The art show “Third Coast Disrupted: Artists + Scientists on Climate” was scheduled to close on Friday, Oct. 30, but will reopen Monday, Jan. 11, and continue through Friday, Feb. 19, at Columbia College Chicago’s Glass Curtain Gallery, 1104 S. Wabash.
After seeing the show recently, one of its artworks continues to haunt me.
Following up on last year’s successful Austin Grown summer youth leadership program—but adding in a pandemic—proved . . . challenging. Last year, youth worked at BUILD Chicago’s Iris Farm and Peace Garden. They had their hands in the dirt. But during the first week of June, and with the program scheduled to begin on July 6, word came in that all youth programs through After School Matters and One Summer Chicago (of which Austin Grown is a part) had to be 100% virtual.
Chuck Wolf, retired shareholder at Vedder Price, P.C. and current president of the Walter S. Mander Foundation, believes in the mission of the One Earth Film Festival (OEFF). The foundation he leads honors the legacy of Walter “Wally” Mander, who fled Nazi Germany to start a new life in Chicago, where he realized great success in the meatpacking industry. Part of the foundation’s mission is to support grassroots organizations that build community engagement, particularly in the areas of local and sustainable food and agriculture in Illinois.
The 2020 festival marks the foundation’s fourth year of support at the grantor level, and Wolf encourages others to support the film festival because, “Every dollar the festival receives helps attendees have a much richer and transformative experience.”
