Starting Thursday, you can catch the 10th Anniversary of the Artists for Conservation Festival held at the VanDusen Botanical Garden until October 4. This is a Canada-based international non-profit organization. Their mission is to support wildlife and habitat conservation and environmental education through art and nature.
This all ages festival, will be featuring local and international artists. Every year, artists travel from around the world to take part and connect with each other. This event highlights the natural and cultural heritage of Vancouver through art exhibits, workshops, musical and cultural performances, along with First Nations presentations and many more. This is a great way for people to learn and educate themselves on some of Vancouver’s history in a fun way.
They are still accepting Volunteers to help out with the festival and are inviting a limited number of value-align corporate partners to support this event.
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This year the event will be run differently with many safety measures in place for everyone attending. Social distancing is required and masks are recommended to be worn. They have a limited capacity and have the event all-outdoor and no contact with a self guided participation.
They will also be having virtual events which will include a section of online programming, allowing for more people to enjoy the festival. The virtual events will begin Thursday as well but will run until mid-October. They will be including a 360 degree ritual nature walk in Vancouver’s Maplewood Flats. The annual juried, “International Exhibit of Nature in Art” which is the world’s top conservation art exhibit and sale will be available for free online views. They will be having Facebook Live events, live streaming and re-recorded events, films, artist studio visits along with a downloadable music soundtrack.
Supporting the Artists for Conservation festival, you are able to help artists along with help saving the environment.
To purchase tickets to the Art for Conservation Live or Virtual Festival, head to the VanDusen Botanical Garden website.