Art into Acres
Art into Acres (also known as Art to Acres, Art for Acres or A2A) is a California-Based non-profit environmental and art initiative focusing on large-scale land conservation for climate, Indigenous peoples and biodiversity support. The initiative was founded in 2017. It has supported the conservation of 22 million acres of tropical and boreal forests.[citation needed]
Projects[edit]
Conservation projects funded by Art into Acres include the Bajo Paraguá Municipal Protected Area (2,429,061 acres) and the Bajo Paraguá-Concepción Municipal Conservation Area (381,452 acres) in Bolivia,[1] as well as the Chuyapi Urusayhua Regional Conservation Area (198,156 acres) in Peru.[2]
Sponsors[edit]
The initiative has supported conservation from the donations of artwork by artists: The Haas Brothers, Rashid Johnson, Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo,[3] Jonas Wood,[4] Jenny Holzer,[5] and Jackson Pollock donated by Justus Striebich.[6]
The initiative supports education on climate-warming emissions and reduction approaches using metric-based methods to calculate greenhouse gas emissions within the arts sector. They provide support to institutions and organizations in doing their initial carbon calculation.[citation needed] The initiative lists supporting the following artists and arts organizations with their first carbon calculations and conservation: Hauser & Wirth,[7] ARTA,[8] James Cohan Gallery,[9] Marianne Boesky Gallery[10] and Galleries Commit.[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Two New Protected Areas Add 2.8 Million Acres to a Key Biological Corridor Connecting Amazonian and Chiquitano Dry Forests in Bolivia". www.andesamazonfund.org/. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ↑ "Chuyapi Urusayhua Regional Conservation Area: Protecting Cusco's Cloud Forests and Vital Water Resources". www.andesamazonfund.org/. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ↑ Schultz, Abby (11 September 2018). "Artists, Collectors to Auction Works for Land Conservation". Barron's.
- ↑ "Painting By Renowned Contemporary Artist Nets $20.9 Million to Protect Irreplaceable Rainforest". www.globalwildlife.org. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ↑ Shurvell, Joanne (22 April 2020). "Limited-Edition Print By Jenny Holzer Created For Earth Day's 50th Anniversary Will Benefit Two Great Causes". Forbes. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ↑ "Jackson Pollock, Untitled (M4a)". www.christies.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ↑ "Art for Acres: Supporting Rainforest Conservation". Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ↑ "Our 2020 Carbon Footprint & Support of Conservation". www.shiparta.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ↑ "Yinka Shonibare CBE, Earth Kids". www.jamescohan.com. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ "Allison Janae Hamilton, A Romance of Paradise". www.marianneboeskygallery.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ↑ Lupton, Laura (11 November 2020). "Galleries Commit x Art to Acres". www.galleriescommit.com.
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