Birds in Art International Exhibit

Posted by: Kris Parins

Since 1976 the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum has organized Birds in Art annually, seeking to present the very best contemporary artistic interpretations of birds and related subject matter. Two- and three-dimensional artworks in all media other than crafts and photography are eligible. Approximately 100 works are selected by a jury review of digital images.

Birds in Art opens to the public on the first Saturday following Labor Day. This year’s 40th anniversary Birds in Art exhibition will be on view September 12 – November 29, 2015. Birds in Art opening weekend festivities are part of Wausau’s Artrageous Weekend.

Jurors Danny Bills (curator of collections and exhibitions, Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas), Virginia Eichhorn (director and chief curator, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada), and Terry Pitts (director emeritus, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa), spent a productive day reviewing 977 entries submitted by 607 artists before heading into the final round to select one work each by 102 artists to exhibit alongside that of past Master Artists.

image shown here: "Morning Mirror" by Kris Parins; watercolor on paper, 21 x 29