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6 days ago

birding & making art: early spring with the Birds of Vermont - mailchi.mp/635b6a6792be/bovm-mar-apr ... See MoreSee Less

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7 days ago

Can your art reveal an understanding of birds and humans gained through myths you’ve heard, told, or invented?Just two more weeks to create or finish your art that explores the ideas of Birds and Myth! Deadline March 24th at midnight. Our theme for 2025 is *Birds and Myth: meanings, metaphors, and guides*.We know birds are some of our teachers, not only through our senses and observations, but also through our stories about them. These stories can be factual accounts, broader myths or something in between. A myth might be a traditional legend, a widely-held-but-false-belief, or a representation (or misrepresentation) of something true. A myth can offer insight into who we are individually or collectively. (So can birds.)A myth can offer us ways to behave and ideals to live by. (So can birds.)The Birds of Vermont Museum invites art submissions that bring birds and their meanings into art to retell an old story, weave several ideas together, represent your beliefs, and/or create a myth for the future.Click on the link in the bio (birdsofvermont.org/2025/01/02/call-to-artists-birds-and-myth/) to read more about the theme, and how to enter your work. #BirdsAndMyth #LearnFromBirds #BirdsOfMyth #BirdsInStory #StoriesOfBirds #PersonalBeliefs#FabricArt #FiberArt #Music #Poetry #ArtWorks #getCreative #cartoon #putABirdOnIt#CallToArtist #Artist #VermontArtist #Paint #Collage #MakeArt #Create #color #paperArt #mixedMedia #sculpture #3d #watercolor #birdArt #ArtShow #BirdsInArt ... See MoreSee Less

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Birds of Vermont Museum is at Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend.

3 weeks ago

Today on what would have been Bob’s 105th birthday we wanted to highlight his love of America’s National Parks.Bob and his partner and fellow Museum-founder Gale loved visiting National Parks, and spent time in a number of them. They visited Big Bend National Park at least three times, and canoed down the Rio Grande through the Santa Elana Canyon.We recently discussed National Parks with Bob’s daughter, Kari Jo Spear (Kari Jo Spear is the author of a “Carver’s Daughter”, and serves on the Museum’s Board of Directors). Some of her thoughts covered what her dad may have thought about the current events impacting the National Park Service.“If my father knew what was happening to his beloved national parks, he’d gather his activist friends, head to Washington, and woe to any Republican in his way. And he would have tears in his eyes.”Overall, the National Park Service’s budget is 1/16th of 1% of the country’s annual budget. For every dollar spent from that budget, more than $10 is added back to the American economy! (See more at smartasset.com/taxes/the-economics-of-national-parks.) And that just the measurable financial benefit! The national parks and the national Park service offer and protect so much more.Blindly and sweepingly cutting staff damages the parks, limits important research, harms ecosystems and historical resources, puts wildlife and visitors at risk (including the birds who live there and migrate through), and steals a resource and a joy from us, our children, and our grandchildren.#BobSpear #NationalPark #SupportYourPark #BigBend #SupportParkServiceEmployees #DoTheMath #KidsDeserveBirds #BigBendNPS ... See MoreSee Less

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3 weeks ago

Today would have been Bob Spear’s 105th birthday. Bob was one of the Museum founders and the master woodcarver who carved more than 95% of the Museum’s collection.Although Bob passed away in 2014, his legacy continues. He made it his life’s work to share the love of birds with all the generations to come.Here is Bob showing his granddaughter, Alaria, his carving of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, some 30-odd years ago. Love of birds continues: Alaria still enjoys visiting the museum and sharing birds with her own son.We’ll share that love of birds with you too, when you visit.#ConservationWorkContinues #BobSpear #BirdsOfVermontMuseum #SharingALoveOfBirds #BirdsInArt ... See MoreSee Less

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1 month ago

Hope you find the perfect Valentine treat for your sweetie.This Red-eyed Vireo pair was carved by Bob Spear out of Basswood, and took him 44 hours.#bobspearcarving #birdcarving #yummycaterpillar #valentinetreat #birdsofvermontmuseum #birdcarving #redeyedvireo ... See MoreSee Less

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