Protectors: Saving Biodiversity in the Age of Extinction
Featured: The mysterious and extinct Catahoula salamander; the hellbender (the largest salamander in North America); and Will Miller, former chief conservation officer with the Seneca Nation of Indians, who led a pioneering program to reintroduce hellbenders in western New York and garner public support for protecting this giant salamander. Art by Roger Peet. Protectors: Saving Biodiversity in the Age of Extinction is a portfolio of fine-art silkscreen prints celebrating those taking extraordinary measures to stop endangered birds, fish, plants, turtles and other species from vanishing forever.
The exhibit features 12 original pieces produced by the artists of the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative. Each depicts an extinct species, an endangered species, and a person fighting to save that species. Among those featured are a tribal elder, an artist, an Indigenous border activist, a retired teacher, and scientists from different backgrounds — all determined to stem the tide of extinction. Exploring everything from community organizing to lockdowns to science education, this project shows the myriad ways anyone and everyone can get involved to protect species from the threats they face.
This art project is available for exhibit in public spaces like community centers, libraries, schools, universities, art galleries, cafes, senior centers, youth spaces, nonprofit offices, airports, museums, and anywhere else that’s fitting.
Protectors is coordinated, curated and sponsored by the Center for Biological Diversity and artist Roger Peet of the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative.
Learn more: https://biodiv.us/3NNSohW | Protectors PRINT PORTFOLIO
