Cornish College of the Arts & Majel Connery Present
The Art of Activism
A Concert to Benefit The Last 6000 Campaign
Saturday, September 28th, 2024, 3-4:30pm
at the Corner of Lenora Street and Terry Avenue
in Seattle’s South Lake Union Neighborhood
Weather Permitting
If it rains, the event will take place inside the Cornish Commons at 2025 Terry Avenue.
Cornish College of the Arts and Majel Connery proudly present:
The Art of Activism, a concert to benefit The Last 6000 campaign.
Involving environmental artists, thinkers, and creators from the Seattle area and beyond, this event aims to explore the craft of climate messaging, social activism, and how to make art that matters. The program will include live music by Chair of Music at Cornish, Kaley Lane Eaton, and visiting vocalist and composer, Majel Connery. There will also be visual exhibits and a panel discussion featuring author and illustrator, Taha Ebrahimi; Birds Connect Urban Conservation Manager, Josh Morris; and wildlife field biologist, Kersti Muul. The panel will be moderated by esteemed colleague, professor, ecologist, and fine artist, Jack DeLap. Learn more about the artists and panelists.
Donations from the event will benefit The Last 6000 campaign, whose mission is to identify, locate, and map the last remaining majestic trees in Seattle.
Performing Artists
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Majel Connery
Majel Connery is an unclassifiable artist who rarely says no to anything. Her music ranges from the guttural to the sublime, appearing in punk rock clubs at night and by day at major destinations from The Kennedy Center to The Kitchen.
A vocalist and composer, Connery combines Classical influences with electronic mentality. Her singing has been called “superb” by the New York Times and her composition “thoroughly Schubertian” by the Wall Street Journal.
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Kaley Lane Eaton
A conservatory-trained soprano and pianist who fell into composing electronic music shortly after a stint playing Baroque lute, Seattle composer, singer-songwriter and producer Kaley Lane Eaton’s music is colored by this eclecticism. Her “disconcertingly lovely” (Seattle Weekly) compositions are “unconfined by genres and musical classifications” (V13 Media), combining folk roots with pristine chamber music and experimental noise.
Our Panelists
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Taha Ebrahimi
Author & Illustrator of the Regional Bestseller, Street Trees of Seattle: An Illustrated Walking Guide
Taha is the author and illustrator of Street Trees of Seattle: An Illustrated Walking Guide (Sasquatch Books, 2024). She serves as a member of the council for Historic Seattle as well as the board for the Cal Anderson Park Alliance. She has been named by The Stranger as "Seattle's Coolest Street Tree Expert."
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Josh Morris
Urban Conservation Manager at Birds Connect Seattle
Additionally, Josh is Seattle’s Urban Forestry Commission's NGO Representative and has been involved in urban forest policy development and activism in Seattle for several years.
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Kersti Muul
Urban Conservation Specialist, Wildlife Field Biologist, & Artist
Executive Director - Salish Wildlife Watch
Kersti is a wildlife biologist and urban conservation specialist, wildlife first-responder, science educator, artist, photographer, and frequent contributor to local and national media. She concentrates on the intersectionality of wildlife and urban spaces, particularly the human-induced impacts on remaining natural spaces and the structural and political challenges that arise for both people and remaining biodiversity.
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Jack DeLap
Our Moderator
Dr. Jack DeLap is a professor, ecologist, and fine artist deeply committed to education, research, and the nexus of art and science to amplify our understanding of humans and the natural world.
A member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Ornithologists Society, he has co-authored journal articles on a range of topics, including urban ecology, wildlife biology, animal behavior, impacts of human recreation in wildlands, and landscape conservation under Global Climate Change.
Location
The Art of Activism will be held block party-style
at the Corner of Lenora Street and Terry Avenue in Seattle’s South Lake Union Neighborhood
Weather Permitting
In case of rain, the event will take place inside the Cornish Commons at 2025 Terry Avenue.
This location is also accessed easily by public transportation. It's a half mile from the Westlake Light Rail Station, just blocks from the South lake Union Streetcar, and reached by many bus lines. If coming by car, there are public parking lots and street parking available nearby.
