The Artists for Conservation Festival, presented by RE/MAX Agents of the Lower Mainland, is returning to Vancouver at VanDusen Botanical Garden.
Join us for the Exhibit Opening & Meet-the-Artists Receiption on September 24th from 7pm - 10pm. Ticketed event. Find out more.
Featured at the event is AFC's annual juried "International Exhibit of Nature in Art" - the world's top conservation-themed art exhibit and sale. The exhibit offers a rare opportunity for art collectors to buy original artwork by internationally acclaimed artists and directly support conservation work. The exhibit will feature over 80 original paintings and sculptures for sale. At least 40% of proceeds from artwork sales benefits conservation and environmental education, and each artwork is dedicated to supporting a conservation organization of the artist's choice.
Many 2026 AFC exhibiting artists will be in attendance this year. Find out who's exhibiting. Learn more
AFC will honor several artists this year. Learn more
Congratulations to all AFC artists.
Thank you to our 2026 Jurors.
The entire exhibit will also be presented as a Virtual Exhibit online, opening the same date as the live exhibit.
Each year since 2008, as a companion to the exhibit, AFC publishes a harcover book featuring the artworks from the year's exhibit. The annual exhibit features approximately 200 artworks selected from submissions by Signature Members of Artists for Conservation. These are featured in AFC's annual book and virtual exhibit online, opening on September 24th. Of these, approximately 1/2 are selected for display in AFC's live exhibit.
Pacific Coast Portraits is a curated exhibit featuring artwork by local (BC) members of Artists for Conservation. The exhibit theme is wildlife and wild places in British Columbia, with a special emphasis on birds of the Pacific coast. The exhibit aims to celebrate birdlife and biodiversity in the region and to inform viewers about local bird species and their habitats. The exhibit is hosted in North Vancouver at the Maplewood Flats Conservancy in partnership with the Wildbird Trust of BC. It will occupy the Nature House Gallery on the conservancy property.
We acknowledge that the Artists for Conservation Festival takes place on the traditional unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia.
