Arts Exhibition

Date & Time
Jun 18, 2026 | 18.00 - 20.00

Participants
Richard Akim, Bidi Bidi Media Lab (South Sudan/Uganda)
Jacob Yen Alier Ajak, Konybaai Education Initiative (South Sudan/Uganda)
Emmanuelle Andaya, Nature Footprints (The Philippines)
German Andino, Bidi Bidi Media Lab (Honduras)
Stephanie Babij, 2026 EnPAx Arts Fellow (Canada)
Talon Bazille Ducheneaux, Wicahpi Olowan (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe/United States)
Ibrahim Biko, IMPACT (Uganda)
Emile Birindwa, Resili’Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Janvier Biringanine, Resili’Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
James Borton, Independent Journalist (United States)
Rospid Bulonza, Resili’Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Rospide Byabele, Resili’Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Raramai Campbell, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (Denmark)
Martin Cumatang, Higaonon Tradition Bearer (The Philippines)
Zuzia Danielski, IMPACT (Canada)
Ria Das, High Court of Delhi (India)
Miléquêm Diarassouba, IMPACT (Côte d’Ivoire)
Mouhammed Diouf, Bilbao Media Lab (Senegal/Spain)
H. Şebnem Düzgün, Colorado School of Mines (Turkey/United States)
Becca Farnum, Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom)
Max Finkelstein, Kichi Sìbì Mìkànsan Institute (Canada)
Lynn Finnegan, Independent Artist (Ireland)
Suleiman Halasah, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (Jordan)
Natosha Hoduski, Indiana University (United States)
Saila Ipirq-Procyk, EnPAx Conference Fellow (Inuit/Canada)
Salma Kadry, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (Denmark)
Josué Kalegamire, Resili’Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Rina Kedem, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (Israel/United States)
Rami Khoucha, MENA Youth Network (Algeria)
Justin Kiersky, Interstitial Media (United States)
Rafaela Klinfer Cukierkorn, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (Brazil)
Joanne Labelle, Birch Bark Canoes by Mahigan (Métis Nation/Canada)
Marcel Labelle, Birch Bark Canoes by Mahigan (Métis Nation/Canada)
Rachel Lin, Independent Visual Artist (Canada)
Arthur Lukogo, Resili’Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Grace Lukogo, Resili’Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Stephanie Martinez, University of California, Irvine (United States)
Justin Masimango, Resili’Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Jesse Matas, University of Manitoba (Canada)
Dave Monk, Brave New Pictures, Inc. (United States)
Kathy Monk, Brave New Pictures, Inc. (United States)
Emma Zinha Morgan-Bennett, Zinha Productions LLC (United Kingdom)
KB Mpofu, IMPACT (Zimbabwe)
Natalia Mroz, United Nations Environment Programme (Australia)
Patrice Mumbere, Resili’Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Faith Kathambi Mutegi, Catholic University of Eastern Africa (Kenya)
Isaac Ntabala, Resili’Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Brendon Pantaon, Higaonon Tradition Bearer (Philippines)
Ino Pantaon, Higaonon Tradition Bearer (Philippines)
Angela R. Robinson, University of California, Irvine (United States)
Jean Rousselet Saint-Firmin, EnPAx Conference Fellow (Haïti)
Maria Juliana Rubiano Lizarazo, EnPAx Conference Fellow (Colombia)
Ááná Jyyrki Sáárá-Máárjá/Saara-Maria Salonen, Independent (Sápmi/Finland)
Tammy Sands, Lightness of Being (United States)
Maddison Schink, EnPAx Conference Fellow (United States)
Mirali Shukla, IUCN (United Kingdom)
Kasha Sequoia Slavner, The Global Sunrise Project (Canada)
Ruhama Solomon, University of Denver (Ethiopia/United States)
Peter Stockdale, Kichi Sìbì Mìkànsan Institute (Canada)
Deloris Therese Fola Thalya, EnPAx Conference Fellow (Cameroon)
Sven Torfinn, IMPACT (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Anjali Vurden, EnPAx Conference Fellow (Mauritius)
Jimmy Waltman, Trinity Laban Conservatoire (United States/United Kingdom)
Rachel Weaver, EnPAx Conference Fellow (United States)
Austin Willacy, ArtPeace: Earth (United States)

The 2026 EnPAx Conference Arts Exhibition was curated by Becca Farnum with support from the EnPAx Arts Committee: Annika Erickson-Pearson, Jesse Matas, and Mara Pusic.

Live Performance Schedule (in C140):

  • 6:00pm: Music and Mixed Media
    Layers of Obscurity’s 11 +1 by Tammy Sands, Lightness of Being (United States) and Jimmy Waltman, Trinity Laban Conservatoire (United States/United Kingdom)

  • 6:25pm: Film Demo and Talkback
    1.5 Degrees of Peace by Kasha Sequoia Slavner, The Global Sunrise Project (Canada)

  • 6:45pm: Spoken Word Poetry
    Anthropause! Wait–Where am I Going with This One? by Ruhama Solomon, University of Denver (Ethiopia/United States)

  • 6:55pm: Ceramics Talk
    Hope is a Waking Dream by H. Şebnem Düzgün, Colorado School of Mines (Turkey/United States)

  • 7:05pm: Dance Performance
    Dancing Deliberation by Stephanie Martinez, University of California, Irvine (United States)

  • 7:15pm: Documentary Screening and Talkback
    ÁHKUIN by Ááná Jyyrki Sáárá-Máárjá / Saara-Maria Salonen, Independent (Sápmi / Finland)

  • 7:45pm: Musical Storytelling
    PeaceNotes by Austin Willacy, ArtPeace: Earth (United States) and Talon Bazille Ducheneaux, Wicahpi Olowan (United States/Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe)

  • 7:55pm: Community Sing
    (Re)Imagine by Jesse Matas, University of Manitoba (Canada)

In addition to Thursday evening’s scheduled presentations, pop-up performances will take place throughout the conference during coffee and lunch breaks. All are invited to participate!

Participatory Artmaking (in the groundfloor lobby):

  • Collaborative Panorama
    Environmental Peacebuilding through Our Eyes facilitated by the 2026 EnPAx Conference Fellows

  • Community Painting
    Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding Mural designed and facilitated by Stephanie Babij, 2026 EnPAx Arts Fellow (Canada)

Audiovisual Presentations (via looped screening in C309):

  • 1.5 Degrees of Peace
    feature documentary by Kasha Sequoia Slavner, The Global Sunrise Project (Canada)

  • ÁHKUIN
    documentary short by Radio-JusSunná / Sunná Nousuniemi, Guhtur Niillas Rita Duomis / Tuomas Kumpulainen, and Ááná Jyyrki Sáárá-Máárjá / Saara-Maria Salonen, Independent Artists (Sápmi / Finland)

  • An Anthem for Peace with Nature
    music video by the Jerusalem Youth Chorus with the ArtPeace:Earth, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, and EcoPeace Middle East

  • And Here Is War, Yet Again
    animated short by Richard Akim, Bidi Bidi Media Lab (Uganda/South Sudan) and German Andino, Bidi Bidi Media Lab (Honduras)

  • Cù Lao Chàm: Island of Life
    documentary short by James Borton, Independent (United States) with Dave and Kathy Monk, Brave New Pictures, Inc. (United States)

  • Dancing Deliberation
    dance performance by Stephanie Martinez, University of California, Irvine (United States)

  • El Héroe Senegalés
    animated short by German Andino, Bidi Bidi Media Lab (Honduras) and Mouhammed Diouf, Bilbao Media Lab (Senegal/Spain)

  • Highlights from the Salam Music Program
    training and performance clips by Mawa Zaharia, Playing for Change (South Sudan/Uganda)

  • Return Me to the Sea
    music video by Emma Zinha Morgan-Bennett, Zinha Productions LLC (United Kingdom) with Becca Farnum, Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom), Jesse Matas, University of Manitoba (Canada), and Austin Willacy, ArtPeace: Earth (United States)

  • Ritual of the Sea
    underwater performance by Rafaela Klinfer Cukierkorn, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (Brazil), Rina Kedem, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (Israel/United States), and Suleiman Halasah, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (Jordan)

  • When Nature Stopped Talking
    dance performance by Brendon Pantaon, Martin Cumatang, and Ino Pantaon, Higaonon Tradition Bearers (The Philippines) with Emmanuelle Andaya, Nature Footprints (The Philippines)

  • The World’s Conductor
    ecological song by Austin Willacy, ArtPeace: Earth (United States) and Becca Farnum, Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom)

Gallery Exhibitions (on display throughout CRX):

  • Character Cards: A Gender-Responsive, People-Centered Training Tool
    climate security portraits by Raramai Campbell and Salma Kadry, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (Denmark)

  • Climate Adaptation and Community Resilience in Kenya
    photoessay by Faith Kathambi Mutegi, Catholic University of Eastern Africa (Kenya)

  • The Climate, Conflict, Corruption Game
    creative teaching tool by Ria Das, High Court of Delhi (India)

  • Fig & Ishka
    illustrated stories by Lynn Finnegan, Independent Artist (Ireland)

  • The Gift: Birchbark Canoes
    interactive display by Marcel and Joanne Labelle, Birch Bark Canoes by Mahigan (Métis Nation/Canada)

  • Hope is a Waking Dream
    ceramic sculpture and digital video by H. Şebnem Düzgün, Colorado School of Mines (Turkey/United States)

  • Indigenous Trails and the Pinesi Paddle
    interactive display by the Kichi Sìbì Mìkànsan Institute (Canada)

  • In Search of Common Ground: Sea Eagles in Scotland’s Highlands
    photoessay by Mirali Shukla, IUCN (United Kingdom)

  • Layers of Obscurity’s 11+1
    mixed media visual contemplations by Tammy Sands, Lightness of Being (United States)

  • Mapping CARE: Community Alternatives to Resource Exploitation
    visual storymap by Emile Birindwa, Janvier Biringanine, Rospide Byabele, Arthur Lukogo, Grace Lukogo, Justin Masimango, Patrice Mumbere, and Isaac Ntabala, Resili’Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Becca Farnum, Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom)

  • Nature Footprints
    multimedia collection curated by Lynn Finnegan, Independent Artist (Ireland)

  • Outgrown
    painting by Natosha Hoduski, Indiana University (United States)

  • Peace Plants
    botanical illustrations and stories by ArtPeace: Earth with Rachel Lin, Visual Artist (Canada)

  • Refugee Archipelago
    graphic reportage by German Andino, Bidi Bidi Media Lab (Honduras) and Justin Kiersky, Interstitial Media (United States)

  • The Roots of Peace
    pencil renderings by Emile Birindwa, Rospid Bulonza, Josué Kalegamire, Arthur Lukogo, and Isaac Ntabala, Resili’Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

  • Through Their Lens: Climate Change, Human Trafficking, and Community-Driven Documentation in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement
    photography collection curated by Angela R. Robinson, University of California, Irvine (United States)

  • Voices from the Pacific: UNEP Champions of the Earth Award for Climate Justice
    photoessay by Natalia Mroz, United Nations Environment Programme (Australia)

  • What Do You Really Know About Artisanal Mining?
    photography collection curated by Zuzia Danielski, IMPACT (Canada) featuring the work of Ibrahim Biko (Uganda), Miléquêm Diarassouba (Côte d’Ivoire), KB Mpofu (Zimbabwe), and Sven Torfinn (Democratic Republic of Congo)