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ArtSEA Conservation

Updated October 11, 2024 Posted November 10, 2023

The Art of Marine Life

Special Exhibition

Location
CMA Visitor Center – Level 4
Admission
ArtSea access included with aquarium admission.
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Art Inspired by Marine Life Conservation

The ArtSEA Experience

Clearwater Marine Aquarium presents ArtSEA Conservation, an art exhibit featuring international, national and community artists to show the connection between art and marine conservation.

At Clearwater Marine Aquarium we are dedicated to conservation in everything we do. We see it as an art. Our staff – comprised of dedicated men and women who are researchers and scientists – have decades of experience.  They are committed to marine life and the conservation of animals in the water that surrounds us.

CMA has partnered with artists and organizations that are aligned with the CMA mission and deeply committed to conservation. 

The aquarium’s fourth floor is transformed into an art gallery where illuminated marine animal paintings, sculptures and aquariums with art are on display along with videos featuring Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute’s fieldwork. Guests can see the beauty and value of protecting these incredible creatures.

Experience ArtSEA Conservation at Clearwater Marine Aquarium now!

Current ArtSEA Exhibits

Project Holocene is an illuminated art exhibit focused on wild animal conservation by international artist Russel Ronat, which features eight-foot illuminated paintings with marine mammals including manatees, right whales, dolphins, sea turtles and sea otters.

The exhibit also features several Art Aquariums with pieces of art that complement the marine life that swims inside, with blown glass balls, geodes, metallic domes and colorful noodlelike forms. Morean Arts Center is part of the collaboration and is featured through glass and clay. This art was provided through a grant-funded project awarded to its summer camp program to address underserved students in experiencing the art process.

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Past ArtSEA Exhibits

The Washed Ashore exhibit at CMA featured marine life such as jellyfish, whales, a sea turtle, river otter and a sea lion – all created from pollution and trash items found in the ocean such as bottles, shoes, lighters, and thousands of pieces of discarded waste. The sculptures bring to life the concept of truly making art from trash.

ArtSEA Questions

ArtSEA can be experienced throughout Clearwater Marine Aquarium now through 2024.

ArtSEA is located on the 4th level of the Visitor Center.

You do not need a reservation. The entire exhibit experience is included with admission! Additional programs may require reservations or separate purchase.


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Thank you to a grant from the State of Florida Division of Arts & Culture for supporting our programming.

Florida Arts & Culture

We believe in preserving our environment while inspiring the human spirit through leadership in the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of marine life; environmental education; research; and conservation.
We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

Clearwater Marine Aquarium
249 Windward Passage
Clearwater, FL 33767
727-441-1790
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