Last Chance To Paint
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Connecting children to endangered wildlife, peoples and places through art that bears witness.
About Last Chance To Paint
Last Chance To Paint is an art-led environmental education project that takes children on virtual expeditions to paint the world's most threatened wildlife, habitats and cultures before they are lost.
Many young people grow up disconnected from the natural world, and it is hard to care about what you have never encountered. Last Chance To Paint tackles that distance head on, using creativity to build empathy for endangered species and the ecosystems and indigenous communities that depend on them. The premise is honest and urgent: some of these places and creatures may not survive, so this could be the last chance to paint them.
The project is built around artist John Dyer, the Eden Project's artist-in-residence, who travels to places such as the Amazon, the rainforests of Borneo and India's tiger reserves. Using live blogs, video streams and online sessions, the team connects classrooms directly to these expeditions so children can follow the journey, ask questions and then create their own artwork in response.
It runs as a free programme for schools, with downloadable lesson plans and resources developed alongside partners including the Eden Project and the Born Free Foundation. Each expedition becomes a teaching chapter, and the work reaches tens of thousands of children every year, who can submit their own paintings to a shared online gallery.
By linking art, music and real conservation stories, the project helps a generation form a genuine bond with nature. Support keeps these expeditions and free resources reaching more classrooms, turning awareness into the kind of lasting connection that shapes future choices.
Amazon Expedition
Spirit of the Rainforest, exploring the Amazon and the Yawanawá people through art.
Borneo Expedition
Person of the Forest, meeting the Penan people and Borneo's orangutans.
Kenya Expedition
Precious Africa, celebrating Maasai culture and the region's threatened wildlife.
World Gallery
An online space where children exhibit the artwork they create with the project.
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