Rex Brasher left an immense and inspiring body of work—874 paintings and 88,000 hand-colored prints of the birds of North America. He devoted his life to birds and was intent on sharing his love of painting and the natural world with everyone. He found the peace and inspiration to complete this monumental achievement on a 116-acre property in Chickadee Valley near Kent, Connecticut.
Your generous donation will help us build a museum to exhibit Rex’s work, develop educational curriculum, preserve his beloved woodland home, and establish an on-site residency program that will inspire a new generation of artists and naturalists to explore their connections to the natural world and share it with others. It will also help us advocate for the protection of birds and wildlife habitats.
Donating online is easy and secure. We’ve partnered with Anedot and Stripe to provide a quick and easy way to donate online via credit card, bank transfer, Google Pay, Apple Pay, and PayPal. Please consider an ongoing monthly donation to support our mission.
You can donate via check or money order using our post box. Please make checks out to “Rex Brasher Association” and mail them to:
Rex Brasher Association
PO Box 72, Kent, CT 06757
We’ve partnered with Fidelity Charitable to allow supporters to donate directly from their Fidelity accounts. When you sign into your Fidelity account, you can search for “Rex Brasher Association” or enter EIN 26-1458329.
If you are interested in donating goods or services or volunteering your time to the Rex Brasher Association, please contact us at hello@rexbrasher.org.
As you reflect on the values and passions that have shaped your life, we invite you to consider creating a lasting legacy through a planned gift. By including the Rex Brasher Association in your will or estate plan, you can help us share Rex's work, protect his woodland property, and inspire artists and naturalists for generations to come. If you'd like to discuss a legacy gift, please contact us at hello@rexbrasher.org.
The Rex Brasher Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
Are you an ornithologist, an artist, a historian, a printmaker, a preservationist, a photographer, or a graphic designer? Are you obsessively organized? Do you like old manuscripts, large data sets, writing grants? If so, you can help! Your expertise is a valuable asset and we welcome your contribution. If you'd like to volunteer, please contact us at hello@rexbrasher.org.
Corporate sponsorship is a great way to support our mission. We believe in using best-in-class products and services to design and build the Rex Brasher Museum, maintain Rex's 116-acre property, digitize and catalog our collection of artwork, and run our nonprofit in the most streamlined and efficient way possible. If you'd like to support us, please contact us at hello@rexbrasher.org.
Grants are an important source of larger funding opportunities. If you work at an organization that gives out grants specific to our mission or know of individuals who could write grants, please contact us at hello@rexbrasher.org.
One of the best ways to fulfill Rex Brasher's legacy is to spread the word. Rex's immense collection of paintings and prints has been largely hidden for nearly a century. You can help us share this treasure with the world. Tell your friends. Tell National Geographic. Tell the Smithsonian. Tell Clint Eastwood about Rex Brasher's crazy adventures on the Phalarope. Seriously, it's begging to become a movie.
Rex Brasher was enamored by birds. He loved their curious nature. But even a century ago he was acutely aware of onrushing human encroachment into delicate bird habitats. Rex Brasher's mission was to show us the wondrous beauty of birds and illustrate the delicate balance of their ecosystems. His mission was awareness, and that is even more relevant today.