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Location:
Santiago, Chile
MMCTA and The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) have partnered this year to support their ongoing mission to promote whale welfare at the this year's International Whaling Commission (IWC) Meeting. WSPA has spent the past four years lobbying governments and working within the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to put an end to the unnecessary and inhumane practice of whaling. Click here to view his current blog detailing his activites at the IWC meeting.
To learn more about this upcoming exhibit and to make a donation in support of this effort, we encourage you to visit Austin's non-profit organization at www.mmcta.org
Location:
Pacific Grove, CA
For additional information visit the American Cetacean Society's media release
→ Click here to see his recent video on Youtube.
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Location:
Pacific Explorer Ecotours
96 Fisherman’s Wharf
Monterey, CA 93940
Pacific Explorer Ecotours and Old Fisherman’s Grotto have donated the “maiden voyage” to a fundraiser for the Monterey Museum of Art in celebration of artist Bryant Austin’s work. Leading our expedition will be Captain Danny Frank with Bryant Austin and renowned photographers Chuck Davis and Bob Talbot. The “maiden voyage” of Pacific Explorer Ecotours will depart at 3:00pm returning by 6:00pm with an appetizer and wine reception to follow donated by Old Fisherman’s Grotto.
$70 general Admission. To purchase tickets call 831.372.5477 x 106.
→ Click here to read article (PDF)
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Location:
720 Via Mirada
Monterey, CA 93940
Join Bryant Austin as he explains the relationship between his art and his passion for marine mammal conservation. Become captivated in his ultimate goal of inspiring change to better the lives and safety of these magnificent and mysterious creatures. Saturday, March 22, at 3 pm.
Free with Museum Admission
Bryant Austin, Into the Deep
Location:
Monterey Museum of Art
720 Via Mirada
Monterey, CA 93940
The exhibit will feature Austin's large-scale black and white underwater photographs of Humpback whales. The exhibition will also debut an audio/video installation as an introduction to his future international “Whales in Public Spaces” exhibitions. It will feature never before released to-scale photographic projections up to 7 feet high by 20 feet wide. This visual installation will be complimented by a custom prototype 16hz sub woofer allowing the viewer to hear and feel the true frequency range of the Blue, Fin, and Humpback Whales.
The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm and Sunday 1 to 4 pm. Admission: $5 general, $2.50 student, and military. Museum members and children under 12 are free.
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Location:
The Bay Model Center
2100 Bridgeway
Sausalito, CA 94965
Austin's limited edition whale photographs begin touring nationally making their first stop at the Bay Model Center in Sausalito, CA. A reception is scheduled for Saturday, January 12th from Noon to 3pm..
Music composer and healer Bradford W. Tilden will perform his compositions that are encoded with activating templates that heal and uplift the physical, mental-emotional, and spiritual bodies. www.crystalmusichealing.com/
Click Here to download a full media release for this event.
Beginning in 2007 Austin has worked closely with Oceana in providing them his imagery at no cost, aiding them in their fundraising and educational efforts. Austin's limited editions will be exhibited at Oceana's new Washington D.C. office begining in April 2008. More information to follow.
Location:
99 Pacific Street, Suite 155C
Monterey, CA 93940
Oceana's new Monterey Office will host an open house reception to feature Austin's limited edition whale photographs from 5 to 7pm. Twenty percent of all evening's sales will go to support Oceana.
Location:
The UC Santa Cruz
Seymour Marine Discovery Center
100 Shaffer Road
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Bryant will present a 40 minute multi media presentation showcasing his early photographic work with Sea Otters to his current work with whales Wednesday, September 26, at 7 pm.
Location:
The UC Santa Cruz
Seymour Marine Discovery Center
100 Shaffer Road
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
They Seymour Marine Discover Center will feature Bryant's Sea Otter photographs for the month of September as a part of their Sea Otter Awareness Week celebration. A reception is scheduled for Thursday, September 6th. Please note that the reception is for members of the Seymour Center. Become a member.
In 1999 Bryant began a concerted effort to artistically explore the aesthetic relationships between marine mammal behavior and its relationships to their environment. He began with Sea Otters and during this early phase of his creative development he released all of his sea otter photos at no cost to government and non-governmental organizations to advance their efforts to educate and inspire the public. This marked the beginning of his business model, where he provides his imagery free to non-profits and alternatively funds his work entirely through the sale of his limited editions. Since then, over twenty sea otter research and conservation organizations have benefited from his work.
Sea Otter Awareness Week will be celebrated at many locations along the California Coast. Find a venue near you.
Location:
The Attic
931 Pacific Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Bryant's limited edition whale photographs will make their final showing in Santa Cruz for the month of September at the Attic Gallery, before they begin touring nationally.
A reception is scheduled for Friday September 7th from 5pm to 9pm. A multi-media presentation will also be shared during the reception, including High Definition video footage and stills of his field work with the whales, combined with audio recordings from five different whales species that he will work with in the comming years.
Cost: Free
Location:
New Vision United Methodist Church
450 Chadbourne Avenue
Millbrae, CA 94030
The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (www.NCUPS.org), proudly presents a very special seminar with Bay Area artist and marine mammal conservationist Bryant Austin, creator of “Whales in Public Spaces: A Life-Size Whale Photography Exhibition”, Friday, August 10, 2007. Composed over the past two field seasons with the South Pacific Humpback Whales, Bryant Austin explores and develops methods and techniques to produce life-size photographs of his subjects, up to twelve feet high by ninety feet long. For Austin, the size of the photograph is secondary; it is the personhood of the whale, best expressed in the eye, which he explores in depth.
Directions to the New Vision United Methodist Church.
Location:
The Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Arts
Mill Gallery
131 Front Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
This exhibition marks the release of Bryant's very small limited edition release of his large-scale photographs of whales composed over the past two fields seasons in the South Pacific. A second reception is scheduled for Friday June 1, 2007 from 5pm to 9pm where Bryant will be present to share stories of his ongoing work. Directions to the Mill Gallery.
Listen to interview with Bryant Austin aired on KUSP -- Bryant talks about his work with the whales and his future projects.
Location:
Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery,
University of California, Santa Cruz
The Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is hosting a new exhibit entitled the "Sea Around Us", featuring marine themed works from artists living in the Monterey Bay region. Bryant's photograph entitled "Humpback Whale Mother and Calf II" will be on exhibit. The opening reception is scheduled for Sunday, April 15 from 2-5pm. Bryant will be present during the reception to share stories and answer questions.
Location:
Cowell Theatre,
Fort Mason Center,
San Francisco
Bryant Austin has been invited to participate in the annual San Francisco Ocean Film Festival. Austin will be exhibiting his Whales in Public Spaces images, featuring the first ever life-size photograph of a humpback whale calf.
In addition to Austin's images, Video footage taken during 2006 Tonga field season will be exhibited, illuminating the profound otherworldy nature of close encounters with the humpback whales of Tonga, South Pacific.
Austin will also be giving an educational lecture on his mission as an artist, and what it takes to produce large scale images of whales in the wild.