Artists of Conscience

Held on the occasion of the Frankenthaler Climate Art Awards and the COAL + ICE exhibition, this panel discussion, presented in collaboration with Asia Society, will bring together figures from the arts, policy, and scientific communities to discuss how the arts can be an impetus for action against climate change.

The panel will focus on the power of artists as advocates for change and how policy makers and artists have and can collaborate effectively. Each participant will speak about their commitment to climate change work, then engage in a group discussion. 

Panelists
Congressman Don Beyer
Susan Meiselas, curator of COAL + ICE
Clifford Ross, artist
Felice Stadler, Vice President of Political Affairs of the Environmental Defense Fund

Moderator
Nora Halpern, independent curator and Vice President of Leadership Alliances at Americans for the Arts

Frankenthaler Climate Art Awards
Presented by Asia Society and the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, the Frankenthaler Climate Art Awards aim to foster climate change awareness through the imagination and insights of an upcoming generation of visual artists.

COAL + ICE
COAL + ICE (at the Kennedy Center March 14–April 22, presented by Asia Society) is a documentary photography exhibition that brings together the work of over 50 photographers and video artists from around the world to visualize the climate crisis—its causes and consequences—as a large-scale immersive experience.

Asia Society
The Asia Society navigates shared futures for Asia and the world across policy, arts and culture, education, sustainability, business, and technology. Founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd, the Asia Society is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization with cultural centers and public buildings in New York, Hong Kong, and Houston, and offices in Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Mumbai, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, Sydney, Tokyo, Washington, D.C., and Zurich.