Bird X Bird show

Joe Aiken, Love Crows, 2007

If you can’t tell, we’ve always had a thing for birds - which is only part of the reason why we love Bird X Bird, a non-profit organization in Minneapolis, MN, that holds an annual art-show to benefit the Audubon Center of the North Woods (ACNW) and the Eloise Butler Bird Sanctuary in Theodore Wirth Park.

Each year, Bird X Bird invites artists from all over the world to produce original artwork based on naturalist’s observations and avian data, collected by the ACNW, posted on the Bird X Bird website. An exhibition and silent auction of all the original artwork is then held in October, complete with live music and plenty of food & drink! Good fun for all!

Margi Grill, As the Crow Flies, 2007

The Bird X Bird website also serves as an archive of all the work that has been produced for the show – check it out to see some pretty great work.

And if you also happen to be a bird-minded artist and are interested in participating, they’re open to considering new submissions! Contact the project’s artistic director, Cynde Randall, for all the details: cynderandall@centurytel.net

All images c/o Bird X Bird