Flights of Discovery Exhibition

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Date & Time: Sunday, April 18, 2010 - Monday, November 15, 2010
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Suggested Audiences: Elders, Adult, College, High School, Middle School, Elementary
Location:
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Fruitlands Museum
Wayside and Ell Gallery
102 Prospect Hill Rd.
Harvard, MA 01451
Cost: Free with Museum full Admission.
Promotions: Public Woo Card: WOO Card holders receive 1 Free Admission with 1 Paid Adult Admission
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Description: Barry Van Dusen is an internationally recognized wildlife artist living in central Massachusetts. His articles and paintings have been featured in Bird Watcher's Digest, Birding, and Birder's World magazines and he has illustrated a variety of natural history books and pocket guides in association with the Massachusetts Audubon Society. His work has been exhibited regularly in the prestigious Birds in Art Exhibition as well as in many galleries in the United States and Europe.

Van Dusen will introduce his work in the Flights of Discovery exhibition at the official opening on June 5th at an artists reception from 6-7:30PM. The lecture is free with museum admission. The exhibit runs through November 15, 2010. The Oils, watercolors and prints shown at the Museum Wayside and neatly arranged in categories: songbirds, shorebirds, birds of wetlands or grasslands feathered friends, other nature and New England landscapesrange in price from $250 to $5000.

Van Dusen will also have a display in the Ell Gallery at Fruitland Farmhouse of his ornithological illustrations for books like bird guides. Additionally, a PowerPoint presentation of his process of painting called Nature Artist at Work, field to studio to production, will be shown.
More Information: Website: http://www.fruitlands.org/vandusen
E-mail: education@fruitlands.org
Phone: 978-456-3924
Entered by: Robert J Atomic Design (atomicdesign@charter.net)

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Created: April 8, 2010 at 5:15 PM
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