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CROWDS OF A FEATHER MIGRATE TO PACIFIC FLYWAY
FESTIVAL CELEBRATING AMERICA’S OLDEST ART FORM
Nation’s Top Experts Compete, Carve, Paint, And Float At
The Pacific Flyway Decoy Association’s 43rd Annual Classic Art Festival
SACRAMENTO, CA – America’s oldest art form will be celebrated in magnificent
style when the top U.S. and Canadian professional and amateur birding
enthusiasts, carvers and artists gather in Sacramento for the popular 43rd Annual
Pacific Flyway Decoy Association’s Classic Wildlife Art Festival, Saturday and
Sunday, July 13-14, 2013, DoubleTree Hotel Sacramento, 2001 Point West Way.
“Birders,” novices and kids of all ages flock to the event celebrating traditional wildlife
artworks with carving and “Will it float?” contests, fine art displays, priceless antique
decoys, sculpture and interactive activities for the kids.
A special feature of this year’s festival is the Fancy Painted Decoy National
Championship, one of the most popular categories for noted carvers and painters of this
American art form. Robert Steiner, America’s foremost duck stamp artist and winner of
the 2013 Federal duck stamp contest, will also be on hand at the event. Master carvers
will lead an advanced painting techniques demonstration, a “how to” antique-your-work
session, as well as a workshop on the intricate art of constructing bird legs and feet.
Workshops for novices are also offered for those who share a love of all things wildlife.
The second longest running decoy carving festival in the nation, the event benefits
the Pacific Flyway Decoy Association’s education programs that emphasize the beauty
of our native bird population and the original American art form of decoy carving, right
here in the heart of the Pacific Flyway.
EVENT DETAILS
Pacific Flyway Decoy Association 43rd Annual Classic Wildlife Art Festival
DoubleTree Hotel, 2001 Point West Way, Sacramento CA 95815
Saturday, July 13, 2013
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
FEATURES: Mini “How To” workshops, fascinating demonstrations throughout each
day, judged competitions, stunning wildlife art exhibition and sale, “hands
on” art and educational activities for kids, raffles, door prizes and more!
TICKETS: $5.00 for the weekend, children under 12 years of age—FREE!
INFO:
www.pacificflyway.org
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43rd Annual Pacific Flyway Decoy Association’s Classic Wildlife Art Festival
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Whether you’re an avid outdoor enthusiast, woodworker, birdwatcher, hunter, or
fisherman, the weekend festival is an opportunity to marvel at the stunning art of
capturing wildlife in action through carvings, sculpture and paintings…
Kids Activities…
Want to paint a Redhead Duck?
Kids will enjoy painting a carved bird art piece, a Redhead Duck, in step-by-step
fashion, to the finished work of art.
Or, migrate like waterfowl…
A fun, educational activity takes kids on a journey, like migrating waterfowl, in search of
six specific birds on the festival’s exhibition floor. When the migration is completed,
everyone receives a migration certificate, the same as those used by The Federal
Migratory Research Program (that shows where a bird was banded, migrated and
collected).
For Adults And Kids To Enjoy On The Festival’s Exhibition Floor…
Judged art, paint and float decoy competitions that include artists from the age of 17
years of age to 90!
Endless displays of wildfowl carvings, decoys, songbirds and priceless antique
decoys.
Top experts from throughout the U.S. will lead “how to” demonstrations in carving,
painting, airbrushing, texturing and tool operating techniques—eager to share their craft
with the growing population of wildlife enthusiasts.
Exhibitors will sell carving supplies, sculptures, books, wildlife artwork, prints,
photography and original watercolors—showcasing the many art forms that capture
wildlife beauty.
The Pacific Flyway Decoy Association is a 501 C 3 non-profit association, dedicated to
the preservation of wildfowl art through education. The organization and its remarkable
history is now archived in the Library of Congress.
EXCELLENT PHOTO AND FEATURE OPPORTUNITY.
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