Arts, Media, and Design at AIC: Climate Storytelling Art Show Opening Reception 4/26/23

Art show opening reception Wednesday 4/26/23 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Location: West Wing Gallery of the Karen Sprague Cultural Arts Center, 1000 State Street, Springfield, MA Refreshments will be served. You are invited to join us.

We noticed an Instagram a post from Intersectional Environmentalist titled: The Power of Radical and Intersectional Environmental Storytelling

This led to Midterm Projects focused on Climate Storytelling.created by students in Digital Photography 1 and 2, as well as Cultivating Creativity

Information Literacy Librarian Maxine Girard visited Professor Nordell's classes to explain using the Gale in Context: Environmental Studies Database. Maxine also made a tutorial video that shows effective use of the database. Students chose themes of personal interest from the over 400 topics related to environmental issues.

History of Art student Charlotte Tvelia distills the essence of the exhibition:

The following pieces were created by students with a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and approaches. Despite these differences, all of these students used their artwork to bring awareness to the climate crisis. Although we are all suffering the effects of climate change, some groups of people are more affected than others, as highlighted in Intersectional Environmentalist's Instagram post. It is crucial that we understand how intersectionalism and climate change are intertwined, and bring awareness through methods such as artwork, music, speech, and writing.

We start with some in-depth reports in blog post form. Click captions to view blog posts.