Idaho Sculptor’s Birds Grace International Juried Museum Exhibitions in the US

Aug. 27, 2009 - PRLog -- Cambridge, Idaho sculptor Ken Newman’s “Observing Grace”, a bronze curlew was chosen for the prestigious international Birds in Art exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wisconsin.  In addition, “Tale of Respect” a bronze pheasant was chosen for the 49th Annual Society of Animal Artists’ Art and the Animal exhibition at the Earl Bane Gallery at the Rolling Hills Wildlife Museum in Salina, Kansas.  

Ken is honored to be one of only 25 sculptors to be accepted into this prominent museum exhibition.  Birds in Art have presented the finest in contemporary artistic interpretations of birds since 1976. This year’s jurors Henry Moy, director of the Museum of Red River, Idabel Oklahoma; Gwen Pier executive director of the National Sculpture Society, New York City, and Joshua Rose, editor of the American and Western Art Collector Magazines, selected 113 from 545 artists from around the world who submitted 884 works of art.  

Birds in Art  includes the work of nearly 20 master wildlife artists including Robert Bateman, Carl Brenders, Tony Angell¸ Walter Matia and this year’s Master Artist John Busby from Scotland.  Ken will travel to Wausau to the Birds in Art exhibition and the weekend events including: a private and public museum reception, meals with museum sponsors and art enthusiasts and the artist retreat held at Point O’ Pines, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Family compound in Hazlehurst, Wisconsin.

An elite number of works in the Birds in Art exhibition will go on museum tour in 2011 to the Muskegon Museum of Art in Muskegon, Michigan; the Museum of the Red River in Idabel, Oklahoma; the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona; and the Wildling Art Museum in Los Olivos, California.

“Observing Grace” represents Ken’s interpretation of the curlew as it arrives in the spring to the pastures of Idaho for a short stay.  This sculpture reflects on Ken’s years of outdoor observations and over a month of almost daily viewing which brought this sculpture to fruition. The challenge was to capture the bird’s light and graceful manner in the heavy medium of bronze.

The Society of Animal Artists organization is based in NYC and will be celebrating its 49th Art and the Animal Exhibition in Kansas. Ken Newman’s wood sculptures have been juried in annually since 2004. This exhibition will also go on tour to several museum venues across the United States. “Tale of Respect” has already exhibited in seven museums and art exhibitions winning numerous awards in NY, SC, TX, WI, SD and CO.  Museum catalogs are available for each exhibition through the museums.

About Birds in Art
Birds in Art, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum’s annual fall classic in Wausau, WI has shown the work of more than 750 international artists in over 60 American and 14 international venues in its 33-year history. For more information about the show or the museum, visit http://www.lywam.org. Birds in Art opens Sept. 12, coinciding with Wausau’s Artrageous Weekend, a two-day, three-event art extravaganza on both sides of the Wisconsin River: Art in the Park at Marathon Park, the Festival of Arts in downtown Wausau and Birds in Art at the Woodson Art Museum. This year’s exhibition ends on November 15, with a portion of the exhibition going on tour across the US.

About The Society of Animal Artists - Art and the Animal Exhibition
The 49th Art and the Animal Exhibition is presented by the Society of Animal Artists, a 501c-3 organization formed to promote the animal art genre and is devoted to promoting excellence in the artistic portrayal of the creatures sharing our planet, and to the education of the public through its informative art seminars, lectures and teaching demonstrations. In 2010, they will be celebrating their 50th year exhibition at the San Diego Natural History Museum in California. http://www.societyofanimalartists.com.

About Ken Newman
Sculptor Ken Newman of Cambridge, Idaho is a member of the National Sculpture Society, the Society of Animal Artists, Allied Artists of America, Audubon Artists and the Artists for Conservation. His sculptures, both wood and bronze have been exhibited nationally in over 70 museums and arts exhibition venues, winning numerous awards and recognition for his unique interpretation of wildlife and the human form.

Ken Newman’s Fall 2009 Show Schedule Includes:
   
Bronze and Wood at Galerie Belle Ame in Eagle Idaho (September 4, First Friday Opening 4-9pm and Saturday September 5 from 11-4pm) http://www.galeriebelleame.com
   
Sculpture at the River Market in Little Rock, Arkansas (October 16-18) http://www.sculptureattherivermarket.com/
   
Waterfowl Festival in Easton, Maryland (November 13-15) http://www.waterfowlfestival.org  

Ken is represented by The Golden Lotus Gallery in Sedona, AZ, Vista Gallery in Tahoe Vista, CA, Indigo Gallery in Joseph, OR and locally in Idaho at Galerie Bella Ame in Eagle.

For more information about Ken Newman’s sculptures, call 208 337-8408 or visit his blog Sculpting on the Road at http://www.kennewman.blogspot.com.

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Ken Newman is a nationally reknown wildlife and figurative sculptor who travels the country...observing, interpreting and sculpting.