Birds and Myth | 2025 community art show

Birds and Myth: meanings, metaphors, and guides

Birds from myth may be symbols, guides, teachers, and/or part of an artist’s cultural and ecological background. For the annual art show, the Birds of Vermont Museum asked creatives to bring such birds into their work. The resulting show explores old legends, represents individual belief, examines misconceptions, and offers new guides. Birds and Myth immerses us in histories, hopes, and imagination.

Over 50 artists, photographers, and poets of all ages exhibit their work this year. Most are from Vermont. The show runs from May 1 to October 31 at the Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. The Museum is open Wednesdays – Sundays, from 10am to 4pm, during these months. There will be an informal reception to meet artists on Thursday, July 24, at 3pm. For reception details, see https://birdsofvermont.org/event/reception-for-birds-myth/ .

The Birds of Vermont Museum has been hosting themed community art shows since 2014. Each winter, museum staff develop a bird-related theme for the exhibit and invites submissions in varied media. Our 2025 art show, Birds and Myth: meanings, metaphors, and guides, is centered on the ideas of birds as they appear in myths, both old and modern.

Come for Baba Yaga, detour though nursery tales, and inspire your heart with the Democracy Phoenix Egg and other guides.

All images in this post are shared with the artist’s permission.

Exhibiting Artists and Poets

The show runs from May 1 to October 31 at the Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. The Museum is open Wednesdays – Sundays, from 10am to 4pm, during these months.

There will be an informal reception/meet the artists on Thursday, July 24, at 3pm. Details about the reception are at the event page: https://birdsofvermont.org/event/reception-for-birds-myth/