• To contribute to raising funds for the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB), through donations of artwork, limited edition prints, royalties, poster designs, paintings for auctions and raffles, on-line sales, illustrations for books and magazines, designs for T-shirts and greeting cards, collective exhibitions, and establishing a wildlife photo reference library for artists, among other actions.
• Design art activities that are related to environmental education and outreach: festivals, workshops, arts competitions, and field trips.

History of the Wildlife Art Working Group

El Wildlife Art y la Conservación – el arte y su capacidad de inspirar y contribuir con la conservación de la naturaleza.

Art possesses the capacity to inspire and to touch the hearts of many people. For this reason a group
of artists and scientists was founded in the year 2003, the “Caribbean Wildlife Art Working Group,”
during the 14th Meeting of the Society for the Conservation and Study of the Caribbean Birds in the
island of Tobago. Within two years of having been created, the Caribbean Wildlife Art Working Group
CWAWG) carried out numerous actions with the objective of promoting the conservation of the biological
diversity of the Caribbean, through the fine arts, as well as a movement of wildlife artists in the area.

The results obtained during the first two years (2003-2005) of work were presented in Nils Navarro’s presentation to the plenary as a featured speaker at SCSCB's meeting in Guadeloupe in 2005. The title of his talk was "Caribbean Wildlife Art and Conservation - Art's Capacity to Inspire and Raise Funds for Nature Conservation."

Among the more important actions of the WG: exhibitions of paintings, design of programs for teaching wildlife art in Academies of Fine Arts in Cuba, courses in wildlife art, art competitions for children, Festivals of Art and Nature, design of posters with a conservation message, book illustrations, auction of art to raise funds for conservation NGOs, donation of copyright, preparation of programs for environmental education on the radio and TV, and painting murals for cities (with the topic of the flora and fauna of the Caribbean). Nils also presented several proposals for obtaining funds for the SCSCB. During the meeting, the CWAWG
donated T-shirts decorated with a Cuban Macaw painting and an original American Kestrel watercolour painting by Nils for the Silent Auction.

For more information or to join the Caribbean Wildlife Art Working Group, contact the Project Leader: Nils Navarro

2005 Report from the Wildlife Art Working Group - click here

Artwork from 2007 SCSCB Raffle

Artwork from 2005 SCSCB Raffle