You’re invited to join us at Northwest Artists Against Extinction’s first gallery exhibit: Honor: People and Salmon.
Honor: People and Salmon, an exhibit of works by artist-advocates who create art to evoke support for restoring salmon and orcas, their lands and waters, and the many communities that honor and cherish these emblematic species. Salmon are intrinsic to the cultures and economies of many Northwest Tribes and an essential food source for endangered Southern Resident orcas.
A project of the Save Our wild Salmon Coalition, Northwest Artists Against Extinction brings artists together to inspire change in perspective and policy that honors past, present and future generations in the stewardship of lands and waters, and fish and wildlife.
Honor: People and Salmon will be shown in the Kittredge Gallery at the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA). The exhibit opened on March 6th and runs through on April 15th with a special evening reception. Gallery hours are Mon.- Fri., 10 am – 7 pm; Sat., Noon - 5 pm PT (closed Sundays).
Please join us to support our incredible participating artists, to view their powerful, beautiful and moving artworks, and to be inspired to act in honor of salmon, orca, and the communities that depend on them.
Please contact Britt Freda, britt@nwaae.org, with questions regarding this exhibit and visit nwaae.org for more information about Northwest Artists Against Extinction.
See below for information on the artists featured in the Honor: People and Salmon exhibit and event details below. We’ll update this page in the coming days.
Save the date for Honor: People and Salmon exhibit special events!
1. March 23rd - Honor: People and Salmon Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion
2. April 15th - Honor: People and Salmon Closing Reception with exhibiting artists and WA State poet laureate, Rena Priest
April 15th - Honor: People and Salmon Closing Reception (Tacoma, WA)
When: April 15th, 5pm - 7pm
Where: Kittredge Gallery at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA
What: You’re invited to the closing reception for Honor: People and Salmon! Free and open to the public. Register here!
As a grand finale for this exhibit, Save Our wild Salmon Coalition and the Kittredge Gallery will host a closing reception and a poetry reading from the soon-to-be-released anthology I Sing The Salmon Home: Poems from Washington State, edited by Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest and published by Empty Bowl Press. Priest and other contributors will talk about the collection, which was supported by the Academy of American Poets, and share poems. Register here and stay tuned for more details!