As a conservation organization, we need to engage more people in solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss. We need to employ new creative approaches in order to increase the pace and scale of change needed to shift course towards a healthy future for all. Art is an effective way to communicate, formulate, and engage in solutions.
Our vision for the art and science partnerships we form is that, as a result of these efforts, the world will become a more inspiring and healthy place for all living organisms. We will see more vibrant, inclusive, and effective conservation solutions blossom and ripple out locally, nationally, and globally. We will see greater understanding and action to address the challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss.
Explore current efforts, past collaborations, and ways to get involved below.
Our Guiding Framework
Point Blue Conservation Science wishes and intends to proactively and reactively engage with artists in projects/pieces/events that promote and communicate conservation work in ever-evolving, impactful ways. This framework outlines the why, what, who, and how.
Through art and science collaborations, we seek to increase the number of people who:
- understand the value of nature and their relationship to it,
- know the challenges we face when nature is destroyed or threatened, and
- are actively participating in solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss.
We also seek to increase the depth of understanding and the impact of climate and biodiversity solutions.
Conservation Art & Science Advisory Committee
Are you an artist with a mission to address climate change, protect or celebrate nature, or support conservation of ecosystems? You may want to join our Conservation Art & Science Advisory Committee or Network.
Committee members provide support to staff and board at Point Blue in areas of strategic guidance, networking and resource connections, and art world expertise. Members commit to a 3 year engagement with possibility to renew. The Committee meets as needed with an average of 2-3 times per year.
Network members stay in touch via email communication and are invited to provide feedback on specific projects and attend Committee/Point Blue Art & Science events.
There are currently about 30 members on our committee and in our network that include author Amy Tan, nature artist and educator John Muir Laws, bird and nature artist Keith Hansen, and other nature journalers, art curators, musicians, visual artists, and poets.
View our board-approved committee charter here and our sign-up form here.
Art & Science Partnerships
We proactively engage with artists as well as say yes to collaborations when artists reach out to us. We look for and say yes to projects that support shared goals of ecosystem restoration, species and habitat protection, community engagement in solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss, and more.
Explore past and current projects below and reach out if you are interested in collaborating, funding collaborations, or learning more.
Get Involved
You can help the environment and support our work in lots of ways: becoming a conservation volunteer, attending our events, or following and sharing our blogs and newsletters.
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