Join Tiffany Shlain of Let it Ripple and partners, including Women Connect4Good, Project Dandelion, ERA Coalition, the National Women’s History Museum, Vital Voices, and more, for a day of art and action kicking off Climate Week featuring Shlain’s sculpture Dendrofemonology: A Feminist History Tree Ring in NYC. Join us for inspiring speakers, including cast members of the Tony award-winning Broadway musical Suffs, followed by a walk for women’s rights and the planet (all participants invited to wear white), a film screening, an art tour, and convening.
10 AM: Meet at Madison Square Park, Farragut Lawn: Come together for the New York City unveiling of Tiffany Shlain’s sculpture Dendrofemonology: A Feminist History Tree Ring, which was last featured on the National Mall in DC and now will be on view in Madison Square Park on September 21st. There will be a powerful short program featuring speakers in the gender equality and climate justice movement along with select cast members from the Tony award-winning Broadway musical Suffs. We will all be wearing white.
10:30 AM-ish: From Madison Square Park, we all walk together (in white) to the High Line in a walk for Women’s Rights and the Planet, then onto Nancy Hoffman Gallery.
11:30 AM: We will then arrive at Nancy Hoffman Gallery (520 W 27th St) Shlain’s solo exhibition of YOU ARE HERE. There will be timed viewings of her new short film about the ideas explored Dendrofemonology: A Feminist History Tree Ring, plus an artist tour and talk by Shlain.
12:30 PM: We will convene at Pier 57 with lots of options for lunch + free public workshops hosted by our partners.
All free and open to the public. Please make sure to RSVP for details.