05/29/2026
Join us on June 4 for the opening of an exclusive fundraiser featuring works by local artist Serafine Lilien.
Serafine created this collection to honor elephants’ matriarchal family structures and to raise awareness about their precarious future.
This herd of off-white, tusk-colored ceramic sculptures deliberately lack tusks as a symbol of what’s being taken from them—both literally (by poaching for ivory) and figuratively (by habitat loss and exploitation).
As the artist explains: “Sculpting these animals is my way of urging viewers to see elephants as wild, sentient beings that deserve space, freedom, and respect rather than entertainment or captivity.”
Elephants face steep declines: roughly 415,000 wild African elephants and 40,000–50,000 wild Asian elephants remain, and both species confront poaching, habitat loss, and climate-related pressures. Some elephants are now born without tusks, an alarming biological change whose causes are still being studied; meanwhile, demand for ivory continues to drive violence and hardship in communities where people have few alternatives to poaching.
20% percent of the fundraiser’s proceeds will go to two organizations that rescue, care for, and rewild orphaned elephants and protect wild lands: Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Reteti Elephant Sanctuary.
Opening Reception: June 4, 5-8pm
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