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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“Our grantees range from small arts organizations with one staff member to major museums, yet they all provide essential resources for artists as well as innovative platforms for critical cultural dialogue. Creative risk-taking is at the heart of this country’s most meaningful social, political, and cultural developments, therefore we are proud to stand behind artist-centered organizations that support experimental practice.”
Joel Wachs, President