Dead Bird Society

INSTAGRAM: @deadbirdsociety_auarts

Dead Bird Society is a longtime, weekly run group running within AUArts that provides students the opportunity to draw and learn about animal specimens and other found artefacts. We focus on observational drawing with the help of faculty member Karl Geist who provides our specimens. These specimens vary from a vast array of birds, bones, fossils, and other small mammal specimens. The club is open to anyone, both alumni, faculty, and current students.

Alongside the weekly meets, the club has run multiple successful field trips in the past, with the most recent being the Bow Habitat Station and the Royal Tyrrell Museum. We also run a gallery every Gallery Crawl, in which students are encouraged to submit their work made both in and outside of the club.