With your help, we’ve protected over 25,000 acres of Bog for future generations!
We have begun accepting Tiny Bird Art for the 2025-2026 Fundraising Season!
Please submit your artwork for this year via this link: 2026 Tiny Bird Art Registration
Time for TINY BIRD ART 2026 submissions!
STEPS TO SUBMITTING ART
These original works of art will be featured on our website from when we receive them until when the Online Auction begins
ONLINE AUCTION WILL RUN FROM 8am CST THURSDAY JANUARY 22 TO 6pm SUNDAY JANUARY 25, 2026.
HOW?: You create an original piece of bird art (Any medium EXCEPT PHOTOGRAPHY) that measures 6×6”/5×7” or smaller (NO EXCEPTIONS)(8×8 including the matte or frame). Why this size limitation? Because we have to mail these out to winners and we use envelopes or small/medium boxes.
If you have questions, please email Sara at info@saxzim.org.
WHAT?: All we ask is that the artist create an ORIGINAL piece of bird art. Must be 2-Dimensional (no carvings, sculptures) and be able to be mailed in an envelope or a small/medium box. No prints, reproductions, copies allowed. You must submit the original art piece.
Art does not need to be framed…But it will fetch a higher price if it is. Unmatted art on paper generally does not sell and will not be accepted. Please use a matte or frame if submitting art on paper.
SUBJECTS ALLOWED: Only birds found in the Sax-Zim Bog…Boreal birds preferred. OWLS are always popular (Great Gray, Hawk Owl, Boreal Owl, Saw-whet Owl), but any boreal bird including Black-backed Woodpecker, Boreal Chickadee, White-winged Crossbill, Sharp-tailed Grouse, warblers, magpies, redpolls, Rough-legged Hawk, Northern Shrike, PIne Grosbeak, etc. is great. You can see our Sax-Zim Bird List here.
MEDIUMS ALLOWED …Oils, Watercolor, Pencil, collage, wood marquetry, cut paper, stained glass…whatever! Small canvases are sold at many art supply shops including Michaels. Must be 2-dimensional (no carvings, no sculptures). Only BIRDS as subjects. NO PHOTOGRAPHY please. ONLY ORIGINAL ART ACCEPTED. NO prints or reproductions please.
HOW MANY CAN I SUBMIT?: We ask that each artist submitting for the first time only send 1-3 original pieces. Artists that have submitted in the past may submit up to 6 original pieces. (FOSZB Tiny Bird Art committee has the disgression to bundle 2 or more pieces of artwork when deemed appropriate).
WHEN?: As soon as possible! But we are flexible. Please fill out your online submission no later than January 10, 2026…but, as I said, sooner is great! Remember, the earlier you get us your art, the longer it will be on online display for the public.
WHERE?: Mail art to Tiny Bird Art, c/o Lori Williams, 617 Irving Place, Duluth, MN 55812. Must be received by Lori by January 15, 2026 or it will not be included in the auction.
INCLUDED IN PACKAGE?: artwork plus your name and contact info (All other info will be entered by you on our submission form via the link below).
***Any art that does not meet the above criteria will not be eligible for the Tiny Bird Art auction but remains the property of FOSZB to be sold at an in-person fundraiser in the future.
All proceeds from this auction will go towards our Mission to Preserve & Protect the Greater Sax-Zim Bog.
Thank you in advance!
For questions please contact Sara at info@saxzim.org.
GALLERY OF ART SUBMITTED FOR PREVIOUS TINY BIRD ART AUCTIONS
