The Fleet Science Center is excited to announce the launch of Art for Planetary Health, an initiative aimed at fostering environmental consciousness and community engagement through the arts. In collaboration with local creatives, the project seeks to address the crucial question: What does it mean for our communities to be in harmony with the health of our planet?

Art for Planetary Health invites five creatives from four San Diego neighborhoods to explore this question with their communities through the visual, literary or performing arts. With the overarching theme of the interconnectedness of human health and planetary ecosystems, selected participants will conceptualize and further realize their ideas through co-development and engagement with their communities at local STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) fairs.

After reviewing submissions, the Community Advisory Committee will select one creative from each of the following regional neighborhoods: Barrio Logan, San Ysidro, National City, and the Greater Neighborhoods of Southeastern San Diego. Due to the size of the latter region, two creatives will be selected to represent different neighborhood clusters.

Paul Siboroski, Exhibits Director at the Fleet Science Center, expressed his enthusiasm by sharing, "I am excited to help bring the Fleet and our communities' creatives together to explore and imagine the harmony between human health and our planet's ecosystems, as together we celebrate diversity, creativity and collective action for a healthier future."

Art for Planetary Health will culminate in a celebration and exhibition event hosted at the Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park in October 2024. This event will spotlight the communities' efforts to promote community health and address global environmental challenges. 

For more information and to submit a proposal, interested individuals can visit Art for Planetary Health

This project was developed by the Fleet Science Center and funded with generous support from the Prebys Foundation.

CALL FOR CREATIVES 

The proposal submissions are now open, and the deadlines are as follows:  

• Barrio Logan, San Ysidro and National City: March 20, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.
• Greater Neighborhoods of Southeastern San Diego: April 24, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.

The proposal submission online form is available at bit.ly/49EQmdW.

Proposals can be mailed to the following address:

Att: Art for Planetary Health Project

Fleet Science Center

P.O. Box 12010

San Diego, CA 92112

Proposals may also be dropped off at our main entry anytime from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., seven days a week.

Dropped-off or mailed proposals must be delivered by the proposal deadline. Proposals physically dropped off will be scanned for the selection committee.

There is no fee for proposal submissions.