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