Art for Conservation

Combining things today, the theme for the 3rd day of Arts & Humanities Month is Activism. I am a Signature Member of the Artists For Conservation. I am very proud to be part of this group. Art work is created, exhibited and sold with 40 to 100% going to a conservation organization.

Coming up next year there will be an event: "Silent Skies Mural Project". Artist were ask to select endangered birds, create a work on an 8X8" canvas for this event. All of the works will be display in one large mural salon style display. The images can also be found on-line at http://www.artistsforconservation.org/silent-skies This will be in coordination with the 2018 Ornithological Congress with AFC being the lead Partner for the Visual Arts Festival in Vancouver, Canada. This installation will be the centerpiece.

The two birds I picked are:

The Annobon Scops Owl, only found in Equatorial Guinea, with estimated fewer than 250. They are in decline, mostly due to rapid habitat loss. The Annobon Scops Owls has similar traits to the African Scops Owl. A more familiar bird is our screech owl. The Annobon Scops  Owl is on the critically endangered listing.

The second bird was the Bate's Weaver, the main reason I picked this bird was I have seen the African Weaver. I have reference pictures of the bird and the style of nest that they make. The Bate's Weaver is harder to determine a count, estimates are between 250-999. There are several different Weaver Birds in small areas throughout African countries. The Bate's Weaver is found in Cameroon, it has darker head and body colors compared to the African Weaver. Their risk for extinction is high.

Tomorrow's Art & Humanities theme is the word "ART" - let's see what you can do with that and maybe post it on FB, share it with me please and thank you.

Bate's Weaver

Annobon Scops Owl