Art can inspire, educate, encourage self-reflection, and build community cohesion. Artists are key interpreters of our world, helping to contextualize and clarify emotion (such as climate grief), interpret and illuminate science (such as mycorrhizal networks and sea level rise), and encourage action and engagement (through personal or community story). Artists are key participants in the conversation about nature-based solutions and climate.

Each year, we invite a selection of Canadian artists, whose work straddles the science/art divide, to contribute research creation projects. Each artist is asked to create a piece that engages with nature-based solutions, and to present the work to their community. Artist commissions address nature-based solutions through digital visualization, poetry, drawings, sculpture, and photographs. 

2025 Artists

Two artists, Connie Morey (Victoria, British Columbia) and Annabel Howard (Montreal, Quebec), are being supported through commission to produce artworks that address nature-based solutions and climate change in 2025.

Get involved! Connie Morey’s project involves active community participation. Learn more and join in by requesting a listening kit for The Body Listens.