Through the Eyes of a Monarch coincides with the Mariposa Festival in September, honoring

the western monarch butterfly and celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. The exhibit will take

place from September 1 through September 30 at The Bunker SLO in support of the Central

Coast State Parks Association and the Western Monarch Trail.

The intention of the art show is to highlight not only the beauty of the monarch, but also the

struggles the monarchs and many other pollinators face. Climate change, habitat loss and

pesticides are affecting this small - yet very important - species on earth. Artists in the show

tell the story of the monarch with their art “through the eyes/lens of a monarch” in various

ways speaking to them as artists, including the beauty of the migration and flight, the

destruction they see to their habitat through climate change, fires and habitat loss, and more.