January 10 – February 22, 2020
Birds in Art features interpretations of avian wonders – from vibrant to tranquil – via original paintings, sculptures, and graphics created by artists around the nation. Whether in colored pencil, oil, pastel, wood, or bronze, artists depict the character, spirit, and habitats of birds of all kinds. Birds in Art is an annual juried exhibition organized by the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum of Art in Wausau, Wisconsin. The exhibition is made possible in part by funding from The City of Wichita Falls as administered by the Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture and MSU Texas with support from the Museum Trust.
Opening Reception
January 30, 5:30-7:30 P.M.
6 p.m. lecture presented by
Dr. Margaret Brown Marsden
Dean, McCoy College of Science, Mathematics & Engineering, and Associate Professor of Biology
Fold the Flock
Origami in the gallery during open hours
Programming for Birds in Art
Free and open to the public, except as noted.
Weekend Workshop
Ink Painting Birds with guest artist Laura Gillis
January 18, 1:30-4:30 pm
WFMA Art Classroom
Birds in Art Lecture Series
With scientist, ornithologist, teacher and lover of art Dr. Margaret Brown Marsden, Dean of the McCoy College of Science, Mathematics & Engineering and Associate Professor of Biology
January 30, 6:00 P.M.
WFMA Cannedy Event Hall
February 6 and 13, 10 A.M.
MSU Life Long Learning Center
Open to LLC Members and Guests, for individuals 50 years or older. Please contact 940-397-4814 or lifelonglearning@msutexas.edu for more information.
MSU Hoggard Reading Series
Dr. Jennie Case, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, University of Central Arkansas
Reading from her memoire, Sawbill: A Search for Place
February 12, 7 pm
WFMA Cannedy Event Hall
Audubon Great Back Yard Bird Count
Led by Dr. Margaret Brown Marsden
February 15
10 am Hot Chocolate and Bird Count Walk
11 am Wild Bird Rescue Education Station
12 pm Break
1:30 pm Watercolor Workshop
Museum Plaza at Sikes Lake
Weekend Workshop
Watercolor Birds
February 15, 1:30-4:30 pm
WFMA Art Classroom
Lecture and Exhibition Tour
“Art and Literature Bear Witness to Nature”
by artist and poet Judith Segura
February 20, 6:00 pm
WFMA Art Lounge