Wildlife Arts
Arts-based nature education in the City for school-aged kids!
At our Fly, Buzz, and Hop! Festival, during the City Nature Art Challenge, and at STEAM Night and other events, your child can express their creativity and learn about plants and wildlife found right here in Cambridge. Outside of these events, they can connect with Wildlife Trading Cards and see original programming on our YouTube channel.
City Nature Art Challenge
Co-sponsored by Green Cambridge and Cambridge Local First, the Cambridge City Nature Art Challenge (CCNAC) aims to bring awareness to biodiversity in Cambridge by engaging children to create art depicting the species of wildlife in our city. Children choose their subjects from the list of wild animals, plants, fungi, and other organisms that have been observed and identified by both citizen scientists and professional scientists on iNaturalist (iNaturalist.org). iNaturalist is a partner in the global City Nature Challenge, a citizen science "bio blitz" that happens annually in late April/early May.
“The Cambridge City Nature Art Challenge has broadened the path to engagement with environmental science and knowledge of local habitat.”
Wildlife Arts invests in children’s affinity for flora and fauna into play—in events, workshops, art, and festivities. We work in developmentally appropriate ways to enable kids not just to learn but to become curious and creative when it comes to engaging with the local environment. We build skills in citizen science and art at family-based informal events and programming, and distribute multilingual trading cards celebrating creatures of the urban environment.
Fly, Buzz, & Hop! Festival
Each summer, join the Fly, Buzz, & Hop! Festival for a free family-focused day of art making, music, storytelling, parades, and food! Often held in front of the main library at the end of July or early August.
