Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda creates an “energetic drawing” with a host of materials, from textile waste to tree branches, in a work that is untitled. 

A pink chain link fence section with dangling pink string hanging from a branch in a rainforest

In “Mineralia,” Guillermo Rodríguez uses enamel on asphalt concrete surrounded by PVC pedestals and 
plexiglass to simulate what motor oil looks like on wet tar.

Three plinths made of enamel on asphalt concrete surrounded by PVC and plexiglass set in a rainforest landscape

Georgie Vega is the founder of theartwalkpr and curator of the NATURA exhibition. 

A Puerto Rican woman identified as Georgie Vega dressed in a white dress standing in front of an open sky on a balcony above a rainforest

“AGOR” by Omar Obdulio Peña Forty uses found materials like a chair and sprinkler nozzles to explore the sound of water.

A multi-colored sculpture made of a watering can, chair and sprinkler nozzles set in a rainforest

In “Memoriam,” Jaime and Javier Suárez use dead coral and boat rope to reinforce connections between the El Yunque rainforest and the ocean.

A sculpture made of dead coral and boat rope strung between branches in a rainforest

Some artists who contributed to the NATURA exhibition (from left to right): Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda, Javier Suárez, Jorge González Santos (in the back), Jaime Suárez, Omar Obdulio Peña Forty, Migdalia Luz Barens- Vera. Not pictured: Ivelisse Jiménez, Guillermo Rodríguez.

A group of artists standing and sitting in front of green tropical bushes in front of a brown brick wall

In “The house is a flexible verb, a home-(to) come...” Jorge González Santos uses harvested wood, natural fibers, and clay to remember the bohío (which can refer to a “hut”) and to affirm the Indigenous and Afro-Indigenous knowledge of the region. 

A house shaped sculpture made of harvested wood, natural fibers, and clay set in a rainforest

In “Fallen Landscapes,” Migdalia Luz Barens-Vera uses photographic prints on acrylic mirror plates that create a blurring effect to be in conversation with the area’s light and landscape.

A sculpture made of photographic prints on acrylic mirror plates set on the floor of a rainforest

Installations placed along a hiking trail in Puerto Rico’s El Yunque National Rainforest are opening pathways for people to explore the links between art and nature.

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“El Portal del Yunque: Presence and Lichen” by Ivelisse Jiménez is part of the NATURA exhibition placed along the Science and Conservation Trail of El Portal visitor center in the El Yunque National Forest. The artwork brings lichen to enormous scale using acrylic sheeting and paint.

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Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 

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Students walk through the campus of the University of Hawaii

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