Climate Museum opens pop-up in Soho with artist David Opdyke
First ever U.S. museum dedicated to climate crisis launches fall exhibit and programming
(New York City, NY)—The Climate Museum is partnering with artist David Opdyke to present a major new work of art at its forthcoming pop-up in Soho. Opdyke’s Someday, all this mural uses 400 hand-modified vintage postcards to offer a bracing commentary on the impact of the climate crisis on the American landscape. The Climate Museum is bringing Someday to the public along with a climate action incubator and a series of Interdisciplinary programming launching in October and running through the end of the year.
WHEN:
Media Sneak Peek: Saturday, October 8, 2022, 12:30 - 1:00 pm ET
Public Opening: Saturday, October 8 - December 22, 2022
WHERE:
120 Wooster Street, between Prince and Spring Streets, New York, NY 10012.
Someday explores themes such as climate displacement and migration, bringing humanity to the center and building on the striking aesthetic and technique of Opdyke’s previous work This Land (2019).
This pop-up will include a climate action incubator, where visitors of all ages can engage with the artwork by participating in guided opportunities for reflection, dialogue, and action. It will also feature a kids’ corner with climate art and science materials.
The Museum will present a robust slate of special programs exploring the intersection of climate change and the arts, justice, science, human migration, philosophy, activism, comedy, and more with prominent journalists, activists, and thought leaders. Highlights include: artist talks; a presentation by philosopher Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò; a kids climate science series with NASA - Goddard Institute for Space Studies; a climate justice Q&A with Chisholm Legacy Project founder Jacqui Patterson; a discussion on climate migration with journalists Vann Newkirk, Somini Sengupta, and Sarah Stillman; the NYC book launch of The Petroleum Papers; a virtual visit to the JOIDES Resolution climate expedition ship with scientist Dr. Gisela Winckler, the return of “An Inconvenient Talk Show;” youth climate arts workshops; and more.
American supporters of ambitious, transformative climate action outnumber opponents 2 to 1; but the population believes that the reverse is true. This myth of climate indifference becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy at the level of policy. At the Climate Museum pop-up, the public is invited to recognize their own agency and take action, busting the myth and shifting the public culture of the United States.
Hours, accessibility details, and more are available at www.climatemuseum.org.
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The Climate Museum, the first climate-dedicated museum in the U.S., inspires action on the climate crisis with programming across the arts and sciences that deepens understanding, builds connections, and advances just solutions. Since its first year of public programs in 2018, the Museum has mobilized the popularity and trust held by museums and created an activist, cultural approach to community engagement with climate. The Museum’s free, accessible exhibitions, art installations, interactive panels, youth programs, advocacy tools, and more foster climate action and introduce an interdisciplinary approach to climate with an emphasis on community, justice, equity, and inclusion.
David Opdyke makes artwork that explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment. His work is held in the collections of MoMA, Brooklyn Museum, and more. https://davidopdyke.com