Enjoy viewing this wonderful endangered species art:

3D Animals Overlook Times Square

Kicking off in April on its dynamic Times Square billboard, LG Electronics introduced a digital out-of-home (OOH) campaign showcasing anamorphic content that is highlighting some of the world’s vulnerable and endangered as well as recovered species in need of ongoing protection. Different species will be highlighted throughout the year which now features the bald eagle. (2024)

World Wildlife Day Art Contest Winner Announced

Four-year old, Isaac Alvin Lam’s (Hong Kong SAR People’s Republic of China) artwork (above) was the winner in the traditional art category in the World Wildlife Day 2024 International Youth Art Contest The contest was hosted by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in partnership with the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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Endangered Species Act At 50: Collaborative Art Project (Endangered Species Coalition)

ARTISTS STATEMENT: Many changes are happening to our planet, including global warming, which is slowly destroying the habitats of many species. By this painting, my idea was to specifically show how the habitats of polar bears were being destroyed. Hopefully when people see it, it helps to remind them we need to do something.

My younger brother loves polar bears so much that he cries when he read a story about melting icebergs in Arctic ocean. Surprisingly, there are fewer and fewer polar bears. Can you believe it? They are cute and fluffy and all kids love them so much.

We decided to work on the drawing together, which helps us inspire each other. His tears turn into baby bears. They are eager to have a family and playground forever and I believe they deserve it.

*SHANNON AND ALEX, 2ND AND 6TH GRADES

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ARTISTS STATEMENT: We want to raise awareness to endangered species living in water. We want people to know that the Flattened Musk Turtle and the Roanoke Logperch both face extinction as a result of human damage to the environment, such as pollution and habitat loss.

AYMOND, YUCHEN; 5TH AND 8TH GRADES

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Chalk Art: Jackson Hole Middle School (Jackson Hole, WY) students create chalk art to celebrate and bring awareness to Endangered Species Day, Friday, May 19, 2023. Photo: Nick Sulzer: Buckrail

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Endangered Species Stamps: The U.S. Postal Service is featuring 20 different endangered animals from the Photo Ark (by photographer and Nat Geo Explorer Joel Sartore) to pay tribute to the Endangered Species Act, enacted 50 years ago. (5/10/23)

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Award-winning British artist and stage designer Es Devlin has created an illuminated sculpture wrapped by 243 models of London’s endangered species set to be installed in the Tate Modern garden opposite St Paul’s Cathedral from 16 – 25 September 2022. Commissioned by a luxury jewelry brand Cartier, the large scale public art work highlights the 243 species on London’s priority conservation list, including moths, birds, beetles, wildflowers, fish and fungi.

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Grand prize winner of the 2022 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest, by Ian D., a California middle                        school student. 

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Australian artists and conservationists, Gillie and Marc Schattner, unveiled their “Faces of the Wild” installation in Greenwich Village’s Ruth Wittenberg Triangle (April, 2022). The four-month exhibit, made possible from a collaboration with the Village Alliance Business Improvement District and permitted as part of NYC Department of Transportation’s Art Program, features nine sculptures representing some of the most endangered animals in the world. 

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*Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest 2020 Semi-finalists: https://www.flickr.com/photos/50286147@N02/albums/72157713552877921

Grand Prize Winner of 2020 Contest: Isis Stevens  (age 14)

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*Captivating photos by Susan Middleton, noted author and photographer: http://www.susanmiddleton.com/ 

Below are the front and back covers of Witness, Susan Middleton’s and David Liittschwager’s celebrated book. As Susan explained, the striking images of the Florida Panther and the Presidio Manzanita shown together carries a message: “We need to be attentive to the charismatic megafauna, AND the less-conspicuous and celebrated species that are just as important to how life works.”

 

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*Whatcom Museum: https://www.whatcommuseum.org/exhibition/endangered-species/

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*Center for Biological Diversity Mural Project: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/about/creative_media/endangered_species_mural_project/

The mural below features the white fringeless orchid, a rare and beautiful  plant with a light-green stem and clusters of white flowers, by Roger Peet and Tricia Tripp in Berea, Kentucky.

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*My Modern Met (interview): https://mymodernmet.com/sonny-animal-paintings-endangered-species/

*(More to follow)