The Bronze Sculpture of Paul Rhymer
January 29 – March 28
Opening Reception: January 29, 5-7p.m.

The LaMay Gallery showcases a selection of bronzes by Paul Rhymer. Rhymer is a multiple Ward World Champion sculpture winner, and his pieces have been featured in many exhibitions, including the Society of Animal Artists’ Art and the Animal and the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum’s Birds in Art. His works appears in the Denver Zoo, the National Museum of Natural History, and the Hiram Blauvelt Museum of Wildlife Art.

 
Regional Carver Gary Yoder

March 19- June 13
Reception: March 19, 5-7pm

This exhibit is tenth in a series showcasing the talents of wildfowl artists living in the mid-Atlantic region. This season’s exhibition features the work of Gary Yoder of Grantsville, Maryland. This decorative carver, a resident artist of Spruce Forest Artisan Village in Grantsville, has won five first-place awards at the Ward World Championship. He is known for his wide variety of subject matter and elegant feather carvings. The exhibit also features the work of three of Yoder’s protégés, Sam Butt, Hazel Wright, and Kathy Hritz, offering a unique opportunity to see how each of these students has been influenced by Yoder’s tutelage.
 

Forty Years of Art, Nature, and Tradition: The Ward World Championship Retrospective
April 2 – May 9

The LaMay Gallery showcases a retrospective of decoys, decorative carvings and sculpture representing the winning pieces from the Ward World Championship’s forty-year history. This exhibit presents a unique opportunity to examine many previous winners and to see how techniques and trends in wildfowl carving have evolved over the years.