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The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury MD
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The public is invited to a free reception Friday, February 10, 5-7 p.m. to celebrate the opening of "Making Her Mark: A Showcase of Women Carvers". This exhibit will be on display in the museum February 10 - April 1, 2012. In honor of Women’s History Month, the Ward Museum features an exhibit of carvings by women from the early twentieth century to the present day. Although birdcarving is associated strongly with men, women have been carving since at least the 1920s, when Helen Lay S...
Roland E. Powell Convention Center, Ocean City, MD
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The World Championship is an international event where carvers, collectors, and visitors convene at the end of each April in Ocean City, MD each year. Win daily door prizes. See World class wildfowl art. Shop at over 70 exhibitors selling fine art, folk art, home decorating items, jewelry and art supplies. Bid in benefit auction of world class carvings, decoys and art Saturday at 3 p.m. Bring children to the Kids Corner. Hours: Friday - 10am-5pm; Saturday - 9am-5pm, Awards 5pm; Sunday - 10am-4pm...
The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury MD
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The public is invited to a free reception Friday, June 15, 2012, 5-7 p.m., to celebrate the opening of "Something to Crow About: A Cultural History of the Chicken". One of the most common and widespread domestic animals, chickens have been providing meat and eggs for humans for at least 5000 years. In fact, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird. From the backyard to the table, chickens have played an important role in the culture of the Eastern Shore for gener...
The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury MD
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The public is invited to a free reception Friday, July 13, 2012, 5-7 p.m., to celebrate the opening of "The Photography of A. Aubrey Bodine". In photographic circles around the world, A. Aubrey Bodine (1906-1970) was regarded as one of the finest pictorialists of the twentieth century. His pictures were exhibited in hundreds of prestigious shows, in scores of museums, and he won awards against top competition. His photographs were seen in the Sunday Sun, numerous books and magazi...
The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury MD
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Enter and view photographs in the Art in Nature Photo Festival. The competition is part of weekend activities held at the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art. The weekend kicks off Friday evening with a keynote speaker and reception. On Saturday and Sunday the lobby of the museum turns into a Photography Market Place. Lectures and demonstrations are offered throughout the weekend by renowned photographers. Entries are displayed in the galleries of the museum. Judging takes ...
The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury MD
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The annual Chesapeake Wildfowl Expo is a weekend of festivities. Friday and Saturday the parking lot of the Ward Museum becomes a market place for buy, sell and trade of antique and contemporary waterfowling items. Free appraisals of decoys available both days. Friday evening is a pig roast. Tickets for the pig roast may be purchased in advance at the museum gift shop. Saturday the Chesapeake Challenge and ‘Old’ Decoy Competitions are held along with carving demonstrations, and children pr...
