LINC announces the ten commissioned artists selected to participate in the Greater Everglades Conservation Atlas.

Funded by a generous grant of $25,000 from RBC Capital Markets, the Atlas is being developed in partnership with National Geographic’s Maps Division and will feature place-based works of art. This publicly accessible map will offer an interactive experience of the Everglades through art and will also provide engaging scientific and cultural information.

Conservation Atlas Carol McArdle’s easel on Loop Road—a popular drive in Big Cypress National Preserve

The ten artists selected to inaugurate the Atlas are:

Clyde Butcher working on the Kissimmee River Basin

Jerry Cutler working in Everglades National Park, Snake Bight Trail

Vevie Lykes Dimmitt working at the Lykes Ranch in Brighton

Mollie Doctrow working in the Lake Wales Ridge

Charlotte Lykes Jorgensen working on wildlife in the Greater Everglades

Megan Kissinger working in the Caloosahatchee River Basin

Carol McArdle working on Loop Road in Big Cypress National Preserve

Elizabeth Smith working in Rookery Bay

Christopher M. Still working on Cape Sable in Florida Bay

Margaret Ross Tolbert working in the Fakahatchee Strand in Big Cypress National Preserve

Congratulations!

The Greater Everglades Conservation Atlas is scheduled to launch on January 17th and will include the works of all ten artist by mid-March 2012.