“How Nature Restores Me,” an exhibit featuring the artwork of The Nature Conservancy, Hawai‘i and Palmyra, will be on display in the DAC Courtyard Gallery at 1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Second Floor, from August 1 through August 31, 2024. Opening Reception will be held on Friday August 2, at which TNC artists and guests will be present.

The exhibit includes a diverse collection of work, including ceramics, kapa, wood carvings, paintings, photography, and more, and aims to showcase the significant link between art and nature. These works highlight TNC’s staff, trustees and their ʻohana from across the islands who express their connection to nature through art.

During the month, TNC staff will give special presentations to talk about their work across the islands, and artist Jana Ireijo will paint a “vanishing mural” of an endangered Hawaiian forest bird that will be washed away during a special closing reception at which TNC Executive Director Ulalia Woodside Lee will talk about the cultural and natural significance of these birds and the organization’s work to help save them.

The exhibition is free and open to the public, on view during regular gallery hours:
Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

During the month, special presentations from TNC staff during include:

Sun, Aug 4, 12:00PM Keoki Kanakaokai, Maui Natural Resource Manager “How Nature Restores Us on Maui & Lānaʻi”
Wed, Aug 7, 12:00PM ʻAlohi Nakachi, Oʻahu Marine Program Manager “ʻĀina Reflections on Collaboration at Heʻeia”
Sat, Aug 17, 11:00AM JC Watson, Terrestrial Conservation Director “Preserving Hawaiʻi’s Native Forests”
Sat, Aug 17, 12:00PM Dana Sabine, Palmyra Science Coordinator “Partnering with Nature: Palmyra Atoll”
Sat, Aug 24, 12:00PM Sam ‘Ohu Gon, Senior Scientist & Cultural Advisor “Exploring the Concept of ʻĀina & Aloha ʻĀina”
Sat, Aug 31, 4:00PM Ulalia Woodside Lee, Executive Director “Hawaiʻi’s Vanishing Forest Birds” presentation and closing reception