The Opening Reception for our winter exhibition "Birds in Art" will be Friday, February 23, 2018, 6-8pm. The opening reception is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. This exhibition will be on view in the Stamford Museum galleries through May 28, 2018.

Please RSVP by Monday, February 19 to rsvp@stamfordmuseum.org or by calling 203-977-6521.

Birds, in all of their majesty and fragility, connect us with the natural world and have been the source of artistic inspiration for millennia. Today, talented artists from across the globe vie for membership in the exclusive cadre of avian artists chosen to exhibit in "Birds in Art." Now into its fifth decade, Birds in Art is recognized around the world as the exhibition that sets the standard for avian art.

Organized by The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum of WausauWisconsin, this exhibition presents a juried collection of 60 outstanding contemporary artistic interpretations of birds and related subject matter. Two- and three-dimensional artworks in all media, except crafts and photography, are included. More than 60 artists have created original paintings, sculptures, and graphics, within the past three years, for inclusion in this 42nd annual exhibition. Wildlife enthusiasts, ornithologists, and backyard birders will be delighted by the quality and variety of the artworks that capture birds in all their natural splendor. Cover photo by Michael Dickter.