The AFC 2012 Festival will return to Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver from October 13 through October 21st. AFC Gala Fundraiser and VIP Preview will be October 12, 2012. Save the dates. Details to follow shortly!

The Artists for Conservation Festival is a signature cultural event featuring 10 days of art and environmental education, and connecting people to nature through a world-class international art exhibit, lectures, workshops, live artist demos, First Nations performances and film. The Festival features an extraordinary educational program of nature in art involving some of the leading nature and wildlife artists and naturalists from around the world, as well as youth nature-and-art workshops (gr 3-10) in the most inspiring of settings.

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2011 AFC Festival Highlights

Thank you for joining us on November 5 to 13, 2011 at the first international Artists For Conservation Festival for 10 extraordinary days of art and environmental education, including lectures, film, live painting demos, youth workshops (for school groups), and a world-class art exhibit, featuring the leading nature and wildlife artists and naturalists from around the world - at Grouse Mountain, the Peak of Vancouver!  

New Blog article: AFC Record Breaking Tour & 2011 Festival Recap

AFC's touring exhibit “The Art of Conservation” is now at Arizona-Sonara Desert Museum in Tucson. The exhibit comprises most of the artwork from the live exhibit at Grouse Mountain this past November. The tour opens on - Jan 14 – March 11, 2012. The opening reception and exhibit book signing is on Jan 14 at 2:00PM with Jeff Whiting, President of AFC. Find out more.

Order your very own Robert Bateman Print - You still have a chance to acquire a special "Conservation Edition" print by Robert Bateman. 100% of the proceeds from the sale go to Artists for Conservation. They are available for $225 plus tax each. Find out more and order yours now.