"America the Beautiful” Winter 2025 - Tropical Weather In 2023, I was invited to speak on the topic of art as a tool for engaging the public in environmental issues at the Hirshhorn on Earth Day. Two years later, "The Climate of Future Past" creates an opportunity to come back to the institution with a follow-up project to reflect on how art is now more than ever a necessary tool to engage people in environmental stewardship and in creating more awareness about climate risks.
The National Mall is one of the areas most at risk of flooding in Washington, DC.
The Hirshhorn Museum is one of several national cultural assets within the floodplain that affects the majority of the National Mall and as such it provides an ideal setting for the fourth and final artwork for "The Climate of Future Past".
"America the Beautiful" (2025) - study
NOAA map of 2024 natural disasters that will be at the base of the "America the Beautiful" mural