The "Solastalgia" exhibition is on view from September 11 - December 11! Solastalgia is an exhibition about eco-grief that explores the emotional effects of environmental devastation as well as radically hopeful narratives about the future of life on Earth. Many of the works bear witness to widespread species loss and degraded landscapes. Others examine the sources of climate crisis and demonstrate the ways particular forms of life and human populations are disproportionately affected. Still others consider ways of coping with environmental uncertainty and ecological decline, calling for a radical reexamination of our relationship to the natural world. Taken together, the works make a profound statement about grief as an unavoidable emotional response to environmental collapse that we must acknowledge, tend to, and learn from if we are to collectively build a sustainable future for life on our home planet. Featured artists: Christine Atkinson, Saif Azzuz, Carolyn Castaño, Velia De Iuliis, Paige Emery, Merion Estes, Alicia Piller, Heather Renée Russ, and Jonathan Schwartz, with Theresa Ambo, Todd Ambo, Dolores Stewart, Kelly Leah Stewart, Abigail Rodriguez, and Ramona Rodriguez. The exhibition includes organisms on loan from CSULB Biological Collections, including bird, mammal, and plant specimens. Solastalgia was organized by Chief Curator Erin Stout, PhD, and the staff of Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum. Support in part by a grant from the Arts Council for Long Beach and the city of Long Beach and Percent for the Arts.