The movement is designed to get kids thinking about the environment and how they connect to it, calling on participants to create a piece of artwork that represents their experience with nature.
The creative production company spearheading this initiative is Sisters Grimm, which is co-founded by former Royal Ballet ballerina Pietra Mello-Pittman and Grammy nominated composer Ella Spira.
Both co-founders are keen to get the project rolling in Australia and create a piece of work that represents the beauty of Australian nature in both music and artwork.
“We want young people to go out into nature, create an artwork, and it can be using any materials, take a photo of it and upload it to our portal or they can email us and their submission will go on an online gallery for the world to see,” Ms Mello-Pittman said.
“And then selected images will become our next music video to this amazing song that Ella's written with Australian singer-songwriter Corinne Gibbons and it features Uncle Ossie, he's an incredible Aboriginal Elder.”
The pair is also encouraging kids to read up on the science, available on the Australia Art in Nature website, and learn about the landscapes and environment of Australia, to help inspire their artwork.
“We're really excited now to be bringing it to Australia,” Ms Mello-Pittman said.
“We've got this amazing added element for Australia, which is our scientific partnerships.
“We've got the most amazing materials to inspire the submissions from RAL like Earth observation, data and imagery and video and CSIRO.
“It's all to do with agriculture and the environment, with the mission being the world needs more food put on the table and how can we use all this amazing technology and practices to make that environmentally sustainable.”
“One of the things that's been really important for us in the development of this program, is how we can act as that conduit between scientists that are working with government science agencies,” Ms Spira said.
“They’re right at the sharp end of science, which is a global effort, and we’re looking at how we can act as the conduit to translate some of that to young people.”
Ms Spira and Ms Mello-Pittman hope this project can encourage up and coming innovators to think critically about how they can make the world a better place with the environment in mind.
“In the case of Art in Nature specifically we really, really would love to get to a place where in five years’ time, young people are starting to think of their own new innovations around environmentalism that are all drawn from nature,” Ms Spira said
“That's what we're hoping to foster through this program.”
The Art in Nature program was launched in the United Arab Emirates last year where over 1000 artworks from more than 100 schools were received for the project.
The winning artworks were displayed in the music video Windows of the Mind where they were made into a 3D environment a ballerina dances through. The song features national talent from the UAE and has more than 3.5 million views to date.
Participants also receive a signed certificate of participation and the winning artworks will be showcased in the music video, with a chosen piece to be the main image of the project.
Art in Nature submissions are open until midnight on February 28. It is free to enter for Australian kids under the age of 18. For more information go to the Australia Art In Nature website.
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