HURLEYVILLE, NY — “Wild and Balanced” opened on Earth Day at the Hurleyville Arts Centre’s Gallery 222 on Main St., and it will run Saturdays through the end of May. There will be an artists’ reception on Saturday, May 13 from 4 to 9 p.m. at Gallery 222. An African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) screening of Leonardo DiCaprio’s 2016 documentary, “The Ivory Game,” and a panel discussion about poaching and ivory trafficking will begin across the street at the Hurleyville Arts Centre at 6:30 p.m. Both events are free.

The exhibit has been curated by Six Summit Gallery director Leo Feroleto and conservation-minded artists who hope to encourage dialogue about environmental issues through thought-provoking art. Artwork from Kate Clark’s “Little Girl” series, included in Claudia Rankine’s New York Times best-selling book “Citizen: An American Lyric,” will complement the show. Featured artists include Gaetanne Lavoie, Randall Nelson, Sarah Smith and Alison Nicholls, a conservationist whose work has been exhibited at the Botswana Mission to the United Nations.

For the panel discussion, AWF President KadduSebunya, born in Uganda; AWF Vice President for Conservation Science Dr. Philip Muruthi, a Kenyan native, and Zimbabwe-born director of program design Jimmiel Mandima will offer passionate, professional African perspectives on the elephant poaching crisis and will discuss strategies to ensure Africa’s elephants and other magnificent wildlife endure forever.