AFC Member Update
27 March, 2019
Silent Skies Mural Tour
We're pleased to announce the opening of our second Silent Skies Mural touring exhibit at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. A full replica display will be installed in the Baldwin Education Building and unveiled on May 25, 2019. The exhibit will remain in place for public viewing through September 29 of this year. We expect to announce more exciting tour venues shortly!

Also, we still have a handful of bird species remaining to be completed. As of sending this email, the we are looking for artists to paint the following:

  • Bannerman's Shearwater
  • Cape Cormorant
  • Delta Amacuro Softtail
  • Gundlach's Hawk
  • Imperial Amazon, Imperial Parrot
  • Mount Cameroon Francolin, Cameroon Francolin
  • Mount Kupe Bush-shrike, Mount Kup Bush Shrike, Mount Kup Bush-shrike, Kup Bushshrike, Serle's Bushshrike
  • Nendo Shrikebill, Santa Cruz Shrikebill
  • Pohnpei Cicadabird
  • Reunion Cuckoo-shrike, Runion Cuckooshrike, Reunion Cuckooshrike, Runion Cuckoo-shrike
  • Rubeho Akalat
  • Sangihe Golden Bulbul
  • Sangihe Whistler, Sangihe Shrike-thrush, Sangihe Shrikethrush
  • Southern Hylocitrea
  • Swierstra's Francolin
  • Tristan Albatross
  • Warsangli Linnet
  • White-throated Barbtail
  • Yap Cicadabird

SILENT SKIES REGISTRATION (if you have NOT yet registered)

SILENT SKIES LOGIN (if you have already registered)

SEE THE MURAL (open to everyone)

Important note to artists who previously committed to species but have not finished... We are still expecting you to complete your species as soon as possible. If you are unable to complete your species, please let us know as soon as possible so that we may try to find a replacement.
Reminder: AFC 2019 Exhibit Registration is Open
Submission Deadline: May 5, 2019
AFC's annual exhibit is the world's foremost conservation-themed art exhibit in the world today. Each year it assembles many of the world's top nature artists in a common cause for conservation. Following its premiere at VanDusen Botanical Gardens in Vancouver, Canada from September 26-29, the exhibit will tour internationally, including to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum from January 18 through March 30, 2020.
Following are some key guidelines:
  • Maximum 4 entries allowed.
  • Artwork must have been completed in 2016 or later.
  • Artwork must not have been exhibited in a previous AFC juried exhibit (i.e. must not have appeared in a previous AFC book).
  • Artwork does NOT need to be for sale or available for the live exhibit - you can optionally submit for the virtual exhibit/book only.

In 2018, we transitioned to a new registration system integrated with your NEW AFC website. Please login here. If you have forgotten or misplaced your username/password, you can retrieve it by clicking on "Request New Password". If you have any trouble accessing your site, do not hesitate to email us at info@artistsforconservation.org.
China Exhibit

AFC’s 2018 Tour will continue through 2019 with its next stop at Lanwan Eco-Art Museum in Qingdao, China. Artwork will travel to China this summer and a special artists weekend has been scheduled for October 19, 2019. We recently announced an anticipated opening date in late April, but had since requested a later opening to allow for current global political climate to improve between China and Canada/USA, while also allowing an opportunity for AFC artists to attend. We are expecting the selection results for which artwork will travel (expected very soon) and will notify artists directly once we have this information. We will begin returning any artwork not selected for the China tour shortly thereafter.
Yours in art and conservation,

Jeff Whiting
President & Founder
Artists for Conservation is the world's leading group of artists supporting the environment. Founded in 1997, the non-profit organization comprises a membership of 500 of the world's most gifted nature artists from 27 countries, across five continents. Our mission is to support wildlife and habitat conservation and environmental education through art that celebrates nature.