Art/Act: Local—All on the Table
Human food systems—how we produce, consume, and enjoy food—have an enormous impact on our planet. The 2023 Art/Act: Local—All On The Table exhibition features four jury-selected Northern California artists engaging with the rich topic of food. Their works present expanded visions of our relationships with what we eat each...
Art/Act: Youth – Water is Everywhere
What happens when impassioned high school teachers from polar ends of the United States combine to inspire the next generation of environmental artivists? When North Platte (Lincoln, NE) and Skyline High (Oakland, CA) teachers met in May 2022, sparks flew. Inspired after learning about each region's unique ecology and...
Art/Act: Award—Pristine Seas
How do we heal, rebound, and regenerate the largest carbon sink at scale to fight climate change—our oceans? This year's Art/Act: Award goes to Enric Sala, founder of Pristine Seas, for his work melding powerful images with the restoration of 26 marine reserves—in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples like the Yagan...
Art/Act: Local—This Land
What does it mean to be connected to the land that holds us and life on this planet—along with the imperative to protect it? The 2022 Art/Act: Local—This Land exhibition featured 4 jury-selected artists exploring our intrinsic connections to the land—from the ecological to the sacred. These expansive perspectives...
Art/Act: Youth—Plastic Rebellion
Today’s youth are crucial in the fight for ecological justice, as evidenced by the many young climate activists pushing for change. Art/Act: Youth – Plastic Rebellion unleashes their frustrations on the plastic pollution crisis. As the inheritors of our environmental challenges and injustices today, these youth artists have original...
Art/Act: Award—Planet or Plastic?
It’s complicated. Plastics have revolutionized so much, yet our dependence on them has created a global waste crisis threatening humans and animals alike, and the ecosystems we all depend on. In haunting images both beautiful and heartbreaking, the National Geographic “Planet or Plastic?” exhibition shows how we got here,...
Art/Act: Award – Frans Lanting, Into Africa
Dive “Into Africa”—the work of one of National Geographic’s most prolific and visionary nature photographers, Frans Lanting. In collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund, the Smithsonian Institution, and organized and traveled by the National Geographic Society, “Into Africa” immerses us into the wonders of African landscapes via Lanting’s lens....
Art/Act: Local – Wild Places
The wild places are where we began. When they end so do we. – David Brower The David Brower Center was pleased to present Art/Act: Local – Wild Places, featuring the work of four Bay Area artists examining the importance of connecting people to wilderness in order for...
Art/Act: Youth – Wild Places
We are pleased to present Art/Act: Youth – Wild Places, the Brower Center’s annual exhibition showcasing work by Bay Area high school students that examines the intersection of environmentalism and art. Today’s youth are powerful voices in the fight for an ecologically sound world, as evidenced by the many...
Art/Act: Award – Photo Ark, Joel Sartore
The interaction between animals and their environments is the engine that keeps the planet healthy for all of us. But for many species, time is running out. When you remove one, it affects us all. The National Geographic Photo Ark is a multiyear effort to raise awareness of and...