Earth Celebrations
Engaging Communities to Generate Ecological and Social Change through the Arts

Ecological City Workshops 2021

ECOLOGICAL CITY is a collaborative art project engaging gardeners, artists, organizations, schools, youth and residents of the Lower East Side of Manhattan through public workshop sessions, additional artist workshop prep sessions, artist/community partner collaboration sessions to create a public theatrical pageant with 20 site performances, celebrating climate solutions initiatives throughout the community gardens, neighborhood and East River Park waterfront.

Ecological City – Art & Climate Solutions Video – Project Summary

Ecological City – Art Climate Solutions Workshops Video


Workshops –  Wednesdays Video Clip (costumes with artist-in-residence Michele Brody)


Workshops – Saturdays Video Clips (puppets with artists-in-residence Lucrecia Novoa)

3-3

3-13

3-27

4-1

4-16


Climate Solution Flag Project with Artist-in-Residence Katherine Freygang

in collaboration with community partners: Lower East Side Ecology Center, Children’s Workshop School, University Settlement After School Program at PS 63, Loisaida Inc. Center, LUNGS (Lower East Side United Urban Gardens)


Bio-Arts with artists Kathy Creutzburg & Dee Dee Maucher

Bio-Arts Video

3-10 (Preparing Mycelium Fungi)


Ecological City – Art & Climate Solution Workshop – LIVESTREAMS

SATURDAY WORKSHOP LIVESTREAMS – puppets with artist-in-residence Lucrecia Novoa

2-27

3-6

3-13

3-27

4-3

4-10

4-17

4-24

5-1

WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP LIVESTREAMS – costumes with artist-in-residence Michele Brody

3-3

3-10

3-17

3-24

3-31

4-7

4-14

4-21

4-28

5-5


Ecological City – Art & Climate Solutions – ZOOM –  Panel Discussions & Planning Meetings

ZOOM 1 – February 2021

ZOOM 2