Listen to the video by turning on the volume in the playbar.
The Endangered Species Project features an installation of over 1,100 burial urns, one created for each endangered, threatened, extinct, or recovered species in the continental United States listed under the Endangered Species Act. The urns are not made for use; they are displayed empty as a sign of hope. By creating an urn for each species, it is making species rarely seen, visible and through this awareness, compassionate action is possible.
“The video bears witness,” Galloway says. “To what has become invisible — the quiet loss of the creatures and plants that share our world.”
The Endangered Species Project stands at the intersection of art and conservation, inviting viewers to reflect on the fragility of life and the power of human responsibility. It is an homage not only to the species we are losing but to the enduring belief that beauty and grief can coexist — and that through seeing, we might change.
Julia Galloway’s artwork is included in the collections of the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian, Long Beach Art Museum, American Museum of Ceramic Art, and Alfred Ceramics Art Museum. She was recently awarded a United States Artist Grant and named a Distinguished Scholar at the University of Montana. Julia lives in Missoula and teaches at the University of Montana.
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