Vancouver, BC CANADA - Aug 3, 2025 - Artists for Conservation is pleased to announce that AFC Signature Member, Cher Swain's acrylic artwork titled "Jelly Dancers", featuring Pacific Sea Nettle jellyfish, has been selected for the cover of the 2027 AFC Environmental Calendar. In addition to highlighting statutory and religious holidays, the calendar also uniquely highlights a wide range of international environmental-themed days and weeks. The annual calendar is published on sustainably forested paper, as a companion to the 18th annual AFC Exhibit, showing in Vancouver, BC September 24-27.
Several of the original artworks in the calendar will be on display and available for purchase with 40% of the proceeds supporting AFC and conservation organizations around the world.
The calendar also features images of twelve artworks selected from the 2026 AFC Exhibit and virtual show. Many of which will be on display in the exhibit at the 2026 AFC Festival.
Other artworks in the calendar include:
- "Love is in the Eyes" (Wildlife) | Oil by Agnieszka (Aga) Elliott (USA)
- "On the Declining Branch" (Palawan Pangolin) | Oil by Elke Gröning (Germany)
- "Kermit" (Red-eyed Tree Frog) | Bronze by Brent Cooke (Canada)
- "We Are Nature" (Various nature subjects) | Watercolor triptych by Mia Bosna (USA)
- "Watching You, Watching Me" (Red-tailed Black Cockatoo) | Acrylic by Natalie Parker (Australia)
- "Tidal Renewal" (Ochre sea stars) | Colored pencil and acrylic ink by Terri Neal (USA)
- "Deep Kinship" (Orca) Watercolorby Brett Blumenthal (USA)
- "Bull Elephant: Kicking Up the Dust" (African Elephant) Acrylic by Mark Hobson (Canada)
- "Knowledge Transfer" (Beaver, Raven, Indigenous Cultural Teaching) | Silk-screen serigraph by Robin Roberts (Canada)
- "On The Wings of Morning - Blue Heron" (Blue Heron) | Acrylicby Laara Cassells (Canada)
- "Monsters are Real" (Sonoran Desert Gila Monster) | Scratchboard with colored inksby Theresa Rodriguez (USA)
- "Brother Lion" (Southern African Lion) | Oil by Carrie Cook (USA)
AFC's Environmental Calendar is perfect for keeping track of all international public and important environmental-themed dates.
The Calendar can be ordered online or purchased at the Artists for Conservation Festival.
Artists for Conservation
Artists for Conservation (AFC) is the world's leading group of artists supporting the environment. Founded in 1997, the non-profit organization comprises a membership of 500 of the world's most gifted nature artists from over 30 countries, across five continents. Dedicated to nurture, promote and leverage its world-class community of artists in support of our natural world, AFC drives its mission through three key programs: Art & Environmental Education; Field Work & Research; and Artist Development. The Artists for Conservation Festival is AFC's annual flagship initiative to showcase, support and further these programs.