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Drawing and Painting Birds with Chris Selin

Watercolor Painting of a Finch by Chris Selin, shown with permission

Are you captivated by the forms and movements of birds? Tap into your creative side as you explore the world of flight and color.

Join artist Chris Selin as we explore the world of birds at the Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington, Vermont. You will study the museum’s skeleton and feather collections, Bob Spear’s dioramas, and also follow the movements of birds as you visit bird feeders. This workshop will touch briefly on anatomy before exploring various art materials, types of birds, and their movements.

The cost of the workshop includes admission to the Bird of Vermont Museum for the entire day!

Davis Studio will supply sketch and watercolor paper, graphite pencils, watercolor pencils, watercolors, palettes, and brushes. Students can bring their own sketchbooks and any other art materials they wish to use.

Optional/Recommended : phone with camera or camera and water bottle, lunch, and snacks.

Cost : $75 / session
Register at https://www.hisawyer.com/davis-studio/schedules/activity-set/1883327?source=camps

Register for one or both sessions:

  • Saturday, June 27 • 10am-1pm
  • Tuesday, August 18 • 10am – 1pm

Questions about this workshop or supplies? Please email Adult Program Director Kat Lawlis : klawlis@davisstudiovt.com

Drawing and Painting Birds with Chris Selin

Watercolor Painting of a Finch by Chris Selin, shown with permission

Are you captivated by the forms and movements of birds? Tap into your creative side as you explore the world of flight and color.

Join artist Chris Selin as we explore the world of birds at the Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington, Vermont. You will study the museum’s skeleton and feather collections, Bob Spear’s dioramas, and also follow the movements of birds as you visit bird feeders. This workshop will touch briefly on anatomy before exploring various art materials, types of birds, and their movements.

The cost of the workshop includes admission to the Bird of Vermont Museum for the entire day!

Davis Studio will supply sketch and watercolor paper, graphite pencils, watercolor pencils, watercolors, palettes, and brushes. Students can bring their own sketchbooks and any other art materials they wish to use.

Optional/Recommended : phone with camera or camera and water bottle, lunch, and snacks.

Cost : $75 / session
Register at https://www.hisawyer.com/davis-studio/schedules/activity-set/1883327?source=camps

Register for one or both sessions:

  • Saturday, June 27 • 10am-1pm
  • Tuesday, August 18 • 10am – 1pm

Questions about this workshop or supplies? Please email Adult Program Director Kat Lawlis : klawlis@davisstudiovt.com

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July 2025 events

Grandfather and grandchild exploring for butterflies

Well, we have a “happenin’ summer!”

Arts events are the big focus in July, with a concert, a workshop, and a reception. If you need something a bit more detailed, try the Butterfly and Big Walk. If you want quiet reflection, there’s another Forest Sit. Need to stomp some feet? Drop by the Blues for Breakfast concert at the Huntington Rec Field.

Scroll on down and find out more!

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Bird-craft for Community & Conservation

Enjoy a hands-on workshop where people of all ages and skill levels “craft for a cause” by creating soft-sculpture replicas of real birds lost to collisions and learn practical ways we can help protect birds in the built environment.

Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene leads this event at the Birds of Vermont Museum. They are a community art and advocacy project raising awareness about bird building collisions—a leading cause of bird mortality in the United States.

Included with museum admission (free for museum members!).

Register online, or call us (802 434-2167), or just drop in!

Outdoors if weather permits
All ages & skill levels welcome! All materials provided!

More About the Workshop

Make a small fabric bird based on a real migratory bird found in Vermont for Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene, a community-sourced conservation art project. Learn about migratory birds in Vermont and the hazards of glass windows, while we craft together.

At this bird-crafting workshop, you will decorate a small, pre-made fabric “bird body” with natural fabrics and small decorations like beads, shells, and buttons that you choose from our supplies. You’ll attach them using water-soluble tacky glue. The aim is to make your bird resemble a real bird species affected by building collisions. But, no pressure! You don’t have to be an artist or a crafter to use your imagination to bring a bird to life.

SPECIES WE’LL BE CRAFTING:

  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Magnolia Warbler
  • American Redstart
  • Ovenbird
  • Cedar Waxwing
  • Brown Creeper
  • Swamp Sparrow

Our “sculptures” will become part of a traveling art exhibit of 10,000+ birds, raising awareness about bird building collisions in the United States, a leading cause of bird mortality. Every year, nearly 2 billion birds die after colliding with glass in our country. Migratory birds are disproportionately affected by collisions.

Come craft a bird, bring a friend, meet new friends, and enjoy a wonderful morning of “crafting for a cause.” 

See one of the workshops in action! https://www.instagram.com/p/C9UyjXhRx0u/?hl=en

A Naturalist’s Guide to Drawing and Painting Birds (August)

Watercolor Painting of a Finch by Chris Selin, shown with permission

Explore the beauty of nature through art in this workshop at the Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington, VT. We will be tapping into the rich resource of Bob Spear’s dioramas and the museum’s natural history library to draw and paint birds in their natural habitats. Touching on bird anatomy and reflecting on habitats, we will use watercolor and colored pencils for our artworks.  3–hour workshop (Includes all materials)

Instructor: Chris Selin, an instructor with the Davis Studio, and one of the Museum’s exhibiting artists.

Register with the Davis Studio at https://davisstudiovt.com/product/a-naturalists-guide-to-drawing-and-painting-birds-summer-2025/

Time: 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Location: Birds of Vermont Museum, 900 Sherman Hollow Rd, Huntington, VT 05462

The workshop will begin with observing and sketching skeletons, feathers, and colors from the collection. Then, the Instructor will demonstrate techniques using watercolor, watercolor pencils, and regular colored pencils. Studio time will allow students to complete a realistic bird composition.

Davis Studio will supply sketch and watercolor paper, graphite pencils, watercolor pencils, watercolors, palettes, and brushes. Students will provide their own sketchbooks and any other art materials they wish to use. Optional/Recommended : phone with camera or camera and water bottle, lunch, and snacks.

Questions about this workshop or supplies? Please email Adult Program Director Kat Lawlis : klawlis@davisstudiovt.com

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A Naturalist’s Guide to Drawing and Painting Birds (July)

Colored pencil illustration of ducklings by Chris Selin

Explore the beauty of nature through art in this workshop at the Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington, VT. We will be tapping into the rich resource of Bob Spear’s dioramas and the museum’s natural history library to draw and paint birds in their natural habitats. Touching on bird anatomy and reflecting on habitats, we will use watercolor and colored pencils for our artworks.  3–hour workshop (Includes all materials)

Instructor: Chris Selin, an instructor with the Davis Studio, and one of the Museum’s exhibiting artists.

Two options:
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 : Register for July 8
or Saturday, August 9, 2025: Register for August 9

Time: 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Location: Birds of Vermont Museum, 900 Sherman Hollow Rd, Huntington, VT 05462

The workshop will begin with observing and sketching skeletons, feathers, and colors from the collection. Then, the Instructor will demonstrate techniques using watercolor, watercolor pencils, and regular colored pencils. Studio time will allow students to complete a realistic bird composition.

Davis Studio will supply sketch and watercolor paper, graphite pencils, watercolor pencils, watercolors, palettes, and brushes. Students will provide their own sketchbooks and any other art materials they wish to use. Optional/Recommended : phone with camera or camera and water bottle, lunch, and snacks.

Questions about this workshop or supplies? Please email Adult Program Director Kat Lawlis : klawlis@davisstudiovt.com

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Brook Trout carving workshop

Carve your ownbrook trout in this one-day class with David TuttleCarve and paint a Brook Trout with David Tuttle of the Green Mountain Woodcarvers. Wood blank, eyes, snacks, and coffee provided.

Saturday, February 20 at the Birds of Vermont Museum (map) • 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

All levels welcome. Do bring your tools and gloves if you have them; if you don’t, let us know. Dave often brings some knives, gloves, etc. to sell. Please bring your lunch.

Great for adults and teens. Younger kids need parental permission and Cub Scouts could show their Whittling Chip.

$30 for Museum and GMWC members • $40 for everyone else

Call 802 434-2167 or email museum@birdsofvermont.org to pre-register.

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Fabulous Fall Festival

Come to our annual Fall Festival!

Fabulous Fall Festival
Saturday, October 13 • 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Live birds, music, soap and wood carving, kids’ crafts, face painting, and more!
$2 / Free if you are 3 and under or show your Museum or Green Mountain Woodcarver membership card

Our schedule of events (but check when you get here to be sure):
10:00    Carving  Workshop : Spirit faces in bark  (2 hours; $10 fee but this includes all-day admission also)
11:00    Soap Carving
11:00    Live Music by Northeast Field (terrific Celtic music)
1:00      Live Bird Talk
2:00      Soap Carving
2:15      Face Painting
3:00      Nature Note cards
3:59      Announcing Winner of the Kids Raffle

 

All Day / Ongoing:

  • Admire the Art Contest Entries and discover the Winners (Pick up your ribbon and prize if it’s you)
  • Used Books and Other Treasures Sale
  • Explore the Museum (can you find all 535 eggs? Did we count right?)
  • Get a ticket for a Raffle: Kids Raffle (Saturday only) and Decoy Raffle (winner announced October 31)
  • Scavenger Hunts
  • Nature Quests
  • Live birds at our feeders, in the woods, in the meadoews
  • Snacks available for sale
  • Yet more games and crafts
  • Walking trails (have you found the pond? The stone wall? The new bench? All the items on the Unnatural Trail?)

 Looking forward to seeing you!

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