Arts & Climate Collective Festival: Art, Food, and Community

Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: Hancock Foundation Building (AHF), Lawn

Type: Exhibition, Workshop, Diversity, Conversation

Genre: Art & Design, Science & Technology

ADMISSION:
Admssion is free. Reservations not required.

DESCRIPTION:
Celebrate Earth Month with USC’s Arts & Climate Collective (ACC) at its annual festival and be inspired to create a healthy and sustainable city for all! 

Showcasing student artwork and projects that connect the arts and storytelling with environmental justice and highlighting efforts to build sustainable communities in Los Angeles, the free event will feature art activations, workshops, food tasting, produce giveaways, and a resource fair with local, student, and USC organizations. 

Student Art and Projects:
Aaron Abunu, Arjun Bhargava, William Higbie, Zeenat Javaid, Andrea Kim, Michael Lagos, Sol Lagos, Scarlett Lovallo, Audrey Shi, Katya Urban, Kadee Whitaker, Wenting Yang, and the Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation.

Murals by Students:
Andy Johnson, Olivia Lee, Shea Noland, Nina Tomasevic, and John “JD” Davillier and the Black Art Collective

Art Activations: 
Imagine a Sustainable LA with the Arts & Climate Collective
Gratitude Garden installation by students from the Kaufman School of Dance and Roski School of Art and Design 
Native Plants with North East Trees
Seed Art & Hummingbird Wings of Change with LA Commons 
Upcycling Workshop by USC Arts in Action

Food Tastings and Giveaways:
Produce giveaway by Community Services Unlimited
Tacos from Chichen Itza 

Resource Fair: 
AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles
Cnidarian Evolutionary Ecology Lab
Community Services Unlimited
Environmental Justice Research Lab/Southern California Center for Children’s Environmental Health Translational Research
Esperanza Community Housing 
Fifty-One Miles 
Koreatown Youth + Community Center
LA Commons 
Legacy LA
NewFilmmakers LA
North East Trees 
Peaks and Professors
SC Garden Club
Student Committee of the Presidential Working Group on Sustainability
Test Plot 
TreePeople
Urban Trees Initiative 
USC Arts in Action
USC Environmental Student Assembly
USC Native American Student Assembly
USC Peace Garden
USC Sustainability
USC University Relations  
USC Dornsife Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability 
Zero Waste at USC 

Presented by USC’s Arts & Climate Collective in partnership with USC Arts in Action; USC Sustainability; USC University Relations; USC Environmental Health Centers; the Annenberg Innovation Lab; USC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and the USC Fisher Museum of Art.


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