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Sustainable C.H.A.N.G.E.S. Youth Summit

High school students are invited to this free, inspiring event to network, organize, and tackle critical issues with support from Huntington experts and local environmental organizations. Teen participants will craft an impact project, apply for financial support, engage in hands-on learning, and cultivate a better future together.

Educator Open House "Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis"

Explore the impact of industrialization and globalization on our environment through art and literature with Huntington curators and learn how to connect the content to your K–12 classroom.

Storm Cloud: Environment, Empire, and the Arts in the Industrial Age

This conference will explore the relationship between humans and the natural world throughout the nineteenth century, charted by literary and visual artists. As the rise of industrialization altered landscapes and people’s lives, developing sciences offered revelations about the earth and the interconnected fragility of the climate and our species.

Culinary Workshop: Cooking with Chrysanthemum

Immerse yourself in Chinese culture through a culinary exploration of one of the Four Noble Plants of China. Taste traditional dishes that feature this celebrated flower and get a hands-on lesson in creating a red bean treat using chrysanthemum leaves.

Gallery Drop-In Talks: “Storm Cloud”

Join Huntington docent educators for short, informal discussions about key objects on view in the new exhibition “Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis.”

Shapiro Center Webinar: Nineteenth-Century Nature and Contemporary Photography

Contemporary voices in the exhibition “Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis” bring forward questions of environmental history to the present. The conversation will cover such topics as land extraction, human influence on plants, environmental injustice, immigration, photographic technologies, and reparative histories.

Gallery Drop-in Talk: Climate Science, Climate Fiction

Join experts in the fields of science and art at this informal drop-in program, for a conversation on the climate past, present, and future as seen through painting, music, and literature. Moderated by "Storm Cloud" exhibition co-curator, Karla Nielsen.

Huntington U: Climate Fiction

Join Nicole Seymour, professor of English, on a six-session exploration of the influence and depiction of climate change in books, art, and the natural world. Huntington U is a college-style seminar with no tests.