Participants are invited to join us a half hour before and/or after each workshop for snacks and community building time (optional).
 

Climate grief is a psychological response to ecological loss driven by our unfolding climate crisis. In the three years since a previous version of this So Much Together workshop was first offered, climate grief has become much more widely known and accepted because so many more of us have experienced it. We’ve felt sadness, helplessness, guilt, anxiety, rage, or numbness in response to our ongoing climate crisis. This growing cultural prevalence of climate grief has been met by an increased recognition that it is not a condition to be eradicated but an opportunity for profound personal and social transformation. 

This workshop will help you understand what climate grief is, why it’s important, and how it might become a creative, transformative force in your life that can bring joy, community, creativity, and greater self-awareness.

In this workshop, you’ll hear from Daniela Naomi Molnar, an artist, poet, and pigment-maker, who will discuss climate grief as a sustained creative force in her art. 

The first half of the workshop will consist of presentation and conversation. The second half will consist of a creative prompt offered by Daniela that will involve hands-on exploration of the workshop’s ideas, appropriate for everyone, whether or not you consider yourself an artist. You’ll leave with additional creative prompts to keep the process flowing long after the workshop ends.

While participation in the first workshop from 2022 is neither required or expected, a recording of the worksop can be viewed here.

Click here to register.

Venue and workshop details

Mobility access: Leaven Community Center is a wheelchair-accessible venue, with an entrance ramp. The workshop will take place on the ground floor. An ADA-accessible restroom is also located on the ground floor. 

Parking: There is a small parking lot, which includes one accessible parking spot. The parking lot may be full, though there are usually available street parking in the surrounding blocks. ree parking is also available on the surrounding streets. There is a ramp going from the sidewalk to the entrance of the venue. 

Public transit: There are stops for the TriMet bus within two blocks of the venue. There are stops for Lines 72, 8, and 17 within a six-minute walking distance.

Food and drink: Light snacks and beverages (non-alcoholic) will be provided for free.

Please contact r.medina@oregonhumanities if you have specific requests for accommodations or concerns about any aspect of participating in this workshop.