Festival & Exhibit Tour

AFC's International Exhibit Tours

The AFC annual exhibit is the world’s top conservation-themed art experience, featuring all original artwork by members of Artists for Conservation. The exhibit and the Silent Skies Mural is a vehicle for engaging environmental education programs. The annual Festival opens in Vancouver, BC at VanDusen Botanical Garden from Oct 1 - 4, 2020.

Silent Skies Exhibit prospectus is avaliable. It outlines the display requirements and four different options for indoor and outdoor installations of the mural. If you are interested, please contact Jeff Whiting by email or by phone at 1.778.340.0749.

To inquire about hosting the AFC Exhibit & Festival Tour, or Silent Skies Mural, please email us: festivalinfo(@) artistsforconservation.org

2020/2021 Touring Venues

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 2020 Exhibit Tour

The 2019 Exhibit will tour from Vancouver, BC to Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

Where: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 021 N. Kinney Rd., Tucson AZ 
When: Jan 18th, 2020 - March 2020 
Opening weekend & Reception:  Jan 24th - 25th - Check the Desert Museum website for details closer to the date. 

Artists for Conservation's annual exhibit is the world's top conservation-themed art show and has become one of the most highly anticipated annual events among the nature-inspired art genres. The goal of the exhibit is to support conservation through art sales and education, showcase the extraordinary pool of artistic talent within AFC; and share the nature-inspired art genre with new audiences. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum will host the exhibit in 2020.

For more information visit: https://www.desertmuseum.org/arts/

Lanwan Art Museum in Qingdao City, China - Exhibit Tour

The AFC Festival tour returns to Lanwan Art Museum in Lanwan Eco Art Park, Qingdao City, China., from Oct - Dec, 2019.

Lanwan Eco Art Park - a 50-acre ecological park, monumental sculpture garden, art village and public gallery, located in one of China's most beautiful and important coastal cities - Qingdao City.  With a population of over 9 million, Qingdao (also spelled Tsingtao) is a major seaport and industrial center located between Beijing (to the North) and Shanghai (to the South) and connected to the world's longest sea bridge. The sailing events of 29th Olympic Games and 13th Paralympics Games were held in Qingdao in 2008. Qingdao has been repeatedly named China's most livable city. 

In 2017, 12 AFC artists visited Lanwan Art Museum for the Exhibit tour opening in August 2017.

Vignettes of the Silent Skies Mural Project 2019
By Members of Artists for Conservation and Youth of Greater Vancouver Area

"Silent Skies" is an international collaborative super-mural mosaic featuring all 678 endangered species of birds of the world. The project was assembled over four years by North Vancouver-based Artists for Conservation - the world's leading artist group supporting the environment. The 100-ft installation was initially unveiled in August 2018, at the 27th International Ornithological Congress in Vancouver, BC and is currently touring internationally. 169 professional artists from 15 countries participated in the project. A youth education program was created for students in grades 3 through 7 in creating their own artistic renditions of endangered birds. The program focuses on the study of conservation and endangered species through research, art and community engagement. 100 youth artworks were selected in the first year to display alongside the professional mural.

"Vignettes of the Silent Skies Mural Project" offers a small sample of the stunning individual artworks created for the project by a combination of local youth and professional artists.

Where: Delbrook Community Centre, 3rd Floor, 851 W Queens Rd, North Vancouver, BC
When: On exhibit now through September 30, 2019.

Thank you to North Vancouver Recreation Commission for supporting this exhibit. 

Pacific Coast Portraits Exhibit 2019

The exhibit aims to celebrate bird life and biodiversity in the region and to inform viewers about local bird species and their habitats. 25 artworks by local AFC artists will be featured.

Where: Maplewood Flats, 2649 Dollarton Hwy, North Vancouver, BC 
When: July 20-Sept 30th

In partnership with Wild Bird Trust of BC. 

More event info, visit, www.artistsforconservation.org/festival  or http://wildbirdtrust.org/

AFC's Silent Skies Mural Tour 2018/2019

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

The opening of our second "Silent Skies Mural" exhibit will tour to Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

A full replica display will be installed in the Baldwin Gallery and unveiled on May 25, 2019. The exhibit will remain through September 30, 2019. 

City of Kingsport, Tennessee

AFC's first vinyl outdoor installation of the "Silent Skies Mural" is on display in the city of Kingsport, Tennessee from Feb 2019 - Sept 2019. The mural features 678 endangered bird species by 160 AFC artists. The original was unveiled at AFC's 2018 Festival. See the mural online here.

Past Tour (2017)

The AFC Festival toured to Lanwan Art Museum in Lanwan Eco Art Park, Qingdao City, China., from August 4 - September 30, 2017.

Lanwan Eco Art Park - a 50-acre ecological park, monumental sculpture garden, art village and public gallery, located in one of China's most beautiful and important coastal cities - Qingdao City.  With a population of over 9 million, Qingdao (also spelled Tsingtao) is a major seaport and industrial center located between Beijing (to the North) and Shanghai (to the South) and connected to the world's longest sea bridge. The sailing events of 29th Olympic Games and 13th Paralympics Games were held in Qingdao in 2008. Qingdao has been repeatedly named China's most livable city.