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A Conversation with Rachel Sussman

Temple Contemporary 2001 N 13th Street, Select a Country:

Artist Rachel Sussman opens Visualizing Sustainability with a discussion of her practice, which has been categorized as “the missing science of biological longevity.” Her ongoing research on our changing climate offers a global perspective on the interrelationship between geologic time...

Free

Curating Digital History with Mireya Loza

Temple University, Digital Scholarship Center 1210 Polett Walk, Ground Floor, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Mireya Loza demonstrates curating and archiving digital history, using the Smithsonian's Bracero History Archive. This archive collects, interprets, and makes available oral histories, objects, and articfacts related to the Bracero Program, which brought millions of Mexican agricultural workers  to work...

Free

Bird and Bird Habitat Tour

Temple Contemporary 2001 N 13th Street, Select a Country:

Keith Russell of the Pennsylvania Audubon Society leads a tour of Temple University's campus bird habitat and pollinator plants; he will explain what attracts birds to campus and how to make it safer for them during their travel. This event...

Free

A Bird’s’ Eye View of Home

Temple University, Digital Scholarship Center 1210 Polett Walk, Ground Floor, Select a Country:

Valerie Peckham from the Philadelphia Zoo leads a mapping exercise of a bird's experience of Temple's Main Campus at the Digital Scholarship Center. This event is part of the Seeing Stories: Visualizing Sustainable Citizenship Series. Seeing Stories: Visualizing Sustainable Citizenship is co-curated...

Free

The Color of Food: Discussing Food Justice, Food Activism, and Farmers of Color with Dara Cooper and Kirtrina Baxter

Paley Library Lecture Hall 1210 Polett Walk, Ground Floor, Select a Country:

Community organizers Kirtrina M. Baxter and Dara Cooper discuss racial disparities in the food movement, strengthening community work through food, and advocating for food sovereignty in communities of color. This event is part of the Seeing Stories: Visualizing Sustainable Citizenship Series. Seeing...

Free

Carol J. Adams on the Sexual Politics of Meat

Paley Library Lecture Hall 1210 Polett Walk, Ground Floor, Select a Country:

Carol Adams analyzes images in popular culture through an ecofeminist approach, demonstrating the interconnected oppressions of sexism, racism, and speciesism. This event is part of the Seeing Stories: Visualizing Sustainable Citizenship Series. Seeing Stories: Visualizing Sustainable Citizenship is co-curated by Temple Contemporary,...

Free

A Conversation with Mel Chin

Temple Contemporary 2001 N 13th Street, Select a Country:

Mel Chin is internationally regarded as the political consciousness of the art world.  For over forty years, the context of his work – ranging from toxic landfills to primetime television – is consistently rooted in provoking social awareness and civic...

Free

Fulfill: A Microgranting Meal

Temple Contemporary 2001 N 13th Street, Select a Country:

Guests will be served a delicious, locally sourced meal in exchange for a $15 - $25 dollar donation. The dishware will be made by the Tyler School of Art Ceramic and Glass Departments,  with napkins created by the Fibers &...

$15 – $25

Fulfill: A Microgranting Meal

Temple Contemporary 2001 N 13th Street, Select a Country:

Guests will be served a delicious, locally sourced meal in exchange for a $15 - $25 dollar donation. The dishware will be made by the Tyler School of Art Ceramic and Glass Departments,  with napkins created by the Fibers &...

Free

Fallen Fruit

Temple University 1210 Polett Walk, Select a Country:

Fallen Fruit is a collaborative art project that began in Los Angeles in 2004 by making maps of “public fruit”—fruit that grows on or over public property. Since this time the projects have expanded to include diverse site-specific artworks that...

Free
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