ANNOUNCING:
AFRICAN WILDLIFE TRUST TO HOST INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS' RETREAT TO COMBAT POACHING
Hosted by Pratik Patel ( AWT )
and Safari Legacy
Julie is very proud to have been invited to participate in this important conservation project.
FOR THE PROJECTS PROGRESS: PLEASE CHECK - PROJECT AFRICAN WILDLIFE TRUST PAGE ( on the right hand side of this page.
African Wildlife Trust, in conjunction with Safari Legacy, will host an International group of Artists retreat from October 22 - November 2nd, 2013 in Taragire National Park, Tanzania.
This retreat aims to
raise awareness and funds to combat the international poaching
crisis, particularly in hard-hit Tanzania, where tens of thousands of
elephants are slaughtered annually.
Many renowned artists
from several countries were reviewed and ultimately nine were invited
for participation by AWT. The artists invited include Jan Martin
McGuire and James Gary Hines II (USA); John Agnew (USA); Julie
Askew (England); Robert Caldwell (USA); Paul Dixon (South Africa);
Tony Pridham (Australia); Sandy Scott (USA); and Dale Weiler (USA).
Jan and James were chosen by AWT as moderators due to their
involvement with AWT, as well as experience in leading groups to
Africa.
The artists will be
hosted in Kikoti Camp, and will photograph, sketch, and paint the
amazing wildlife that Tanzania has to offer. Work created from the
trip will ultimately help raise funds for AWT.
Logistics and funding are
trying to be worked out so that the artists can participate in the
radio collaring of an elephant in Tarangire as part of AWF’s
monitoring and anti-poaching patrol projects.
African Wildlife Trust is
an African based NGO that was developed out of concern and spreading
much needed awareness for the escalated poaching crisis in Tanzania.
Ongoing projects include establishment of anti- poaching units, and
working with a team of conservation consultants to focus on
proactive, effective wildlife law enforcement.
