The Academy Art Museum and the Waterfowl Festival have been creative partners since 1971, a collaboration so long-running that Director Charlotte Potter Kasic jokes they’ve been “married” since the beginning. This year, she and Festival Director Deena Kilmon are bringing the partnership back to its roots by filling the AAM with true “Masters Gallery” works, high-end sporting art from national galleries like Copley Auction House, the Sportsman’s Gallery, and Red Fox Fine Art in Middleburg, Virginia.
They’re also adding something new: two pop-up shows that link past and present. One, in partnership with Salisbury University, highlights historic waterfowl carvings and paintings, including a rare collection of swans. The other presents contemporary wildlife-inspired art, from Spencer Tinkham’s abstract feather carvings to Tina Affiero’s glassworks that blend art and science. It’s a festival moment that honors tradition while keeping the art — and the story —alive in a very new way.
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