Written for The Villager
For the third year, the Jamestown Audubon Society is showcasing art in nature for all to see. July 18 and 19 on the Audubon grounds, people will be able to take in nature’s beauty for only a $5 admission fee. All proceeds go to the Jamestown Audubon Society. The art show will be open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The art show will feature some of the more usual artistries including, painters, photographers, wood carvers, ceramic artists, print makers and jewelers. The show will also feature some of the more unique and unusual forms of art, those working with pressed flowers, painting on feathers, bookbinding, fiber artists and many others.
Also present at “Art in the Woods” are musical entertainers; the bluegrass band “Old Dogs” as well as a roaming fiddler, flutist and guitarist, Ruth Lundin said, president of the Jamestown Audubon Society.
Janet Mandel, co-chairman of the art show, added that along with the musicians there will be “fairy” dancers at the art show.
The show will feature 46 artists, such as Bob Grubbs, Brad Wiley, Bradley Jackson, Bonnie Eastwood, Ron Johnson, Mark Van de Bogart, Jonnie DeSimone and many more.
“Everything is hand made and these are professional artists who love nature and have spent all their entire lives working within whatever there media is and within nature as well, so anyone loving nature and loving art will have a great time … there’s a lot for people to enjoy,” Mandel said.
Twelve artists will be inside the Nature Center, as the rest will be set up on the grounds of the center. While viewing many artists work, people will be able to walk the grounds expansive 5 miles of paths, as well as enjoying their gardens.
Food at the show will be in a picnic style, including food items such as hamburgers, hotdogs, vegetarian wraps and dessert crapes. For those willing to try a different form of hotdog, there will be a limited number of moose dogs available, which are made from the meat of moose’s.
For the past two years, the art show has reached 2,000 people and Mandel hopes that “Art in the Woods” will be able to reach 2,000 people if not surpass that amount.
There will also be many different activities for children to be able to enjoy while at the show. Besides all the artwork, there will be a children’s tent where they will be able to make drums and collages, have their faces painted. Children will also be able to enjoy a puppet show, the many exhibits about Biodiversity, see live animals such as turtles, frogs and snakes, fish with magnets to see all the species around the area, walk the trails, and enjoy story time on Sunday in the herb garden.
“Our exhibits are about biodiversity and that is celebrating all the wide spectrum of plants and animals that people can find right here in Western New York, and … show how many different kinds of species of animals and plants that people can find in the area, ” Lundin said.
“Art in the Woods” used to be known as “Nature Art Festival,” but as the years went by and the show grew it became difficult to manage and actually stopped for a few years. But when Mandel started to discuss the possibility of restarting the art show, it was renamed.
A hope for the art show is that it will bring people in and show them all that the Audubon Society has to offer. “Many people have never been to the Jamestown nature center and don’t even know it’s there,” Mandel said. “So if they come they can see what the center has to offer.” Such as, educational programs, paths, gardens, exhibits, the “Little explores” group, the society’s bald eagle Liberty, cross-country skiing in the winter, as well as many other special activities and programs throughout the year.
For more information about “Art in the Woods” or the Audubon, visit www.jamestownaudubon.org or call 716-569-2345.
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