The Easter Decoy & Art Festival will be held on April 2nd & 3rd at Chincoteague High School. The event will feature local carvers, artwork and lunch featuring Jonithan’s “Up the Bay” clam chowder, pulled pork/ chicken salad sandwiches,and more. The show will include the Chincoteague Island Family YMCA, kicking off their collectible art brick [...]
National Waterfowl Week at Chincoteague Wildlife Refuge is November 26-29, 2009. Bird watchers, photographers and nature lovers pour into Virginia during National Waterfowl Week at Chincoteague Wildlife Refuge. The annual event is extremely popular among birders and travelers to Chincoteague and Assateague Islands. The star attraction are the snow geese, which arrive by the thousands [...]
The 17th annual Eastern Shore Birding & Wildlife Festival will be held Sept. 17-20, 2009. This showcase of Virginia’s Eastern Shore will wow birders and nature lovers alike. Whether it’s a hike on an untamed barrier island or boat tour to the Shore’s secret places, this festival celebrates one of nature’s most amazing spectacles. During [...]
A website dedicated to nautical art features listings of local Virginia artists as well as news, events and articles. The site, www.nautical-art.org showcases nautical and marine artwork, with a wide range of categories. Artists that wish to promote their work on the site have a several options. Basic features include free listings in the site’s [...]
Local waterfowl artist Wally Makuchal, Jr. has announced the sale of a limited number of 2009-2010 Maryland Duck Stamp prints. The prints depict a pair of Blue-winged Teal enjoying a quiet winter morning alongside a partially frozen Delmarva pond. The original work took top honors at the 2009-2010 Maryland Migratory Gamebird Stamp Design Competition held [...]