Wildlands Conservation
Painting Expedition
 Beatriz
Padilla, the Mexican environmentalist painter, has embarked
on a journey combining the art of painting with nature
conservation in a new and innovative way. The Wildlands
Conservation Painting Expedition (WCPE) is an applied
conservation initiative, using the arts to support and
communicate conservation issues of key wildlands across the
globe and assist local people in communicating their
relationship with these lands and receiving benefits from
doing so.
During this multi-year, multi-expedition project, Ms.
Padilla visits and paints wildland areas around the world.
Some of these areas are “hotspots” and highly threatened,
and some are already protected areas - all of them have a
message to relate. While on location, Beatriz also engages
with local communities. For example, on some expeditions,
she leads art workshops with teenagers of native communities
focusing on their natural and cultural heritage. These
workshops culminate with an exhibit, showing the potential
for these teens to generate a source of livelihood from
portraying the intrinsic value of their natural environment.
Ms. Padilla will accumulate the original paintings from her
journeys as the expedition continues. While prints of these
paintings are being sold to support conservation projects
and the expedition itself, the originals will form the basis
of a worldwide tour. As this tour concludes, the original
paintings will be auctioned (scheduled for 2013), with
proceeds benefiting the protection of Mexico’s Water Forest
and other international projects.
As an international project advisor to this expedition, The
WILD Foundation is pleased to support the Wildlands
Conservation Painting Expedition as the US non-profit
representative.
Read the full WCPE
project description >>>
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