Sun, Oct 10
|American University Museum
Second Sunday in person Art Chat at American University Museum
Meet WCA Lifetime Achievement awardee Diano Burko at her Seeing Climate Change plus several other exhibitions by women artists.
Time & Location
Oct 10, 2021, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
American University Museum, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016
About the Event
Diane Burko's Seeing Climate Change Curated by Mary D. Garrard and Norma Broude Diane will be there in person to talk with us. One of the founding WCA members and a Lifetime Achievement awardee, Diane Burko is a painter, and photographer who advocates for art’s role in addressing climate change and the damage caused by global warming. This exhibition includes many of her large-scale paintings and serial groupings, including the 56-foot-long “World Map” series, which addresses glacier and coral reef changes across the globe.
Diane will be on the National Academy of Science panel Art, Empathy, and Climate Change on Thursday, September 23, 12 pm to 1:30 pm EDT, available later on YouTube.
Plan to register on Eventbrite to see Diane’s Virtual Gallery Talk with the curators on October 12, 6-7PM
See also: Successions: Traversing US Colonialism Amber Robles-Gordon
Reveal: The Art of Reimagining Scientific Discovery Rebecca Kamen
Inside Out: Artists in the Studio Curated by Sarah Leary
Parking is free on Sunday under the museum or on the street. Meet in the entrance area of the museum.