Overview
As winter fades away, the world begins to stir with life. Fly Away Home celebrates the season of renewal through the imagery of birds returning home. Each work captures birds in the artist’s personal style, reflecting the timeless ritual of the great migration. The journey can span miles and seasons as spring calls them back to their homeland.
This return is more than physical; it symbolizes comfort, belonging, and restoration. Like the birds that travel great distances to nest again, we too seek spaces that ground us and bring peace. As winter loosens its grip, we return outdoors to embrace the sun, the wind, and the symphony of nature. We rejoice in the sounds of birds calling, breezes carrying the scent of blossoms, and the warmth of light on our skin. Through a series of prints, this exhibition invites visitors to reflect on their own journey back to places of comfort and renewal as spring approaches.
This return is more than physical as it symbolizes comfort, belonging, and restoration. Like the birds that travel great distances to nest again, we too seek spaces that ground us and bring peace. As winter loosens its grip, we return outdoors to embrace the sun, the wind, and the symphony of nature. We rejoice in the return of birds calling, breezes carrying the scent of blossoms, and the warmth of light on our skin. Through a series of prints, this exhibition invites visitors to reflect on their own journey back to places of comfort and renewal as spring approaches.
Above (left to right): Anne Goldthwaite (American, 1869–1944), The Visitor, about 1942, etching on paper, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of Lucy and Richard Goldthwaite, 1972.22; John James Audubon (American, born England, 1793–1878), Black-bellied Darter, 1836, from the portfolio, The Birds of America, Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, engraving with etching, aquatint, and hand coloring on paper, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of the Weil Print Endowment in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Weil, Sr., 2011.14
Gallery
Organizer
Organized by the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama.
Exhibition Sponsors
Annual support for exhibitions is made possible by the following sponsors and grantors:
Lead Sponsors and Grantors: Alabama State Council on the Arts, Art Bridges Foundation, Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC, Mr. and Mrs. Barrie H. Harmon, Ill, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC, Lamar Advertising of Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. James K. Lowder, Poarch Band of Creek Indians, and Mrs. Helen Till
Sponsors: Mr. Owen Aronov, Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Runkle, Sabel Steel, The S. Adam Schloss Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Weil, III, Laurie J. Weil, D.V.M. and Dr. Tommy Wool, and Ms. Helen Crump Wells
Co-sponsors: Mr. and Mrs. Sam Adams, Alabama Trucking Association, AmeriFirst Bank, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Campbell II, CAPTRUST, Dr. Robert Combs, Crum Family Charitable Foundation, Mrs. Camille Elebash-Hill, Harmon Dennis Bradshaw, Inc., Mrs. Ann Hubbert, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Ives, Mr. and Mrs. L. Daniel Morris, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Mussafer, Dr. Alfred J. Newman, Jr., River Bank & Trust, Russell Construction of Alabama, Inc., Ms. Micki Beth Stiller, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Taylor, and Warren Averett, LLC.
Special thanks to the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
