April 27, 2023
Solidarity Economies
Turning the Tide speaker series, Plant It Forward + HCJM
Speaker: Dr. Assata Richards, Sankofa Research Instituite Director
April 25, 2023
Community Feedback Session and Again, Together Screening
Short film screening and conversation at HCJM
Presenters: Ronald L. Jones, filmmaker + artist; Hadley Medlock, Rice University Center for Civic Leadership student organizer
April 18, 2023
City of Houston's Earth Day HTX 2023
Houston’s Environmental ARTivism: The Power of Art in Resilience and Placemaking, Julia Ideson Library
Panelists: Theresa Escobedo - Civic Art Program Manager – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, City of Houston; Aaron Ambroso -HCJM; Kristi Rangel - Artist - Witness series. Moderator: Necole S. Irvin, Director, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs - City of Houston
April 4, 2023
Press: Migración climática: el nuevo factor que preocupa por el desplazamiento de población dentro del país
Univision Houston interview
April 1, 2023
Missing in Brooks County, Film Screening and Conversation
Film Screening and Conversation, Houston Climate Justice Museum
Panelists: Eddie Canales, South Texas Human Rights Center; Michelle Chinos; Omar Roman; and Dr. Kate Spradley, Texas State University; along with filmmakers Jeff Bemiss and Lisa Molomot.
March 20, 2023
Lost and Found: The Emotions Behind Extinction
Guest Speaker at HCJM
Dr. Dolly Jørgensen, Professor of History at the University of Stavanger, Norway
Located in the East End of Houston, we're
We often found that museums perpetuated cultural versions of nature that were tied to upper class values and dubious racial theories. So we came up with the idea that if we want to tackle the environmental crisis, we have to change the way that museums operate; we have to be more experimental, creative, and open ended. And, we have to unabashedly focus on ethical questions when looking at art and science: Who benefits from this image or object? What point of view does it take? Who is represented and how?
We try to foreground fragile ecological relations in climate justice, and to radically rethink what a museum does and who we do this with. Our attitudes about nature greatly inform the actions we take, and our cultural institutions have the responsibility to examine the legacies of colonialism and racism entrenched in their own practices as well as in the industries that fund them. We work to be in coalition with community partners in order to clear room for values that are more reflective of our collective lived experiences. The climate crisis demands that we confront our existing social institutions while also constructing alternative worlds.
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We create exhibits, cooperative projects, and community space to crack open discussions and think experimentally about art, with an emphasis on collectively and actively shaping our climate futures.
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November 18, 2022
Worldmaking: Arts Engagement Amidst Climate Change
Gulf Coast Connections, Rice University Center for Environmental Studies
Presenters: Aaron Ambroso, Houston Climate Justice Museum; Xandra Eden and Ashley DeHoyos, DiverseWorks; Rebecca Snedeker, New Orleans Center for the Gulf South; Ama Rogan and Dr. Amy Lesen, Educators, Artists, Scientist Engaging Learners (EASEL)
November 12, 2022
Black Media Story Summit: Climate Justice
The Balancing Act: Using facts and creativity for climate justice media
Moderator: Aaron Ambroso, HCJM
Panelists: Ralph Bouquet, NOVA; Caty Borum, Yes, And...Laughter Lab; Dr. Stephanie Castillo, STEMedia
November 4, 2022
Creosote Stories: Seeding Planthroposcenes in Northeast Houston
HCJM at Rice University Solar Studios
Reading and Conversation: Kathryn Savage, Groundglass, and Willow Naomi Curry, Arcadia
November 2, 2022
Press: New Climate Justice Mural at Rice’s Solar Studios
by Hadley Medlock, Rice Thresher
September 30, 2022
Would You Look at the Time?
Julia Barbosa Landois short film Screening and Artist Panel at Garza Studios
Moderator: Tiffany Jin, HCJM
Panelists: Artists Julie DeVries, Julia Barbosa Landois, Monica Villarreal
September 24, 2022
Behind me was the desert: Migration, Borders and the Struggle for Land
Houston Climate Justice Museum
Panelists: Marina Azahua, Columbia University; Eddie Canales, South Texas Human Rights Center, Saúl Hernández Vargas, Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s Core Fellow
September 10, 2022
Climate Action in Houston: Where are we now?
Presenters: Aaron Ambroso, HCJM; Doris Brown, Northeast Action Collective and West Street Recovery
August 26, 2022
5 Years After Landfall
Houston Climate Justice Museum
in partnership with Air Alliance + One Breath
Show curated by Matt Manalo with works by Jean-Sebastien Boncy, Willow Naomi Curry, Julie DeVries, Julia Barbosa Landois, Matt Manalo, and Cecilia Norman
Reflections: Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee; policy advisor Zoe Middleton; professor, writer and founder of the Houston Flood Museum Dr. Lacy M. Johnson; City of Houston poet laureate Outspoken Bean
Participating Organizations: CEER, Connective, Brazos Bookstore, Environment Texas, Moms Clean Air Force, Houston Youth Climate Strike
July 8, 2022
Climate Block Party
Houston Climate Justice Museum
Speakers: Doris Brown, Northeast Action Collective & West Street Recovery; Joy Priest; Eddie Garcia Carrizo, Comecrudo Tribe; Anika Shethia and Tommy Wan, Houston Youth Climate Strike; Alondra Torres and Alexander Spike, Air Alliance; Stop TxDOT; Houston DSA; Nia Buckley, RECollective; Sandra Edwards, Dolores McGruder, Joetta Stevenson.
April 20, 2022
Texas Historical Commission Webinar
From the Ground Up: Starting a Museum
Presenters: Aaron Ambroso and Tiffany Jin
Located in the East End of Houston, we're
We often found that museums perpetuated cultural versions of nature that were tied to upper class values and dubious racial theories. So we came up with the idea that if we want to tackle the environmental crisis, we have to change the way that museums operate; we have to be more experimental, creative, and open ended. And, we have to unabashedly focus on ethical questions when looking at art and science: Who benefits from this image or object? What point of view does it take? Who is represented and how?
We try to foreground fragile ecological relations in climate justice, and to radically rethink what a museum does and who we do this with. Our attitudes about nature greatly inform the actions we take, and our cultural institutions have the responsibility to examine the legacies of colonialism and racism entrenched in their own practices as well as in the industries that fund them. We work to be in coalition with community partners in order to clear room for values that are more reflective of our collective lived experiences. The climate crisis demands that we confront our existing social institutions while also constructing alternative worlds.
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