The Serica Team had a great time at the Creative Climate Forum, with our friends at the Human Impacts Institute, ALL ARTS, and Dear Tomorrow, showcasing our New York Emmy Award-nominated series, Climate Artists!

Have you seen the Climate Artist episodes featuring FOUR Asian American artists yet? Watch them here!

The goal of the day was to showcase climate artist and workshops to discuss ways to use storytelling and art to bring awareness and drive impact in policy around taking care of our Earth for the long haul.

The day began with a musical and visual performance from Grammy-nominated violinist Curtis Stewart, who performed “Seasons of Change”, a recomposition of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons interspersed with recorded conservation from individuals experiencing homelessness. Acting as an Afro-futurist and meditative frame, this performance evoked images and themes of climate change, class, and digital memory. 

Following the performance, attendees split up into hands-on workshops on a variety of topics, including creative climate messaging, finding your climate voice, and community mobilization. 

In between workshops, attendees enjoyed the Pier 57 lounge, transformed into a living room filled with interactive installations and climate art and performance!

Our award-nominated series Climate Artists, produced in collaboration with ALL ARTS, was streamed throughout the day, as attendees sat back, relaxed, and learned about the talented artists producing creative work as climate action.

Attendees also enjoyed a variety of other interactive stops, including Dear Tomorrow’s letter to the future installation, ALL ARTS’ live plant wall and confessional booth, and a live custom poetry cart. Live music performances continued to energize the forum, from a meditative string quartet performance from Concetta Abbate, to an electric dance performance from Karla Florez, leading attendees in a congo line around the pier!

As a day of creative climate responses drew to a close, the community gathered together to celebrate, including a keynote speech from Ainissa Ramirez, PhD, award-winning scientist and storyteller, and a moving performance from Ranjani Prabhakar, featured in Climate Artists as part of the pop duo Lil Idli. Finally, as attendees headed home, they were gifted a cute succulent plant, a reminder that “Climate Change Succs” and to continue cultivating and caring for our Earth!

Many thanks to our wonderful collaborators and partners at ALL ARTS, the Human Impacts Institute, and DearTomorrow, the Pier 57 staff, the event team staff, and the talented performers, speakers, and storytellers for creating such a dynamic event celebrating the power of storytelling and climate action!