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We started our World Lemur Festival with a Juried

We started our World Lemur Festival with a Juried Art Exhibition filled with lemur themed creations from artists around the world. We asked you to pick a favorite, and the results are in!

Congratulations to Dina Randriambalohery who has won the Community Favorite Award. Dina’s submission is a handmade shoulder bag featuring an indri, the largest living species of lemur in the world. Indri are critically endangered in the wild, and Dina’s beautiful shoulder bag will help to raise awareness for these precious creatures everywhere it goes. Thank you to all the participants who submitted art; together we can protect the primates of Madagascar. #WLF2020

Last chance to vote for your favorite piece from L

Last chance to vote for your favorite piece from LCF’s World Lemur Festival Juried Art Exhibition! Remember that you can vote for your favorite piece by heading over to our Facebook oafs and liking your favorite photo. The art piece with the most likes will be announced at 5:00 PM EST today and win the Community Favorite Award! #WLF2020 #art #conservation

We will be announcing our #raffle #winner today at

We will be announcing our #raffle #winner today at 12:00 PM EST. It’s not too late to enter, and it’s free! Learn how to enter here: lemurreserve.org/lcf-3rd-annual-world-lemur-festival. Don’t miss your chance to win this original lemur coaster set donated by Art By J. Whitlock to celebrate and raise awareness for LCF’s #lemur #conservation efforts.

About the artist: Jennifer Whitlock is the artist behind Art By J. Whitlock. She studied at Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute, graduating in 1999 with a degree in Fine Arts. She moved to Memphis, TN, met the love of her life, got married, and had two beautiful children. Life was missing something and a need to create again emerged in 2018 when she created her first portrait paintings. From there she discovered a passion for acrylic pouring, mixed media, and creating useful decor and jewelry. She happily paints commission pieces of loved ones, pets, landscapes and more. #WLF2020

Today is the LAST DAY of our Virtual World Lemur F

Today is the LAST DAY of our Virtual World Lemur Festival, and you don’t want to miss it! Celebrate with us and support lemur conservation efforts.

Have you visited our Facebook page to vote on your favorite artwork or enter our drawing to win hand painted lemur coasters?

Visit our website (link in bio) to learn how you can participate and consider making a donation. #WLF2020

Females are socially dominant in most #lemur speci

Females are socially dominant in most #lemur species, a trait not often found in other groups of primates. Celebrate World Lemur Festival by thanking the strong female role models in your life! #WLF2020 #girlpower

One of the best ways to celebrate World Lemur Fest

One of the best ways to celebrate World Lemur Festival is NOT choosing a lemur as a pet. You can also help by avoiding sharing imagery, video, or other media featuring humans touching or petting lemurs as this may inadvertently promote lemurs as pets. The growing illegal trade in wild animals to supply the exotic pet industry can have serious consequences on wild lemur populations and conservation efforts. Learn more about why lemurs never make appropriate pets on our website. #WLF2020 #primatesnotpets

Last chance to register! Join us in a couple hour

Last chance to register! Join us in a couple hours as LCF’s panel of lemur experts answer your questions about how they are helping to protect endangered lemurs here in Florida, and halfway around the world in Madagascar. Free to register, but space is limited. Register through the link in our bio.

Following registration, you will receive an email with joining instructions. #WLF2020

Lemurs are an exceptionally diverse and unique gro

Lemurs are an exceptionally diverse and unique group of primates inhabiting one geographical region - Madagascar. Lemurs are part of the prosimian suborder which means they are different than monkeys and apes. #WLF2020

Today is the last day to support a team! Tomorrow

Today is the last day to support a team! Tomorrow we will be hosting our first ever Lemur Trivia Night for teams of animal care professionals from zoos around the country. Teams have been busy raising funds for lemur conservation to receive advantages before and during the game. All funds raised will help preserve and conserve the primates of Madagascar through managed breeding, scientific research, education, and art. Your donation will help teams achieve their fundraising goal and unlock pre-game clues for categories so players can brush up on topics before Lemur Trivia Night tomorrow evening. #WLF2020
Select a team to support and donate through the link on our page.

Thank you for joining us on day four of LCF’s we

Thank you for joining us on day four of LCF’s weeklong Virtual World Lemur Festival! Tune in today to learn more about our incredible team of Prosimian Professionals. Find out how YOU can support the professionals to help save lemurs!

Visit our website to view the complete schedule of events and register to talk with the experts. #WLF2020

We’re very grateful to artist Nathan Ferlazzo fo

We’re very grateful to artist Nathan Ferlazzo for lending his beautiful ring-tailed lemur artwork to our World Lemur Festival promotional materials. He is the founder of @mariniferlazzo , a family business based in Melbourne, Australia that works alongside not-for-profit organizations to support wildlife conservation around the world. Proceeds from the sale of each lemur print benefits the Lemur Conservation Foundation.

Nathan is making a positive difference for the conservation of lemurs through art.

Don’t miss day three of LCF’s Virtual World Le

Don’t miss day three of LCF’s Virtual World Lemur Festival. Today we are looking at #art in action! Learn more about our art partners, get your creative juices flowing by downloading our free lemur coloring book, and enter our free raffle give-away (through our Facebook page)!

Download free materials and learn more on our website! #WLF2020

@wendybarnesdesign is the perfect example of conse

@wendybarnesdesign is the perfect example of conservation action through art. Wendy is a #wildlife artist creating sustainable lifestyle designs from original pen and ink drawings that she develops into fabrics. She gives back by donating a portion of proceeds to partnered #conservation organizations like LCF.

Wendy’s art and design business featuring wildlife drawings was a finalist in Martha Stewart’s American Made contest 2014. Wendy Barnes Design thrives with a mission to bring together volumes of wildlife conservation programs and donate a portion of sales by blending design with awareness and support for the animals of our world. Her conservation chic designs include reusable straw cases, snack bags, totes, and more. Wendy has created a beautiful collection of lemur designs with 10% of sales donated directly to lemur conservation efforts at LCF.

View Wendy’s LCF collection, featuring red ruffed lemurs and indri.

Calling all kids! LCF has a brand new lemur color

Have you tried LCF's escape room yet? Celebrate Wo

Have you tried LCF's escape room yet? Celebrate World Lemur Festival with this FREE activity that can be completed in the comfort of your own home. Plus you have the chance to win a prize! Will you join the fun? Try it out through the link in our bio. #WLF2020

NEW! Check out LCF’s first ever digital #escape

NEW! Check out LCF’s first ever digital #escaperoom! Try it solo or grab some friends and family for this series of challenging #puzzles. This virtual activity will transform you into a #prosimian pro in no time! You’re welcome to try as many times as it takes to win the secret World Lemur Festival prize. You’ll probably want to have a pen and paper handy in order to solve all the perplexing puzzles. Try it through the link in our bio! #WLF2020

Welcome to day two of LCF’s Virtual World Lemur

HONORABLE MENTION: Felinar Mr. Lemur has depicted

HONORABLE MENTION: Felinar Mr. Lemur has depicted in his digital art, “World on Fire,” another immolation image. This very elegant composition focuses on an indri lemur holding in his hands a globe of fire that focuses on the island of Madagascar. The image is so beautifully complicated and emotionally compelling. We see ancient baobab trees burning at the bottom, the ashes of which become lemurs in the sky. But the “seeing” indri maintains his contemplative pose against a circle of Malagasy Traveler Palm fronds. The whole piece is a “prayer,” if you will, for Madagascar and the Earth in general. #WLF2020

HONORABLE MENTION: In “Let’s Protect the Lemur

HONORABLE MENTION: In “Let’s Protect the Lemur,” the artist, Randriamanjato Iaro Foulun, displays exceptional skill in the quiet rendering of this bamboo lemur. Unlike the showy, iconic ring-tailed character, bamboo lemurs are unimposing, diminutive gray creatures whose image is well suited to a pencil drawing. #WLF2020

HONORABLE MENTION: Dr. Jessie Williams created thi

HONORABLE MENTION: Dr. Jessie Williams created this stunning photographic image “Lemur Racing Extinction.” The piece vibrates with energy as the ring-tailed lemur tries to outrun the devastating realities streaking behind him – deforestation, poverty, overpopulation, etc. The photo is masterful in its composition, execution, and drama. #WLF2020

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