Missy Dunaway is an interdisciplinary artist whose paintings reflect her research in the humanities. Currently, she is painting every bird cited by Shakespeare, a years-long pursuit taking her through The Bard’s 38 plays to analyze the symbolic significance of 66 species. Follow her progress at birdsofshakespeare.com. To learn about the concept, advisors, and research behind her textile series, visit missydunaway.com/textile-project Missy earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities and Arts from Carnegie Mellon University in 2010. A traveler at heart, she has attended numerous international artist-in-residence programs that provide the opportunity for extended visits and cultural immersion. She has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship, a Folger Institute Fellowship, the ArtPrize Educator Award, a New Student Scholarship to the Academy of Realist Art Boston, and traveled to Vietnam as a Four Seasons Envoy. Her illustrations are featured by Moleskine, Penguin Random House, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, and the Folger Shakespeare Library. Her first book, The Traveling Artist: A Visual Journal, was released in 2021 by G Editions.