Sarah Kaizar
Sarah Kaizar is an illustrator and designer based in Philadelphia.
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Books
Available Work
Current + Upcoming Exhibitions
June 8 — September 8, 2024Catalina Museum for Art & History
Avalon, California
October 19, 2024 — March 31, 2025Burke Museum of Natural History
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
May 9 — September 14, 2025The James Museum
St. Petersburg, Florida
RARE AIRBook + National Touring Exhibition | 2020-2025
RARE AIR: Endangered Birds, Bats, Butterflies, and Bees is an illustrated book about diminishing flighted species and citizen science with writing by A. Scott Meiser. This title was published by Mountaineers Books in 2023 and was recognized as a finalist for Foreword’s INDIES 2023 Book of the Year in the Ecology and Environment category.
A nationally-touring companion exhibition, Sarah Kaizar: RARE AIR, features original gouache and ink artwork from the publication as well as playful interactive experiences to engage audiences of all ages with urgent issues in wildlife conservation. Exhibition commitments include the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania (2023); the Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2023-2024); the Catalina Museum of Art and History in Avalon, California (2024); the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle, Washington (2024-2025); and the James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art in St. Petersburg, Florida (2025).
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RARE AIR exhibition at the Michener Art Museum, 2023. Installation includes specimens on loan from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Photo by Jessica Kourkounis.
Rare and Endangered Bees
Rusty Patched BumblebeeWestern BumblebeeCrotch BumblebeeAmerican BumblebeeYellow BumblebeeVariable Cuckoo BumblebeeMorrison BumblebeeYellow-Banded BumblebeeObscure Bumblebee(No Name) Bombus FraternusSuckley’s Cuckoo BumblebeeFranklin’s Bumblebee
Live video feeds from the Cornell Lab of Orninthology were included in exhibition installations, bringing the outdoors in.
Rare and Endangered Birds
Ae’o - Hawaiian StiltAtlantic Puffin’Akeke’eJava SparrowAplomado FalconBlack RailChestnut-Collared LongspurGolden-Cheeked WarblerAttwater’s Prairie ChickenRed Cockaded WoodpeckerRidgways RailBlack Rosy FinchWhooping CraneMasked Bobwhite QuailLeast Bell’s VireoLong-Tailed DuckAkohekohe - Crested-HoneycreeperYellow-Shouldered BlackbirdTricolored BlackbirdMaui AlauahioMississippi Sandhill CraneLaysan DuckCalifornia CondorCape Sable Seaside SparrowCape Sable Seaside SparrowGuadalupe MurreletGunnison GrouseHawaiian Common GallinuleBrown-Capped Rosy FinchSan Clemente Loggerhead ShrikeEvening Grosbeak
RARE AIR installation at the Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2024. Photo by Chris Kapica.
Rare and Endangered Bats
Eastern Small-Footed MyotisGray BatIndiana BatLittle Brown BatFlorida Bonneted BatTricolored Bat
RARE AIR exhibition at the Michener Art Museum, 2023. Installation includes projection of live video feeds of bird cams from the Cornell Lab of Orninthology. Photography by Jessica Kourkounis.
Rare and Endangered Butterflies
Behren's Silverspot ButterflyCallippe Silverspot ButterflyEl Segundo Blue ButterflyLaguna Mountain SkipperLotis Blue ButterflyMyrtle's Silverspot ButterflyPalo Verdes Blue ButterflyBartrams Hairstreak ButterflyFlorida Leafwing ButterflyMiami Blue ButterflySchaus Swallowtail ButterflySan Bruno Elfin Butterfly
RARE AIR exhibition at the Michener Art Museum, 2023. Installation includes specimens on loan from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Photo by Jessica Kourkounis.