SARAH KAIZAR

RARE AIR
Conservation Book Project +
Touring Exhibition


2020 — Current


RARE AIR: Endangered Birds, Bats, Butterflies, and Bees (Mountaineers Books, 2023) is an illustrated book and dynamic educational museum exhibition sharing stories of North American bird conservation and citizen science. This title was recognized as a finalist for Foreword’s INDIES 2023 Book of the Year, Ecology and Environment category.   
I developed a nationally-touring companion exhibition to expand on the book’s stories and research. This family-friendly exhibition features 72 of my original gouache and ink artworks from the publication as well as playful interactive experiences to engage audiences of all ages with urgent issues in wildlife conservation.  






RARE AIR exhibition at the Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington. 2024.

Fall migration observation at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, Pennsylvania, 2021. Gouache paint, pen and ink. 




Exhibition Tour Schedule



    
    James A. Michener Art Museum
    Doylestown, Pennsylvania
    May 13, 2023 – November 5, 2023

    Great Plains Art Museum
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Lincoln, Nebraska
    January 23, 2024 – May 4, 2024

    Catalina Museum of Art & History
    Avalon, California
    June 8, 2024 – September 8, 2024

    Burke Museum of Natural History
    University of Washington
    Seattle, Washington
    October 19, 2024 – March 30, 2025

    The James Museum
    St. Petersburg, Florida
    May 9, 2025 – September 14, 2025  

    The Evergreen Museum & Library
    Johns Hopkins University
    Baltimore, Maryland
    January 21, 2026 – August 22, 2026 

    Buffalo Museum of Science
    Buffalo, New York
    September 6, 2026 – January 22, 2027

    The Dunn Museum
    Lake County Forest Preserves
    Libertyville, Illinois
    February 20, 2027 – May 31, 2027

    Island Free Library
    Block Island, Rhode Island
    June 19, 2027 – December 27, 2027

    Reading Public Museum
    Reading, Pennsylvania
    January 22, 2028 – May 7, 2028



Are you interested in hosting RARE AIR? Contact me.
American Bumblebee
Bombus pensylvanicus
Yellow Bumblebee
Bombus fervidus
Suckley’s Cuckoo Bumblebee
Bombus suckleyi
Rusty Patched Bumblebee
Bombus affinis
Crotch Bumblebee
Bombus crotchii
Western Bumblebee
Bombus occidentalis
(No Name) 
Bombus Fraternus
Yellow-Banded Bumblebee
Bombus terricola
Obscure Bumblebee
Bombus caliginosus
Morrison Bumblebee
Bombus morrisoni
Variable Cuckoo Bumblebee
Bombus variabilis
Franklin’s Bumblebee
Bombus franklini



Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica, 2020. Gouache paint, pen and ink.


RARE AIR exhibition at the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 2023. Specimens loaned by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Photo by Jessica Kourkounis.






Black Rail, Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis, 2020. Gouache paint, pen and ink.
RARE AIR exhibition at the Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington. 2024. 



RARE AIR installation at the James Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. 2025. Photo by Steven Le, courtesy of the James Museum.
RARE AIR installation at the James Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. 2025. Photo by Steven Le, courtesy of the James Museum.



RARE AIR installation at the James Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. 2025. Photo by Steven Le, courtesy of the James Museum.

Tricolored Blackbird, Agelaius tricolor, 2020. Gouache paint, pen and ink.











RARE AIR: Endangered Birds, Butterflies, Bats & Bees



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