Welcome to the Anthropocene Campus
You are warmly invited to an opening evening at Watershed Art & Ecology! Art, ideas, conversation and soup open up the week’s events.
Watershed Art & Ecology is located at 1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL.
5 PM
Opening night!
Meet and greet – mix and mingle – discover artworks by Joshua Stein, Berenika Boberska and Grace Laroy Johnson / Odette Stout
6 PM
Climate Emotions, Motivations + Community
Emotional pain and distress are rising consequences of the Anthropocene for people around
the world. Anxiety, anger, and grief are common in those of us who witness and care about
the ecological health of our planet. But what if Anthropocene consequences also brought us
power and joy in connection with community? Based on the Climate Wayfinding program by
The All We Can Save Project, this workshop will foster a communal space to explore and
honor the essential emotions we bring to the Anthropocene.
This opening workshop is led by professor Julia Kim-Cohen.
Julia Kim-Cohen
Julia Kim-Cohen is an award-winning educator with 20 years of teaching experience at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and previous at Yale. Since 2019, she has been a Teaching Sustainability Initiative Fellow at UIC, educating undergraduate students to be climate resilient. In addition to being a Climate Wayfinding facilitator and key advisor with The All We Can Save Project, Julia is a faculty fellow with the Center for Climate Literacy at the University of Minnesota. Before turning to the climate crisis as a focus, Julia’s research investigated developmental processes in mental health; her publications have been cited over 12,000 times. Her clinical practice applied attachment-theory-based interventions to support maltreated children and their families involved in foster care. She obtained an A.B. in Psychology from Stanford University, a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Rochester, and postdoctoral training from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.
8 PM
Soup and refreshments for all
8 PM
Conversation continues ’till late