Art Exhibition Highlights How Climate Change Impacts Chicago’s South Side

By Steve Bynum
Breathing to the Next Breath
Detail of 'Breathing to the Next Breath', a series of found-object collages by artist N. Masani Landfair, commissioned for the exhibition 'Third Coast Disrupted: Artists + Scientists on Climate', on view at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods thru August 22, 2021. Eileen Ryan / Brushwood Center
Breathing to the Next Breath
Detail of 'Breathing to the Next Breath', a series of found-object collages by artist N. Masani Landfair, commissioned for the exhibition 'Third Coast Disrupted: Artists + Scientists on Climate', on view at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods thru August 22, 2021. Eileen Ryan / Brushwood Center

Art Exhibition Highlights How Climate Change Impacts Chicago’s South Side

By Steve Bynum
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You might think of science and art as separate domains, but a new yearlong project is bringing them together to explore the impact climate change is having on the Chicago region. The exhibition, “Third Coast Disrupted: Scientists and Artists on Climate,” is on display at the Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods, an arts and cultural center in suburban Riverwoods. Third Coast Disrupted was created through a collaboration between Columbia College Chicago, DePaul University’s Institute for Nature and Culture and Terracom.

GUESTS: Karen Weigert, executive vice president at Slipstream, a clean energy innovation non-profit; former chief sustainability officer at the city of Chicago

Christine Esposito, project director and lead curator, Third Coast Disrupted: Artists + Scientists on Climate; founder and chief connection officer, Terracom & The Ex.Change Project

N. Masani Landfair, artist and resident from Chicago’s South Side