ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHITI - UNIVERSITIES & SCHOOLS

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

  • The University of Irvine-California acquired 10 oversized artworks for display at its student center, installed in March 2020, in addition to the 17 pieces in its Mesa dormitory focused on sustainability.

  • Michigan Technology University acquired 23 works of Environmental Graphiti for an exhibit that has been rescheduled for fall 2020, and following the exhibit, on permanent display at various locations across campus.

  • A collection of over 20 pieces of the art is on permanent display at the Loyola University Chicago Institute of Environmental Sustainability.

  • The University of Chicago Keller Center features a video of art from data provided by Professor Michael Greenstone and two Environmental Graphiti paintings will be installed in the University’s new institute of sustainability during 2020, and catalogued by the Smart Museum.

  • The University of Alberta, CA has acquired 6 pieces. The pieces were initially be displayed at the Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science at a Nov 8, 2017 event featuring "storm chaser" George Kourounis before being moved to more permanent space.

  • Kenyon College, OH has acquired 4 pieces.

  • McGill University in Montreal, CA has acquired a piece to be displayed at its Geographic Information Centre.

  • Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL has acquired 4 pieces for its sustainability “hub”.

  • Ramapo College of New Jersey has acquired 4 pieces, 3 to hang in the conference room of its Office of Sustainability and the fourth to be given as a gift.

  • An Environmental Graphiti painting is on permanent display at the Margaret B. Lee Science Building at Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Il.

AASHE AUCTION

The art was featured at the October, 2017 annual conference of AASHE (The Association for the Advance of Sustainability in Higher Education). Universities and colleges were invited to bid to receive artwork based on the amount of exposure the pieces would receive on the school's campus. Over 50 bids were submitted for 20 pieces. (Due to the volume of bids the number of pieces available was increased to 26.) The following schools were selected as winners based on their commitment to display the art prominently on campus to further Environmental Graphiti's mission to use art to enhance public awareness of the science of climate change:

  • Algonquin College, Ontario Canada

  • Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

  • Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

  • Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO

  • Delta College, University Center, MI

  • Duke University, Durham, NC

  • Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic CT

  • Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

  • Furman University, Greenville, SC

  • Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL

  • Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN

  • Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

  • Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

  • Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

  • Pittsburg State University, Pittsburgy KS

  • Ramapo College of New Jersey

  • Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

  • Southwestern University, Georgetown TX

  • University at Albany, SUNY, Albany NY

  • University of Chicago, Chicago IL

  • University of San Diego, San Diego CA

  • University of Hawaii System, Honolulu CA

  • University of Texas, Austin TX

  • University of Texas, San Antonio TX

  • University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point WI

  • Virginia Wesleyan University, Virginia Beach VA

  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA


OTHER UNIVERSITY EXHIBITS AND EVENTS

  • Denison University library displayed the art from February 20 through April 22, 2019 as it highlighted climate change as one of the defining issues of our time.

  • The art was featured at a presentation about climate change at Southern Illinois University on November 8, 2018.

  • The was featured at the University of Chicago EarthFest  held on April 22, 2107.

  • The art was on display at Northwestern University's Evanston and Chicago (Pritzker School of Law) campuses during April, 2017.

  • The art was displayed at University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health annual fundraiser March 30, 2017 at Navy Pier, Chicago.

  • The art returned to Loyola University Chicago's annual Climate Change Conference March 16-18, 2017.

  • A cross-disciplinary panel discussion with Oakton Community College professors regarding the art and the science it represents was held on Feb 1, 2017.

  • The art was displayed at the University of Illinois - Chicago School of Public Health  Climate Change in the Caribbean conference on November 15, 2016 and at the annual fundraiser on March 30, 2016.

  • Feature on Yale Climate Connections Radio Show, June 21, 2016. Aired on over 200 radio stations across the country, as well as online via subscription, the show consists of 90-second stories about how people are responding to our warming world. View the original feature on Yale CC's website here. 

  • A solo exhibition of Environmental Graphiti art took place at the Loyola University Chicago Climate Change Conference on March 17-19, 2016. The conference featured well known writer and climate activist Naomi Klein as keynote speaker.

  • National Day of Climate Change | Know Tomorrow Environmental Graphiti art was used on October 2, 2015 to complement a national day of climate change action on dozens of college campuses across the country. The art was exhibited at Claremont Colleges (Pomona), University of California-Irvine and the University of Michigan.

  • The art was displayed at Northwestern University's Evanston campus April 17-30, 2016 at the Norris Galleria.

  • Environmental Graphiti blog posted Nov 14, 2016 on the University of Michigan ERB Institute website (a partnership between the School of Natural Resources and the Ross School of Business). https://erb.umich.edu/2016/11/14/art-that-tells-the-story-of-our-changing-climate/