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Artists For Conservation Foundation (AFC) (formerly WNAG ) |
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The Artists For Conservation Foundation (AFC) - formerly the Worldwide Nature Artists Group, is an international, non-profit foundation of world-class artists who share a common interest in nature art and nature conservancy. So far it has been supported exclusively by volunteer labor.
Founded in 1997 as the "Worldwide Nature Artists Group" by Jeffrey Whiting – a prominent Canadian artist, author, biologist and professional software engineer – the Group's strength lies in its membership and represents a who's-who of nature artists worldwide. To maintain the highest level of talent, membership is limited to 500 artists worldwide. New members are admitted by invitation only, through a juried process, and only as placements become available. The Group dedicates its resources to nurturing its world-class community of nature artists and leveraging this pool of talent to support its mission through a variety of activities, including:
Facilitating art sales to raise funds for conservation.
Supporting artistic field research expeditions to study endangered species and threatened habitats.
Maintaining the world's largest gallery of nature art (online or offline).
Recognizing individuals for their work in support of the conservation cause.
Producing an annual art exhibition in support of conservation, and a major international touring exhibit.
Planning and spearheading large-scale international environmentally themed art projects.
The Group has several active programs. Through its banner "Flag Expeditions" program, the Group offers fellowships to artists, supporting artistic field research in remote areas of the planet, with a strong emphasis on raising awareness to threatened habitats and endangered species. In the "Art for Conservation" program, artists collectively pledge millions of dollars to conservation organizations and programs around the world. The Group also supports the conservation cause with a monthly award, recognizing individual artists for their dedication to conservation and the annual prestigious "Simon Combes Conservation Award".
Today, the Group is the most progressive and prestigious organization in the world of nature art and represents hundreds of millions of dollars in artwork, though it does NOT take any brokerage fees or sales commissions on sales made by its members. For the first ten years of its operation, benefiting in part from a donated state-of-the-art technological infrastructure, the Group was sustained entirely on membership dues and volunteer labour, although it now seeks patrons, donors, sponsors and partners to enable the continued expansion of its activities. |
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Web site: www.natureartists.com
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Art for ConservationTM Commitment Goal:
$844,144.50 US.
Artists For Conservation Foundation (AFC) (formerly WNAG ) has been indicated by AFC members as a potential recipient of donations by participating artists. AFC's Art for ConservationTM program, provides a forum to promote artwork that benefits recognized conservation organizations such as Artists For Conservation Foundation (AFC) (formerly WNAG ).
AFC members have voluntarily and independently earmarked a portion of the proceeds from the sale of their artwork to Artists For Conservation Foundation (AFC) (formerly WNAG ). AFC's Art for ConservationTM program provides a forum to help promote artwork for sale that includes such a commitment. Each artists's commitment is contingent on the sale of their work and the above estimate is a potential total based on the completion of sale of any original work and/or limited editions. The AFC is not involved in any way with artwork sales transactions, nor does it make any guarantees relating to artist commitments. The AFC takes no commission whatsoever from the sale of artwork under the Art for ConservationTM program, unless explicitly indicated.
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