The Ward Museum’s changing exhibits include six to eight rotating exhibitions each year in the LaMay and Welcome Galleries. The Andrews Emerging Artist Showcase Gallery provides further exhibit potential, focused on young and emerging artists. Below are the current and upcoming exhibits at the Ward Museum.
Feathers
May 20th, 2022 - September 18th, 2022

Flies
June 10th, 2022 - October 2nd, 2022
Fishing flies are designed as bait, to imitate insects and other treats at the end of a fly fisherman’s line. They are made from feathers, fur, and other delicate materials in a dazzling array of colors and textures. They require refined skill to create, and often look to be as much an art form as lure. Get to know the history and art of tied flies in this summer’s Welcome Gallery exhibit at the Ward Museum.

Carving Out Her Niche
September 23rd, 2022 - January 22nd, 2023
Women have been an important force in the field of carving since its inception. This new exhibit will bring light to the stories of many of wildfowl art’s most influential and inspirational women, from Edna Perdew (Henry, IL) and her work on Illinois river decoys, to Lynn Branson (Courtenay, BC, Canada), the only woman yet to win the World Championship titles – and four times at that! The exhibit will tell the history of women within the field of wildfowl carving beginning at the turn of the 20th Century through the present.

Pat Godin Waterfowl Carving
January 27th, 2023 - September 24th, 2023
Experience the life, work, and legacy of 17-time World Champion winner Pat Godin. His work has been displayed in the Ward Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, and in many private collections. Godin has the unique distinction of having won Best in World titles at the Ward World Championship at least once in each of the five decades of the competition’s existence. The exhibit will highlight the incredible work of one of the world’s most decorated carvers.
