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AUDUBON: AMAZING WILDLIFE IN WOOD

BIRD AND WILDLIFE CARVING EXPOSITION

November 2 & 3, 2019

Audubon Nature Center and Aquarium, Bristol, RI

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Will it spread its wings and fly? Take a second look… bird carvers flock to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island’s 7th Annual Bird and Wildlife Carving Exposition on November 2 and 3, 2019. Audubon Environmental Education Center, 1401 Hope Street (Route 114), Bristol, Rhode Island. Photo credit Steve Shannon.

Bristol, R.I. – They may have chiseled features and feathers of wood, but these amazing works of art seem ready to flap their wings and fly.

 

Exquisitely carved songbirds, raptors, waterfowl and other wildlife will be showcased at the Audubon Society of Rhode Island Bird and Wildlife Carving Exposition on November 2 & 3 at the Audubon Nature Center and Aquarium, 1401 Hope Street (Route 114,) Bristol, Rhode Island.   

 

Acclaimed and award-winning artists from throughout New England and the Northeast will exhibit their incredibly life-like carvings of birds and other wildlife throughout the facility.

 

Carving demonstrations will be held.

 

A wide selection of pieces ranging from beautiful hand-carved feather pins to larger works valued from the hundreds into the thousands of dollars will be offered for sale.

 

Carvings by various artists will also be raffled off.  

 

For many collectors, this exposition is one of the most admired in New England.

 

Admission is $5/per person.  For more information visit www.asri.org

 

 The Audubon Society of Rhode Island, independent and unaffiliated with the National Audubon Society, was founded in 1897.

 

Today, with 17,000 members and supporters, the Audubon Society of Rhode Island is dedicated to education, land conservation, and advocacy. Audubon independently protects or owns almost 9,500 acres of woodlands and coastal property embracing diverse natural habitats.

 

More than 20,000 people participate annually in our education programming. A voice in statewide ecological issues, the Society actively fulfills its environmental stewardship through preservation and protection of Rhode Island’s natural heritage.

 

12 Sanderson Road ~ Smithfield, RI  02917-2600 ~ Phone: (401) 949-5454 ~ Fax: (401) 949-5788

Web www.asri.org and email: audubon@asri.org