nature – Suffolk Center

Walk on the Wild Side 2023

Walk on the Wild Side
ON VIEW: APRIL 13 – MAY 11, 2023
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, APRIL 13, 5:30 – 7 PM
FREE and OPEN to the Public
PRESENTATION: MAY 11, 2023, 6 PM on The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife by wildlife biologist Susan Stanley

View ‘WALK on the WILD SIDE’ opening reception Facebook Photo Album

The Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts invites you to “Walk on the Wild Side” an exhibit of artwork showcasing the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. The exhibition will feature decoys and other animal carvings, sculptures, photographs, paintings, and drawings that highlight the beauty of nature. Works represent the Great Dismal Swamp, but do not have to be created in the Dismal Swamp. Featured artists: Edward Higinbotham, a woodcarver, and Wayne Martin a watercolorist.

33 ARTISTS:

Corby Amos • Robert Baker • Elizabeth Blanchard Bryan Branch • Kathryn Bunch • Gina Buzby • Dana Connor • Germaine Curry • Regina DeVal • Sharon Devlin • Gwen Elmore • Stephanie Faleski • Mick Grochowski • Bobbie Gunn • Edward Higinbotham • Debbie Hobbs • Tonya Hopson • Bonnie Horne • Valerie Johnson • Elizabeth Jones • Cindy Lane • Wayne Martin • Randall Maynard • Patrick Neary • John O’Neil III • Val Parnell • Mary Pawlowski • Linda Phillips • Pam Ponce • Karen Sallaz • Laura Schmidt • Lanier Williams • Terry Wylie

AWARDS: Juror Jim Gordon, an avid woodcarver from Suffolk, Virginia, awarded 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd place winner at the Opening Reception on April 13, 2023. “Walk on the Wild Side” People’s Choice Award is OPEN for voting until the end of the exhibition.

First Place: Linda Phillips / ‘Mom’s Resting’
Second Place: Bobbi Gunn / ‘Late October Skies’
Third Place: Bonnie Horne / ‘Barred Owl on Watch’

READ ‘WALK on the WILD SIDE’ Article / SNH April 5, 2023

READ ‘WALK on the WILD SIDE’ Article / SNH April 28, 2023

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge contains some of the most important wildlife habitat in the mid-Atlantic region. At near 113,000 acres, the refuge is the largest intact remnant of a vast swamp that once covered more than one million acres.

The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is the largest intact remnant of a vast forested wetland that once covered more than one million acres of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. The refuge is home to over 200 species of birds, nearly 100 species of butterflies and skippers, many turtles, numerous white-tailed deer, bobcats, otters, and one of the largest black bear populations on the east coast.