Dear MARMAMers! With the occasion of the 2^nd World Marine Mammal Conference hosted by the European Cetacean Society (ECS) and the Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) that will take place in Barcelona (Spain) in December 2019, it is our intention to continue the series of workshops we have been organizing along with the ECS conferences since 2013. Our proposal for the 7^th workshop on “Communicating Marine Mammal Science to the General Public” will be centered on “Arts as a tool for communication”. In our definition "Arts" includes all forms of expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, including the various branches of creativity such as painting, music, literature and dance. Considering the vast audience and researchers the conference itself will hosts, at this stage it is our aim to integrate people or groups interested in providing feedback on their own experience and contribution on the issue in the proposal/program of the workshop itself, before submitting it. Whoever finds this topic of interest and would like to share their experience to provide useful tools for communication and fundraising to other research groups and form a network of information on the matter is strongly invited to get in touch. Please mail to either: Dr. Luigi Bundone: luigibundone@tiscali.it or Volker Smit: smit@m-e-e-r.de Best regards, Volker Smit -- Volker Smit 2.Vorsitzender - vice-president T +49 151 65123475 smit@m-e-e-r.de www.m-e-e-r.org