Archive: Arts & Culture
25 Articles
- Arts & Culture
- Elyza Bruce
- Summer 2023
- What We're Reading
What We’re Reading: “Meltwater” by Claire Wahmanholm
In the poetry collection “Meltwater,” Claire Wahmanholm poignantly articulates the grief, anxiety, and uncanniness of ecological disaster and explores what it means to raise…
September 11, 2023
- Arts & Culture
- Cecilia Cassidy
- Summer 2023
Nature, Crisis, Consequence: Using the Past to Rethink Environmental Change
Common Home editor Cecilia Cassidy reviews an innovative art exhibit by the New York Historical.…
September 9, 2023
- Arts & Culture
- Elyza Bruce
- Rebecca Rutstein
- Summer 2023
The synergy between the arts and the sciences: representing the wonders of the natural world through visual art
Rebecca Rutstein, an interdisciplinary artist, and Elyza Bruce, Common Home Editor, discuss artistic process and the interconnected synergy between science and the fine.…
August 28, 2023
- Arts & Culture
- Climate Change
- Sarah Craig
- Spring 2023
- Sustainability
Climate Change and Curriculum: Georgetown’s Core Pathways Initiative at Five Years
Sarah Craig (SFS '23) reflects on the fifth anniversary of Georgetown's Core Pathways Initiative, an interdisciplinary program that encourages students to explore issues of…
April 25, 2023
- Arts & Culture
- Climate Change
- Environmental Health
- Environmental Justice
- Food & Water
- Peter Marra
- Sustainability
Common Home Photography Showcase Winners
In biodiversity conservation as in climate action, seeing the forest for the trees means acting before the forest is reduced to a single tree. That means taking real action now…
April 11, 2023
- Arts & Culture
- Climate Change
- Environmental Justice
- Erin Cline
- Fall 2022
How the Humanities Can Help With The Climate Crisis: How ethics, culture, and spirituality can galvanize climate action
Our traditions and practices are often rooted in deep connections to the land – even when those practices are harmful to the environment. Professor Erin Cline discusses how…
October 17, 2022
- Arts & Culture
- Fall 2022
- Marion Cassidy
- What We're Watching
What We’re Watching: Connections Between Humanity and Nature
Marion Cassidy, Common Home's Arts and Culture Editor, reviews three films that comment on the connection between humans and.…
October 17, 2022
- Arts & Culture
- Climate Change
- Fall 2022
- Marion Cassidy
Curating Climate Change: How a new museum in NYC is creating community through teaching people about climate change
Saskia Randle, Design and Curatorial Associate at the Climate Museum in New York City, shares insight into what it's like to create and work at a museum dedicated to teaching…
October 17, 2022
- Arts & Culture
- Fall 2022
- Marion Cassidy
- Sustainability
Re-Made in Cambodia, an Eco-Friendly Fashion Show
Georgetown alumna and current Fulbright grantee Alyssa Kardos Loera gives Common Home a behind the scenes look at how she creates a sustainable Cambodian-centric fashion show in…
October 2, 2022
- Arts & Culture
- Environmental Health
- Melissa-Kelly Franklin
- Sadie Morris
To Plan a Family: Children, Hope, and the Climate Crisis
A discussion with playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin on having children in a climate.…
August 25, 2022