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Step into the STEAM  2026 exhibition at the Pensacola Museum of Art, and you step into bird world: “Extinct, Threatened, Restored.”

Spread across three walls of the gallery, the exhibit showcases what’s at stake when we protect birds and the places they need. As the museum explains, “With floor-to-ceiling prints and paintings, this immersive, multi-media art installation transports participants to the world’s first restored seabird colony” and beyond.  One wall is dedicated to the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, believed to be extinct. On the middle wall, Frisbie-Calder highlights songbird species experiencing threats to their survival, including cats, migration hazards, a changing climate, and more. Finally, on the third wall, Frisbie-Calder depicts puffins and their restored Maine populations.

What path will our favorite bird species follow? That’s up to us. As part of the exhibit, visitors can take down one of the paper birds on the three walls (they’re held in place by magnets). If they take action for birds – including filling out an action alert to members of Congress in support of the Forage Fish Conservation Act (learn more here), available in the gallery itself – they can take a bird home.

As part of the exhibit, join us on December 12 from 4-6 p.m. for a panel discussion on protecting seabirds in Florida and beyond with Pippin Frisbie-Calder; 51�������’s Bethany Kraft, Brian Cammarano, Collette Lauzau; and more. Drinks and refreshments will be provided by the Pensacola Art Museum, and the panel will begin at 5 p.m.

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