United Nations

The Lion’s share Fund

Collaboration with The Lion’s Share Fund / United Nations

Waggett collaborates with The Lion’s Share Fund, an initiative established by the United Nations Development Programme to support wildlife conservation, animal protection, and ecosystem restoration through private sector partnerships. As part of this engagement, she attends the 74th United Nations General Assembly as a guest of the programme, contributing to conversations that bridge art, ecology, and collective responsibility.

This collaboration reflects and extends the conceptual concerns central to Waggett’s practice, where animals often act as allegorical stand-ins for resilience, instinct, and survival. Her recurring use of bees, big cats, and other non-human subjects foregrounds the interconnectedness of all living systems and highlights the shared vulnerabilities that shape existence. By engaging directly with global policy conversations, the work situates itself within broader frameworks of care, questioning how cultural production can participate in the urgent task of protecting planetary futures.

In this context, the practice becomes not only a visual inquiry but also a form of advocacy, using material language and symbolic form to explore how value is assigned, how power is distributed, and how art might contribute to new imaginaries of coexistence and ecological balance.