Gallery Talk: Missy Dunaway

Date and Time

• Friday, Nov 21, 2025  6:30pm - 7:30pm

Location

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Join us for a gallery talk with Missy Dunaway as part of Contemporary Art at the Folger, a rotating series that showcases the work of Folger Artist Fellows.

Blending acrylic ink with research, Missy Dunaway investigates the connections between art, literature, history, and the natural world. Her ongoing project The Birds of Shakespeare visually catalogs every bird mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays and poems—at least 65 species!

Kick off the season by learning about the early modern holiday associations of three avian favorites: the Wild Turkey, Greylag Goose, and Eurasian Wren.

Missy Dunaway will be available to autograph her book The Traveling Artist: A Visual Journal after the Gallery Talk. To pre-order a copy of the book for pick up at the Folger Shop, use the code ‘MISSY25’.