Exhibitions and Publications

This season, the Fruitlands Museums Giftshop in Harvard, Massachusetts will continue to offer a selection of notecards, limited edition prints and original watercolors by Barry.  When you visit Fruitlands, make sure to stop by the Giftshop and see these offerings!

Following is a list of Barry’s exhibitions and publications (watch this page for updates).

Barry was Artist-in-Residence  at Fruitlands during the 2010 season.  

New Book illustrated by  Barry Van Dusen        edited by  Geoff Wisner

A YEAR OF BIRDS Writings on Birds from the Journal of

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

In coordination with the release of the book, Barry presented two exhibitions in

Concord, Massachusetts:

Barry’s paintings were on display from May 10 – July 25, 2024 at the Thoreau Farm, and he offered a gallery talk on May 11, 2024.

At the Walden Pond Visitors Center, Barry’s work was on display from May 2 – July 31, 2024.  

With 150 watercolors and field sketches by Barry Van Dusen and a foreword by celebrated naturalist Peter Alden, A Year of Birds showcases Henry David Thoreau’s writings on birds in a way never seen before.

Unlike previous collections, the observations in A Year of Birds are arranged by the day of the year, emphasizing the relationship of birds with their environment and the spiritual significance of the seasons.

With a focus on the town of Concord, Massachusetts, where Thoreau spent most of his life, A Year of Birds includes the best of Thoreau’s unparalleled descriptions of birds, from the red-tailed hawk to the Blackburnian warbler.  A Year of Birds also includes descriptions of hunting, trapping, skinning, and mounting birds, birds in museums, and birds as metaphor. Special sections are devoted to the passenger pigeon and to Thoreau’s “night warbler.”

A work of art as well as a work of literature, A Year of Birds will be welcomed by nature lovers, art lovers, and birders.

208 pages, 7” x 9”

Paperback $27.00

Full color illustrations throughout

Available May 2024 from Mercer University Press

www.mupress.org