Forest Hope Through Innovation
Upcoming Featured Exhibition
March 1 – August 31, 2026
Included with Discovery Museum Admission | Portland, OR
Forest Hope Through Innovation is an interdisciplinary art-forest-science exhibition at World Forestry Center that explores how creativity, research, and community action can shape a sustainable future for the forests we rely on.
Featuring work by 12 innovators, the exhibition highlights the aesthetics of emerging forest-based research—from technology and engineering to design and artist-scientist collaborations. Each contributor approaches forest health in unexpected and thought-provoking ways.
Works range from research studies, new technology, experimental forest management practices, visual art and community science projects to products developed in material science labs, sound ecology studies and art-science collaborative fieldwork.
By displaying research happening behind the scenes in labs and incubator-like spaces, Forest Hope Through Innovation becomes both a gallery and a public facing living laboratory. Visitors are encouraged to engage actively with the work, ask questions, and consider their own role in shaping forest-climate solutions. The exhibition fosters curiosity and problem-solving, reinforcing the belief that everyone can contribute to the long-term health of our forests.
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In this moment of climate uncertainty, World Forestry Center is leveraging creativity, art, and storytelling to spotlight forest-based solutions as an optimistic path forward. Forest Hope Through Innovation is designed to spark climate hope and inspire community-based approaches that support resilient forests for generations to come.
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