"As the Earth Wanes: Considering Climate Change" is an exhibition reflecting on the effects of global warming & climate change. On view March 19 - May 21, 2022 and open during regular library hours.
Glendale Library, Arts and Culture and ReflectSpace Gallery are proud to present "As the Earth Wanes: Considering Climate Change." This exhibition is designed to reflect on the effects of global warming and climate change on our planet.
The Earth has undergone many climate changes during it’s 4.5 billion year history. Modern climate change is drastically different than any warming or cooling humanity has seen — in rate and in scale. The present climate change is occurring 20 to 50 times faster than other climate change events in Earth’s history. Human activities are chiefly responsible for this rapid climate change.
To create greater awareness about climate change and generate critical conversations toward a greener and more sustainable future, ReflectSpace brings together the work of several artists to shed light on the current state of our planet. Artist Luciana Abait contributes a large-scale conceptual installation reflecting on the fragility and vulnerability of our planet; Ann Johannson presents photographs and research from across the globe addressing the causes and impact of climate change; and artist Elkpen, in a special collaboration with the City of Glendale Public Works Department, contributes drawings and posters from “Coexisting: Glendale Tree Stories” a public story sharing project that seeks to elevate, celebrate and archive residents’ shared histories and relationships to urban forests. Elkpen’s project is made possible with support from California Humanities, a partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
ReflectSpace Gallery | Glendale Central Library
222 East Harvard Street
Glendale, CA 91205
Hours:
Mondays-Thursdays, 9am-9pm
Fridays & Saturdays, 9am-6pm
Sundays, 1pm-6pm
For more information visit: ReflectSpace.org
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AGE GROUP: | All Ages |
EVENT TYPE: | Art Exhibition |
TAGS: | Exhibit | Earthday | climatechange | artsandculture | art | Adult |
Established in 1906.
Library services in Glendale were first provided in 1906. The women of the Tuesday Afternoon Club, a social and philanthropic organization, raised money through a series of lectures to fund a library collection. The library opened in a renovated pool room at Third and E (Wilson and Everett) Streets with seventy books, soon supplemented by a State Traveling Library of fifty more, and served a population of 1,186.
In 1907, the City Trustees passed Ordinance 53 which established and supported a library which "...shall be forever free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the City of Glendale..." The first year the library had 251 books, 165 registered patrons, and a budget of $248.88.
In 1913, a Carnegie grant of $12,500 made possible the construction of the main library at Kenwood and Fifth (Harvard Street). The building was completed and dedicated November 13, 1914.
