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Woodworker Wins Honoring the Future® Sustainability Award With Beautiful, Poignant Ode to Oak
Today, a pioneering woodworking artist, Holly Tornheim, won the “Honoring the Future® Sustainability Award” at the prestigious 2021 Virtual Smithsonian Craft Show. Holly Tornheim’s winning artwork, Ode to Oak, is a visual tribute to the majesty of the California black...
Twenty-eight Artists Showcase Sustainability at Smithsonian Craft Show
Artists Apply for Honoring the Future® Sustainability Award Twenty-eight artists applied for the “Honoring the Future® Sustainability Award” to be presented at the 2021 virtual Smithsonian Craft Show (which runs October 23 -31, 2021). The award continues a...
Envisioning a Plastic-Free Ocean
Imagine a plastic-free ocean! Because to achieve it, we must first envision it. Award-winning designer Lenka Petrakova offers a perfect springboard for that vision – a stunning design for a floating, ocean-based station that collects plastic debris from the ocean’s...
This “Ghost Forest” Bears A Message of Hope
Spectral trees populate Ghost Forest, Maya Lin’s new art installation. The term “ghost forest” refers to a devastating – and increasingly widespread –phenomenon swallowing up vast tracts of the world’s coastal forests. As climate change causes sea levels to rise, salt...
Honoring the Future Nominee Recognized as National “Wetland Hero”
Xavier Cortada is the University of Miami Department of Art and Art History’s Professor of Practice. He is also an internationally acclaimed environmental artist, whose work has been shown across five continents and is in the permanent collection of the World Bank. He...
In Praise of Trees
Katie DeGroot has been painting trees and their cast off limbs for years. Hiking around her neighborhood on New York State's picturesque Hudson River banks, she finds branches everywhere – by the side of the road, on nature preserve trails. Sometimes her dog Quinn...
Artists Boldly Challenge Fast Fashion
“Fast fashion” – it’s cheap, trendy, lasts a season or two (if that), and quickly ends up in a landfill. But its negative social and environmental impacts last far longer. More than 11 million tons of textiles are landfilled in the U.S. each year, according to the...
Craft Optimism Celebrates Creative Ideas for Responding to Climate Change
Trailblazing Show Is A Smithsonian First Honoring the Future is proud to partner with the Smithsonian to launch Craft Optimism, the first Smithsonian Craft Show to focus on climate change. Online April 24 through May 1, 2021, Craft Optimism is a joyous,...
MSU Broad Museum Explores the Story and Power of Seeds
“A seed is a story,” proclaims the Michigan State University Broad Museum. A riveting story, indeed – with implications for how we impact our environment, our climate, our future and each other! The Broad’s exhibition, Seeds of Resistance, is a thoughtful – and...
Kang Muxiang’s Alchemy of Steel
Taipei 101, one of the world’s 10 tallest buildings, was designed as a record-setter. Opening in 2004, it was then the world’s tallest building. Its elevators set new speed records, transporting passengers 84 floors in 37 seconds — in effect, traveling at the speed of...
Angels Unawares Echoes Pope’s Call for Hospitality to Migrants and Refugees
Sculpture Embarks on Yearlong U.S. Tour Angels Unawares, a sculpture embodying Pope Francis’ call to extend hospitality to refugees and migrants, began a yearlong cross-country U.S. tour this month. The sculpture is an exact replica of one unveiled by Pope...
The Art of Processing Grief and COVID
Art gives context to our lives, helping us understand our moment in history and fortifying us to surmount our challenges. At a time when we struggle with COVID, climate, economic, and racial justice crises, two artists – Rita Rogers and Nancy Cohen – operating in very...