This is an archived event from Culture Days 2020.
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Artists for Conservation Festival 2020
Self-guided
Digital & new media History & heritage Music Nature & outdoors Visual artsDate and time
Location
VanDusen Botanical Garden
Vancouver, BC
Directions: Tickets must be purchased in advance from VanDusen Botanical Garden website with designated entry times. No admissions at the door. Programming times subject to change.
Access
Free, and accepts optional pay-what-you-may donations for admission.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible.
About
The Artists for Conservation Festival is a multi-day, nature-themed arts and culture event at VanDusen Botanical Garden and with virtual components online. Featuring a wide range of local and international artists the event highlights the natural and cultural heritage of Vancouver's Lower Mainland through a rich program of art exhibits, workshops, musical and cultural performances, First Nations presentations and more. Enjoy world-class conservation-themed art, music and cultural performances, live art demos and other virtual exciting activities taking place over the weekend. Presented by RE/MAX Agents of Lower Mainland.
All activities are free. This year due to COVID-19, all in-person activities ticketed and accessible with your regular admission to VanDusen Botanical Garden.
IMPORTANT COVID-19 NOTICE: The live portion of this event, is a limited capacity, all-outdoor, no-contact event re-imagined for self-guided participation. Social distancing is required, masks are recommended and tickets must be purchased in advance from VanDusen Botanical Garden website with designated entry times. No admissions at the door. Programming times subject to change.
Visit the AFC Festival website at https://festival.artistsforconservation.org for information on Livestream and recorded activities.
Links
- AFC Festival Website festival.artistsforconservation.org
Organizer
Artists for Conservation International Foundation
Artists for Conservation is a Canadian based international non-profit. AFC represents 500 artists from 30 countries,in the nature/wildlife art genre, who are committed to conservation. Many of the world's most recognized names in the field are actively involved.
Our mission is to support wildlife and habitat conservation and environmental education through art that celebrates nature.
Through art exhibits, collaborative art-science expeditions, cultural events, awards, publications, and online initiatives, AFC aims to engage, inspire and inform the public, and empower passionate leading artists as effective ambassadors for the environment.