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April 8th, 2025 was our fourth annual Arts & Climate Collective Earth Month Festival! This was our biggest Earth Month Festival yet – a vibrant celebration of creativity, community, storytelling, and environmental justice. It showcased student artwork and projects that connect the arts and storytelling with environmental justice. The festival featured art activations, food tasting, produce giveaways, and a resource fair with local, student, and USC organizations. We were joined by over 350 attendees. With connections among remarkable people, incredible work, and awesome performances and activities, we had an amazing time and hope your experience was just as special.

What are OUR highlights?
Our festival brought together student artists and activists showcasing their incredible work - including our very own ACC Cohort members Cameron Bloodgood, Yana Savitsky, Sophia Hammerle, Anik Panja & Ryan Rosendahl, Lawrence Herbert, Daniella Leon, Gwenan Walker, Alekhya Sengupta Banerjee, Angelina Rocchio, and the Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation!
We also had award-winning murals created by Andy Johnson, Makena Parker, Kanie Ramos, Caroline Li, Brielle Lee, Nina Tomasevic!
We had a wide range of workshops & programs…
LA Commons blessed us with the OAK TREE: Resistance, Resilience, and Home workshop!
Queer & Ally Student Assembly served trade with a Gender-Affirming Clothing Swap!
USC Arts in Action brought us together with the Mending Station with students from Roski and Kaufman!
The Performing Arts Committee showed us amazing youth work with the imPACt: Environmental Art Exhibition
If you didn't have a chance to visit the 30+ amazing organizations tabling at our Resource Fair, you can check them out in our Instagram highlights!
We're grateful for the participation of AltaSea, Architecture and Advocacy, CicLAvia, Clockshop, Cnidarian Evolutionary Ecology Lab, Commission on Voluntary Service & Action, Community Service Unlimited Inc., Environmental Student Assembly, Esperanza Community Housing, FPM Waste Management Dept., Gibson Climate Justice Lab, Hikes For Habitat, Joint Education Project, Legacy LA, Metabolic Studios, Move LA, NorthEast Trees, Peace Garden, SC Mappers, SC Outfitters, Student Committee of the President's Working Group on Sustainability, Streets for All, Test Plot, Tree People, USC Annenberg’s Center for Climate Journalism and Communication, USC Garden Club, USC Good Neighbors, USC Sea Grant, USC Student Basic Needs, USC Sustainability, USC Trojan Shop Local, USC Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability, and of course for the delicious food from Bridgetown Roti, a Los Angeles Caribbean American restaurant, and Southern Girl Desserts!
You can also read Annenberg Media’s story about our event HERE!
From all of us at the Arts and Climate Collective, thank you for joining us at this year’s festival. We hope to see you again next year!