For the past 37 years the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wisconsin has hosted a juried exhibit of fine art featuring birds. It called Birds in Art. Of the 600 artists worldwide who applied for the 2012 show only about 100 were accepted. The art included oils, watercolor, pastels and sculpture.
40 of the best pieces from the show are touring the country and are currently in our area through May 3rd at the Newington-Cropsey Foundation in Hastings. All the artwork is very good, some of it is spectacular.
If a rainy April day has you yearning to be outside watching birds, go inside instead and head for the Newington-Cropsey Foundation instead. Bird indoor. The building and the grounds are lovely. The birds are stationary and not flitting around. And surprisingly, there is no cost. It is free. Nada.
Another unusual element to the exhibit is that it is not open on the weekends, only on Monday thru Friday and only in the afternoons from 1:00 PM – 5:00.
Contact information:
The Newington-Cropsey Foundation
25 Cropsey Lane
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
(914) 478-7990
www.newingtoncropsey.com
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