day of carving styles and methods, including an opportunity for kids (of all ages) to try their hand at soap carving.
The Birds of Vermont Museum is hosting the Green Mountain Woodcarvers’ annual exhibition.
Outdoors at the Museum. See also http://greenmountainwoodcarvers.org/show/show.html
This is part of the 2024 Festival of Woodcarving.
OVER the HUMP music series: BLUES for BREAKFAST
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 • 5:30 – 8:30 pm
At the Huntington Recreation Field, Main Road, Huntington
Join us at the fourth Wednesday of this year’s Over the “Hump” Summer Music Series, when Blues for Breakfast plays “Grateful Americana for the head hands and feet”. Donations will benefit the Birds of Vermont Museum. Local art vendors and food trucks too!
Free!
AUGUST BIRD MONITORING WALK
Saturday, August 31 • 7:30 am
Join our monthly monitoring walk to record birds on the Museum’s property. Please bring your own binoculars and dress for the weather.
Free, suggested donation $5 – $15 • Max: 12 people
Register for museum events at https://sevendaystickets.com/organizations/birds-of-vermont-museum
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August is National Wellness month and National Water Quality month. What are you already doing to practice and share wellness and caring for our water? Do you need ideas? Have you tried Forest Bathing? Volunteered with local river monitoring groups? Rest and watch birds or get up and protect groundwater, local streams, riparian habitats. These two ideas go pretty well hand-in-hand!
Find out more at our website, https://birdsofvermont.org/events/