Honoring Trees

Honoring Trees invites us to reflect on the splendor of trees, the challenges climate change and human stresses pose to trees, and our opportunity to respond with creativity and courage.

 
The exhibition features work by 14 of today’s leading artists:

James Balog
Edward Burtynsky
Judy Chicago
Jiyoung Chung
Nancy Cohen
Xavier Cortada
Dudley Edmondson
Lee Goodwin
Peter Handler
Claire Kelly
Maya Lin
Sheila Ransom
Alexis Rockman
Eric Serritella

 
Curators: Lloyd E. Herman and Fran Dubrowski

An accompanying resource directory shows where you can help plant and care for trees and educate others about the importance of trees to our future.

Honoring the Future is proud to partner with the following cosponsors:

The Arboretum at Flagstaff
Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky
Audubon Naturalist Society
Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Delaware Center for Horticulture
Edgerton Park Conservancy
Gabis Arboretum at Purdue University Northwest
Keystone Ten Million Trees Partnership
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

James Balog, Stagg, Giant Sequoia. Fifth largest single living organism on earth. 25.5 ft. in diameter, 242 ft. tall, 44,100 cu. ft. by wood volume, Camp Nelson, CA, Dec. 2001. Photograph. ©2001 James Balog Photography/Earth Vision Institute. Courtesy of the artist.

All materials in this exhibition are copyrighted. ©Open Space Institute, Inc./Honoring the Future 2020. Please respect this copyright and those of the artists who have generously contributed images to this exhibition.