Someday, all this at Photoville Festival
We were delighted to return for this year’s Photoville Festival in Brooklyn Bridge Park! This iconic annual festival included more than 90 public art exhibitions in all 5 boroughs of NYC, walking tours, panels, workshops, and in-person and virtual public programming throughout the month of May.
From Friday, May 22 through Monday, May 25, the Climate Museum presented David Opdyke’s remarkable postcard mural Someday, all this (2021), which was first exhibited at the Climate Museum’s first short-term exhibition in Soho. Someday, all this uses hundreds of early 20th-century postcards to offer a commentary on the impact of climate change on the American landscape. The work explores the migration forced by climate change and the unjust socioeconomic systems that got us here. The artist handpaints on the original postcards, which are a combination of black and white photography with color lithographic printing, to shift existing narratives. Literally turning Americana on its head, Opdyke challenges how we understand our past and calls us to action for brighter futures.
Each day for several hours, Climate Museum volunteers were there connecting with visitors and handing the newest iteration of our climate conversation wallet cards. These cards are designed to help us all engage in more climate dialogue and create ripples of civic engagement.
Someday, all this at Photoville Festival was made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
The Climate Museum Presents: Publication Day Celebration for Climate Wayfinding with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson
Photos: Sari Goodfriend
When maps come up short and the path ahead is uncertain, how do we find our way? In her new book Climate Wayfinding: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home, best-selling, award-winning author Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson (co-editor of All We Can Save) offers a compassionate and empowering guide for navigating through ache to action, doubt to possibility. Whether we’re steeped in climate or newly curious, we can look inward with care, outward with curiosity, and forward with courage to shape our unique contributions.
The Climate Museum and The All We Can Save Project presented a dynamic book experience, immersing ourselves in the wisdom of Climate Wayfinding and the beauty of poetry, art, and song. Amid kindred community, we remember that each of us is a node of possibility for healing the climate crisis—whoever we are and whatever we’ve got to give.
The program included a conversation between Dr. Wilkinson and Climate Museum director Miranda Massie, as well as a reading by special guest and poet Tamiko Beyer.
About The All We Can Save Project
The All We Can Save Project is a nonprofit that nurtures people as the heart of climate healing. Rooted in its founding anthology, All We Can Save, the Project’s programs and resources serve thousands of climate doers, thinkers, and feelers. Dozens of university campuses across the US and Canada are home to its flagship program, Climate Wayfinding—now widely accessible as a book for anyone seeking clarity and courage for their climate journeys.
About the Climate Museum
The Climate Museum, the first museum in the US dedicated to climate change, mobilizes the power of arts and cultural programming to invite visitors into climate engagement and agency. The Museum’s exhibitions and programs help move people from feeling despair and isolation about this existential threat to feeling informed, connected, and empowered to act. The Museum will open the doors to its permanent home on Manhattan’s West Side in 2031.
This program was supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Broadway Celebrates Earth Day Concert
The Climate Museum was delighted to join The Broadway Green Alliance and Times Square Alliance for their 5th Annual Broadway Celebrates Earth Day Concert.
The event took place Saturday, April 25 from 11am-3pm in Time Square’s Duffy Square in front of the iconic red steps. The free public performance and festival offered performances by both Broadway talent and over 150 singers from local schools and community groups.
The Climate Museum was proud to present climate arts and action opportunities in the surrounding pedestrian plaza. Artist David Opdyke installed his major work of climate art, Someday, all this, which was exhibited for the first time at a Climate Museum show in Soho. Visitors watched—and helped—him place the 400 postcards that make up this epic postcard mural. The Museum also provided opportunities for taking climate action onsite and for committing to action alongside a community of others. Additional activities in the pedestrian plaza were presented by Headcount, Materials for the Arts, and the Wildlife Conservation Society.
This program was supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
The Climate Museum x Pattie Gonia Presents: Climate Game Show Night
The Climate Museum presented a high-energy night where entertainment meets climate solutions and the audience was part of the action on Earth Day eve.
During the evening, Pattie Gonia hosted a live Climate Game Show Night featuring special guest contestants Emily Atkin, Kristy Drutman, Charlene Kaye, and Jacob Simon competing in fast-paced challenges that blended climate change, pop culture, and real-world solutions. It was part performance, part education, part community mixer, all pointed toward action.
Whether climate-curious or deeply engaged in sustainability work, all were welcome to join for the fun and stay for the connection. Attendees met fellow attendees, organizers, artists, and solution-builders, leaving with new connections, clear action steps, and renewed momentum.
About the Climate Museum
The Climate Museum, the first museum in the US dedicated to climate change, mobilizes the power of arts and cultural programming to invite visitors into climate engagement and agency. The Museum’s exhibitions and programs connect visitors to a culture for climate action with a focus on justice. The Museum will open the doors to its permanent home on Manhattan’s West Side in 2031.
About Pattie Gonia
Pattie Gonia is a critically acclaimed drag queen, environmentalist, and community organizer. Named a Next Gen Leader by TIME and recognized by National Geographic and Outside Magazine, Pattie’s community of more than 2.5M people has helped raise over $4M for grassroots climate causes.
This program was supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.