#AMAZING CHIMPANZEE DRAWING SERIES#

The artwork was part of Jane’s Where Did All the Animals Go? art and environmental education project in partnership with Born Free.Ĭhimpanzee Community mural was created in response to Marcus Coates Degreecoordinates, Shared Traits of the Hominini (Humans, Bonobos and Chimpanzees) and Mary Beth Edelson Untitled 1972 – 2011 collage-drawings artworks featured in Animalesque. The creation of this artwork entailed delivering drawing workshops and featuring drawings created by children from Gateshead schools. In 2020 Jane was commissioned by BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead to create a new artwork inspired by BALTIC’s Animalesque 2019/20 exhibition for BALTIC Learning Lounge. WATCH THE VIDEO: Chimpanzee Community 2020 Jane Lee McCracken, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art View this gallery here:ĭ/liberian-wildlifeĭetail of Jane's Biro drawing in progress This online gallery is evolving as the project develops and at completion will include Jane's mural design and chimpanzee drawings by every participating child. DftP has also developed a subsidiary workshop, Liberian Wildlife which focuses on vulnerable forest-dwelling species. An exhibition of children's chimpanzee drawings will open at the Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham on 10 February - 26 April 2024.Īs part of the project Jane is also creating a drawing to highlight the importance of chimpanzee's as a keystone species and the many Liberian species that depend on their critical role maintaining rainforests.

Children also participate in Biro (ballpoint pen) drawing workshops delivered by artist, and Drawing for the Planet (DftP) Founder and CEO, Jane Lee McCracken to create drawings of LCRP's orphan chimpanzees.įollowing completion of the workshops, a curated selection of drawings by children from all 3 countries will feature in the Chimpanzee Community 2 artwork designed by Jane for public display in Liberia. DftP is also raising funds to instal replica murals in California and the UK.

#AMAZING CHIMPANZEE DRAWING SERIES#

Image: Jenny and Jimmy Desmond, Founders of Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue and Protection © Jenny DesmondĬhimpanzee Community 2 project includes a series of workshops where children from the USA, UK and Liberia participate in Born Free Education's Amazing Chimps workshop, co-delivered by its Head of Education, Laura Gosset and Jenny Desmond, Co-Founder of LCRP, to learn about chimpanzees and why they are threatened. A keystone species, these sentient mammals help sustain their forest habitat and thus mitigate climate change as these ‘green lungs’ store carbon and generate oxygen.' Born Freeĭeforestation and the illegal wildlife trade are decimating Western Chimpanzee populations with as few as 18,000-65,000 wild individuals remaining.

'Chimpanzees are humankind’s closest relatives, sharing over 98% of our genetic blueprint, and are highly social and deeply intelligent. Image: Belsay children © Drawing for the Planetĭrawing for the Planet's Chimpanzee Community 2 project in partnership with charities Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue and Protection (LCRP) and Born Free (BFF), raises awareness of endangered Chimpanzees, and funds for LCRP’s vital work caring for around 90 critically endangered Western Chimpanzees, orphaned by the illegal bushmeat and pet trades.

Amazing chimpanzee drawing