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2026 Featured Artist Ray Brown “Bonnie and Clyde” Charcoal on board
Waterfowl Festival | Easton, MD
For fifty-five years, the Waterfowl Festival in historic Easton, Maryland has used art to mirror the beauty of nature and inspire environmental stewardship. Each year, the festival presents a juried showcase of wildlife and sporting art – from paintings and sculptures to carvings and photography – that deepens appreciation for the outdoors.
The festival focuses on creating connections between the festival attendee and the wild open spaces on the Eastern Shore. The educational attractions, dock dog and retriever dog demonstrations, fishing demos, carving and painting exhibitions, and interactive drawing and carving lessons are some of the pathways used to create these connections - inspiring others to take notice and learn to care for the special place we call home.
Kids enjoying a decoy soap carving class
In addition to the festival weekend, programs such as the Community in Conservation grants and the William Perry Scholarship fund have contributed over six million dollars back into our community. Thousands of volunteers each year work together to make the festival a success at every level and something to celebrate each year. The festival contributes between five and six million dollars in positive economic impact regionally and around nine million dollars in state-wide impact in just one weekend. Visitors from 45 states and multiple countries come together for this much-anticipated event every second weekend in November.
Artistic expression here also advances the Festival’s mission of conservation. Every sale supports wetland restoration, youth environmental programs, and local nonprofits. In this way, art becomes action: visitors leave with nature-inspired treasures while helping protect wildlife and habitats for generations to come.
