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Join us for a virtual opening and curatorial talk by Lindsay Carron on February 27th at 4:00 PM PST!
Alaska is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, and climate change impacts range from melting permafrost releasing methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, infrastructure eroding into the ocean, compromised survival of animal species, and changing subsistence patterns affecting food security. Changes in Alaska’s landscape have a global impact. Why We Won’t Just Leave: What Alaska is Telling the World About Climate Change is a virtual exhibition curated by Lindsay Carron and presented by Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) that highlights the responses of Alaskans to their rapidly changing environment. This exhibition delivers messages that are key for us all if we are to reverse climate catastrophe and cultivate a healthy, vibrant future for generations to come. Why We Won’t Just Leave features portraits, paintings, photography, stories, and video profiles of 20 artists, activists, researchers and community organizers responding to climate change in Alaska. From activists delivering testimonies in D.C. and artists revealing truth with beauty, to scientists studying methane released from melting permafrost, Alaska has a message for the world.
Virtual Opening & Curatorial Talk
Lindsay is an artist and educator residing in Los Angeles and Alaska. In Los Angeles, she works with young children in nature-based learning as a mentor with EverWild LA. She partners with her local community on murals and creative assets for reducing our environmental footprint. In Alaska, Lindsay has worked for the past five years as an artist in residence with US Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska’s 16 National Wildlife Refuges, illustrated children’s books with Sealaska Heritage Institute and taught classes and exhibited in Juneau. Her travels have taken her to incredible lands where she has met inspiring people, learned about rich cultural traditions, and experienced firsthand the astounding changes in the landscape due to climate change. This is the first exhibition Lindsay has curated that brings Alaska to Los Angeles creating an opportunity for cross-cultural understanding and collaboration.
Artworks in Banner (Left to Right): Keri Oberly, Photograph of Quannah Chasinghorse Potts and Jody Juneby Potts, 2020 (Partial View); Bill Hanson, Broken Blue Ruins at Low Tide, Digital Image from series “Southeast Alaska: Changing Climate, Changing Landscapes, Changing Life” (Partial View) and; Apay’uq Moore, Gram and Girl, Acrylic on Canvas, 2020 (Partial View).
Why We Won't Just Leave Exhibition Opening
Saturday, February 27, 2021
SPARC Events Zoom Room
Why We Won't Just Leave Exhibition Opening
Saturday, February 27, 2021
SPARC Events Zoom Room
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Why We Won't Just Leave Exhibition Opening
Saturday, February 27, 2021
SPARC Events Zoom Room
We are looking forward to seeing you at the opening of Why We Won't Just Leave on Saturday, February 27th at 4:00 PM PST.
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Please email events@SPARCinLA.org with any inquiries.