Jennifer Calkins
CAF awarded author, attorney, and biologist Jennifer Calkins a grant for her collaborative project engaging with the extinction crisis: “Delisted 2023.” Forty-eight artists (see below) have engaged 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. These artists have created (or are in the process of creating) art to 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 2025 by The 3rd Thing Press. The artists are:
Vidhu Aggarwal—Madhur Anand—Kimberly Quinogue Andrews—Art 25 (Lehua Taitano, Lisa Jarrett, Jocelyn Ng)—Madeline Bassnett—Karin Bolender—Jennifer Calkins—Teresa Carmody—Hanna Thompson-Garner—Paul Hlava Ceballos—Donovan Kūhiō Colleps—Lee Deigaard—Kalilinoe Detwiler—Sarah Falkner—Lou Florez—Jennifer Elise Foerster—Alixa Garcia—Alexis Pauline Gumbs—Summer J. Hart—Alissa Hattman—Adriene Jenik—Megan Kaminski—Heather Kerley—Janice Lee—Joanna Lilley—Mita Mahato—Anne de Marcken—Laura Marris—Lydia Millet—Eli Nixon—Lisa Olstein—Janell O’Rourke—Cecily Parks—Craig Santos Perez—Gretchen Primack—Linnea Ryshke—Eleni Sikelianos—Sandra Simonds—Jonathan Skinner—Lyz Soto—Alina Stefenescu—Chaun Webster—Mandy Suzanne Wong—Çaca Yvaire—Kay Zeiss
To learn more about “Delisted 2023” and the species they interact with, check out @delisted2023 on Instagram. Jennifer lives in Seattle, Washington.