Jennifer Calkins
CAF awarded author, attorney, and biologist Jennifer Calkins a grant for her collaborative project engaging with the extinction crisis: “Delisted 2023.” More than two dozen artists are engaging with the more than thirty species—such as the Mariana mallard, the Guam broadbill, the Santa Barbara song sparrow, and the Eastern puma—that the U.S. government removed, or proposed to remove, from coverage under the Endangered Species Act because they are extinct. The artists will help the public connect to these species through visual, performance, and media art and workshops. The work will be compiled in a book to be published in 2027.
Since receiving the grant, Jennifer has been reviewing submissions and working with writers/artists for publication of the book in 2027. She is presenting “Delisted 2023” at the Society for Literature, Science, and Arts in Corvallis, Oregon, in August 2026, and reflected on the project here.