Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice: Programs & Performances

Artist Yangkura performs as the Forgotten Messenger in his monumental trash costume, accompanied by contemporary musician and composer Kyungso Park on the gayageum, a traditional Korean stringed instrument.

The extraordinary journey of emperor penguins in Antarctica on a grueling 62 mile trek to their inland breeding grounds showcases their resilience and determination, and reveals both the beauty and harshness of the environment they call home.

Visionary designer, author, educator, and artist Bruce Mau delves into his approach to life-centered design, interplanetary civilization, and the discovery of the beauty and diversity of our home planet.

Artist and designer Richard T. Walsh leads a workshop on drawing in the garden, teaching participants how to translate seeing into mark making.

This series of short films by and about Breath(e) artist Cannupa Hanska Luger illuminates how the artist approaches Indigenous futurism, blending media, place, storytelling, and documentation of a living practice.

Drop by Art Lab for hands-on creative activities inspired by artworks in Breath(e): Towards Climate and Social Justice.

Set in the Curonian Spit, a scenic peninsula in Lithuania, this satiric documentary follows tourists who flock to the region despite the dying, leafless trees of its ancient forest now overtaken by thousands of cormorant birds and their acid-fortified feces.

Drop by Art Lab for hands-on creative activities inspired by artworks in Breath(e): Towards Climate and Social Justice.

Work with fiber artist and fashion designer Cayetano Talavera to learn to extract dyes from madder roots and marigolds and create unique patterns on a cotton bandana.

Leah Penniman and her cohorts at Soul Fire Farm help propel a rising generation finding strength in the deep historical knowledge of African agrarianism—and its potential to save the planet—in this 2023 documentary.