Climate House is a mobile museum/curatorial project/clandestine think tank harnessing the illustrative power of art to mobilize climate action.
By featuring arts experiences framed in the context of climate change, Climate House seeks to create “aha” moments — making often abstract, intersecting climate change topics more real, captivating, and approachable while bringing actionable solutions into focus.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Climate House will serve as LA’s Climate Museum. Climate House also produces multi-site exhibitions and interdisciplinary residencies nationally and beyond, to guide more audiences on a pathway forward.
Recognizing climate change as a threat multiplier and its social impact variable, Climate House productions will showcase short and long-term pathways to drive equitable solutions to the climate crisis.
Our work is guided by these values:
artists’ voices are important in shaping society;
communal spaces invite creative expression, interdisciplinary collaboration, and dialogue;
immersive, research-based arts exhibitions can make solutions approachable and digestible; and
global warming impacts every aspect of life on the planet, calling for comprehensive, just, responsible, and near-term solutions across issue areas and disciplines — in other words, climate action is a need-to-do, not a nice-to-do, and every action (and inaction) has climate implications.
illustration for Climate Illustrated by artist Luise Hesse