As a two-year anniversary gift to ourselves, we’ve fit as many birdhouses into the gallery as possible.

Folks have been building birdhouses for hundreds of years! Nestboxes were used by Romans to capture birds for meat; now they are used to prevent the extinction of endangered species. The Choctaw and Chickasaw built birdhouses from dried gourds and the inhabitants served as crop defenders; a technique that was later adopted by English and German colonists. Within the Ottoman Empire, elaborate stone and tile palaces were built to house sparrows and swallows. Projecting architectural and domestic concepts onto nature is humanity’s pastime. BIRDHOUSE is an exhibition that explores this craft tradition in new (and old) ways.

Featuring work by:

David Onri Anderson, Hannah Banciella, Ty Barnes, Dillon Bryant, Justin Tyler Bryant, Leanna Hicks Carey, Arden Carlson, Emma Charles, Tim Crowder, Rachel Debuque, Ray Easley, Vincent Edwards, Jordan Eldridge, Audrey Elk, Andrew Gatti, Bob Jones, Pioneer Kamaboko, Will Krauland, Michael LeBlanc, Taylor Loftin, Linda Nguyen Lopez, Molly Martin, Katie McColgan, Mathew McConnell, Hannah McCormick, Noah Thomas Miller, Greely Myatt, Sonin Myatt, Kole Nichols, William J. O’Brien, Emil Orth, Landon Perkins, Coral Perry, Ryan Pierce, Justin Plakas, Caite Mae Ramos, Christian Schultz, Neka Schultz, Brendan Shea, Anoushé Shojae-Chaghorvand, Mack Sikora, Thew Smoak, Eugene Soler , Anna Stroud, Sergio Suárez, Will Sutton, Connor Tharp, Charlie Godet Thomas, Anika Todd, Chase Travaille, Payton Wiedner, James Williams, Chase Young, Jacquelin Zazueta