Para la Naturaleza (PLN) is an arts-forward conservation organization that has protected a land trust of nearly 40,000 acres across 86 sites in Borikén (Puerto Rico) for over forty years. PLN conserves lands of high ecological value, encourages responsibility for its natural resources and promotes public policy for its protection. Providing an experience of nature in the present and preserving it for future generations is PLN’s core mission, which involves supporting artists’ engagement in ecologically oriented residencies, programming, and study initiatives.
Para la Naturaleza
Lio Villahermosa’s Bomba workshop at Casa Común Para la Naturaleza, Antiguo Acueducto de rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2025. Courtesy Para la Naturaleza.
Dani Zelko, Reunión: Frontera Norte, 2017-2018. Courtesy Dani Zelko.
Camila Marambio and Fran Benítez at Ecofeminisms workshop at Antiguo Acueducto de rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2023. Courtesy Para la Naturaleza.
Florian Dombois, Triple Instrument (Sound kite ensemble), performance at the lighthouse of Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 2024. Courtesy Para la Naturaleza.
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“The Foundation’s commitment to supporting artists by funding the institutions that incubate, encourage, exhibit and critically engage their work is unwavering. Non-profit arts organizations face profound challenges due to the political, economic, social and cultural upheavals of our current moment. At the same time, and more than ever, artists need the supportive community and creative encouragement that these organizations provide.”
Joel Wachs, President