Dr. Mika Tosca is a trained climate scientist and Associate Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She imagines ways that artists and designers can collaborate with climate scientists to better communicate and conduct climate science research.

She has been invited to speak on the role of scientists, artists, and citizens in building post-climate change worlds, and continues to be vocal about the urgency of addressing the climate crisis.

For this trans-disciplinary panel, we highlight five Midwest-based artists who create work in ecological and environmental spaces. Our panelists represent a broad range of artistic mediums and practices and will speak to how their art (and art in general) can inspire action on large questions such as climate change and science communication.
This panel and related art and science exhibitions (both virtual and in-person) are efforts organized by the Art and Science track in AGU’s Science and Society section to increase awareness of the value of art and science intersections to scientific discovery, communication, and to leading the future.

Panelists

Sara Black (sculpture)
Kiku Hibino (sound) + Dr. Baudouin Saint-Yves (light)
Dr. Kim Blaser (poetry)
Terry Evans (photography)