Re-Imagining Conservation

June 29, 2023 - November 12, 2023

Exhibition open June 29 – November 12, 2023

The National Museum of Wildlife Art is delighted to partner with Creature Conserve to present Re-Imagining Conservation: From Many Viewpoints. This exhibition, which includes works from 31 artists from nine different countries, takes a broad look at the future of conservation. The artworks included here imagine a future where conservation action is multidisciplinary, inclusive, and connected. It asks viewers to consider: What if we imagine conservation from all perspectives? What new futures might we find when we change our point of view?

This is the second exhibition in this series and asks artists: What if conservation took on new forms? Artists are invited to dream big about the future of conservation for this exhibition and consider bold approaches to cross-disciplinary work. It encourages visitors to consider new ways to find a healthy balance in our human-animal relationships, including how we live together in shared environments. For example, what if we fully embedded wildlife rehabilitation within urban landscapes? What if political borders respected natural migratory pathways for all animals, human and non-human? What if we gave more to the land than we took from it?

Curated by Heather McMordie (Arts Curator, Creature Conserve) and Julia Spencer (Associate Curator of Education and Outreach, NMWA)

Justin Gibbens, *Flare*, 2020. Watercolor and ink on paper. 22 x 15 inches.

Anna Fine Foer, *No Longer Extinct*, 2022. Collage, watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and marker. 22 x 18 inches.

Cindy Rinne, *Follow Your Path*, 2021.Fiber art. 16 x 13 inches.

DG House, *Together We Dance*, 2023. Acrylic on cradled birch panel. 20 x 20 inches.

Rhonda Schmeltzer, *Fire Flower*, 2021. Fiber art. 30 ½ x 27 ½ inches.

Jessie Knirsch, *Less Fencing, More Migrating*, 2023. Oil, acrylic, marker, pen, and pencil on canvas paper. 16 x 20 inches.

Other Exhibits

State of the Art: Student Art Show in Honor of Marion Buchenroth

Through May 4, 2025

This youth art exhibit is an annual collaboration between the National Museum of Wildlife Art and art educators from Teton County schools. The several hundred works of art on display beautifully demonstrate how students grow as artists as they move through grades K-12.

See the Exhibit

Out of the Shadows: Prints from the Permanent Collection

Through April 27, 2025

Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, Picasso, Warhol—while many of the works in this show may be small in size, they are created by some of the biggest names in the canon of art history.

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