where natural history meets art
What happens when you mix art, playfulness, and insights from birds? Creativity influenced by feather color and pattern, frills and function! From bower birds to city pigeons, feathers come in thousands of sizes and colors, fantastic shapes, in different seasons, and for many reasons. Which of these emerge in your art? We want to know!
Continue reading “Call to Artists: Fine Feathers”
Gather with a few fellow handcrafters at the Museum this winter. Bring your own project: woodcarving, knitting, sketchbook, quilting, poems-in-progress, field notebook, crochet, etc. Cider, coffee and good company provided.
Max: 9 people • waitlist available
Suggested donation: $5 – $10
Pre-registration required
We’ll probably be doing this more than once. We’re looking at
Dec 12
Jan 9 or 23
February TBD
Gather with a few fellow handcrafters at the Museum this winter. Bring your own project: woodcarving, knitting, sketchbook, quilting, poems-in-progress, field notebook, crochet, etc. Cider, coffee and good company provided.
Max: 9 people • waitlist available
Suggested donation: $5 – $10
Pre-registration required.
We’ll probably be doing this again. We’re looking at
Jan 9 or 23
February TBD
From November through April, we’re open by appointment and for special events. Individuals, families, and groups are all welcome at *all* times of year.
Our trails are open year-round, sunrise to sunset.
Please call (802) 434-2167 or email museum@birdsofvermont.org several days in advance to schedule your visit. Admission is free for members!
Or sign up to attend special events! These are listed on our calendar at https://birdsofvermont.org/special-upcoming/
“The Gift of Art” is our off-season art exhibit. This changing collection displays varied works. Most are visual works, but we love art in all its forms. Some pieces are donations from previous shows, others may be be selections from our gift shop. What’s present in March may be quite different from what we share in November…
Explore previous themes, find a gift for someone, and see how art can weave together myriad media, styles, and visions.
Open when the Museum is : From Nov 1 – April 30, that’s by appointment and for special events.
2021: Expanding Voices: perspectives on birding
2020: Borders: illusions that constrain us
2019: Pollinate This!
2018: Common Grounds
2017: B1rding by the Numb3rs
2016: In Layers: the art of the egg
2015: Birds of a Fiber
2014: Perilous Passages
The Green Mountain Woodcarvers will be carving in the workshop. Stop in to watch a wood carver at work, ask a question, or learn about this carving club.
The GMWC is a group of carvers from Vermont with members from around New England. They meet monthly for “Carve-Ins” around the State and host a annual Show and Class (in August). We’re delighted to have them at the Museum!
At the Carve-In, members will be working on a variety of carving projects. Carvers are always happy to explain how they carve and to share their expertise with others. Ask questions and become a GMWC member!
More info at the Green Mountain Wood carvers website: http://greenmountainwoodcarvers.org/carvein.html
They are on Facebook too, at https://www.facebook.com/groups/486055891784569/
Our 2021 art show, Expanding Voices, explores and reflects the past year. Visual arts, poetry, 3D, and prose pieces capture the variety of solitudes, connections, race issues, changes and changelessness, new skills, and understandings we experienced in 2020.
Forty artists, photographers, writers, and poets had their work selected for this year’s show. They range from under 10 to over 80 and speak from their varied experiences of birding, the pandemic, faith, and social issues.
We invited you to explore the visual and written art at your own pace, to be inspired, to ask questions, and to browse through the book of artists’ statements.
Show runs through October • Included with Museum admission
Read more at https://birdsofvermont.org/expanding-voices-perspectives-on-birding-2021-community-art-show/
Many of the originals are for sale, and several artists have prints, cards, and other items available in our gift shop.
Our 2021 art show, Expanding Voices, explores and reflects the past year. Visual arts, poetry, 3D, and prose pieces capture the variety of solitudes, connections, race issues, changes and changelessness, new skills, and understandings we experienced in 2020.
Forty artists, photographers, writers, and poets had their work selected for this year’s show. They range from under 10 to over 80 and speak from their varied experiences of birding, the pandemic, faith, and social issues.
We invited you to explore the visual and written art at your own pace, to be inspired, to ask questions, and to browse through the book of artists’ statements.
Show runs through October • Included with Museum admission
Read more at https://birdsofvermont.org/expanding-voices-perspectives-on-birding-2021-community-art-show/
Many of the originals are for sale, and several artists have prints, cards, and other items available in our gift shop.
Last year asked a lot of us—and taught us even more. Our habitual systems hit rock bottom under the weight of the pandemic, economic hardship, and social injustice. Voices rose, and long-time institutions were loudly questioned. New ways of experiencing and perceiving our world opened our minds to new comprehension. How could our art, our creativity, our practices remain unaffected?
We are a museum about and for birds and conservation. We are part of a community of birders, artists, conservationists, and learners. Yet each of our experiences and perspectives may be unseen or unknown to someone else, even in the same community. We hope this show will speak to you—telling both your story and relaying others’ points of view.
Today, explore the art and meet some of our artists, poets, writers, and photographers. Enjoy cool drinks (non-alcoholic, please bring your own mug/cup), and admire art, discuss conservation, and relax in our pollinator sanctuaries.
Read more about the show at https://birdsofvermont.org/2021/06/13/expanding-voices-perspectives-on-birding-2021-community-art-show/
Included with Museum admission, donations welcome. Please register so we can ensure refreshments are available.
Our 2021 art show, Expanding Voices, explores and reflects the past year. Visual arts, poetry, 3D, and prose pieces capture the variety of solitudes, connections, race issues, changes and changelessness, new skills, and understandings we experienced in 2020.
Forty artists, photographers, writers, and poets had their work selected for this year’s show. They range from under 10 to over 80 and speak from their varied experiences of birding, the pandemic, faith, and social issues.
Visitors are invited to explore the visual and written art at their own pace, to be inspired, to ask questions, and to browse through the book of artists’ statements.
Show runs through October • Included with Museum admission
Many of the originals are for sale, and several artists have prints, cards, and other items available in our gift shop.
Continue reading “Expanding Voices: perspectives on birding | 2021 community art show”