008 2026 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize
This is an audio described tour of the South Australian Museum’s Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize exhibition. It is created so that visitors who are blind or have low vision can experience the artworks, but anyone is welcome to listen.
Since 2002 the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize has called for established and emerging artists to turn their gaze to the natural world. Named after the South Australian Museum’s first curator, Frederick George Waterhouse, this biennial prize recognises the long-running interplay between scientific research and the creative arts, from the illustrators and sculptors who help to describe and depict specimens, to contemporary artists who invite us to think about our environment and our impact on the natural world.
The 2026 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize exhibition is now open at the South Australian Museum and is on display until Sunday 19th of July. You can book tickets online on the South Australian Museum website, or buy tickets at the Museum.
This episode is made possible by the JFM Fund, Access2Arts and the South Australian Museum.
Image: Discarded (Christmas Island Pipistrelle), by Kat Parker, a tiny 3D artwork of a bat, made from books and printed with ink and watercolour.
