Re-Imagining Conservation strives to create space for multidisciplinary and varied perspectives about conservation. It encourages visitors to consider new ways to find a healthy balance in our human-animal relationships, including how we live together in shared environments.

To ask and answer these questions as fully and deeply as possible, we invite you to visit Re-Imagining Conservation in two locations: one in New York City in partnership with the URBAN SOILS INSTITUTE at SWALE HOUSE on Governors Island, subtitled “From the Ground Up”, and one in Jackson, WY at the NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART, subtitled “From Many Viewpoints.”

Curated by Heather McMordie, Creature Conserve Arts Curator


Re-Imagining Conservation: From the Ground Up 

Swale House, Governor’s Island, NYC

Rachel Frank, Rewilding Offering Hand, oysters

  • May 5 - November 2023

  • Opening Reception: May 20, 2023, 1-4 pm

  • Artist-Led Events: May 21, 2023, 1-4 pm

The artworks included in this exhibition present multiple lenses for viewing our relationships with soils, and prompt the viewer to ask: WHAT IF we imagine human-animal-soil interactions in ways that support healthier lives for all species? 

Click the link below to learn more about the exhibition, and all related events.


Re-Imagining Conservation: From Many Viewpoints 

National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, WY

DG House, Together We Dance, acrylic on cradled birch panel

  • July 1 - November 12, 2023

  • Opening Reception: June 29, 2023, 5-7 pm MT

The artworks included here imagine a future where conservation action is multidisciplinary, inclusive and connected. It asks viewers to consider: What IF we imagine conservation from all perspectives? What new futures might we find when we change our point of view?

Click the link below to learn more about the exhibition, and all related events.