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The Overwintering Project is a local and regional visual arts project that links artists around Australia and New Zealand. The Wodonga Overwintering Project is to raise awareness about how our local wetlands habitats are tied directly to the global ecology by harboring migratory shorebirds. Migratory shorebirds are Australia’s most endangered group of birds. his local project seeks to raise awareness of how inland wetland sites such as Wonga and Winton Wetlands and each possess a unique combination of physical and biological features that make the perfect sanctuaries for specific migratory shorebirds to return to year after year.
The birds fly the East Asian-Australasian Flyway from as far away as the Arctic Circle and spend most of their migratory cycle here (Sept/Oct – April/May). The migratory shorebirds that have been sighted at Wonga Wetlands: Great Knot, Latham’s Snipe, Red-necked Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper
Creator’s Artspace, Wodonga has coordinated the project which has consisted of a number of artist’s field trips to the local Wonga Wetlands where observations, sketches and photographs of birds and their habitat have been used to complete individual artworks. In May a two-day eco-dying and print workshop and a cyanotype workshop allowed a number of the artists to commence their work for the project.
The first exhibition will include prints completed in the workshop and other works of any media. Some works from the Overwintering Project Print Portfolio will also be displayed.
The second exhibition will be a photographic exhibition curated by Paul Temple. Artists can choose to donate all or part of their sales to the conservation of migratory shorebirds and their habitat.