CALL CONNECTS - April 2025

ADDRESSING CLOUDBURSTS IN NYC --- NYC H2O Event

On Friday, April 25, Mary Miss joined ecologist Eric Sanderson and city planner Amy Motzny to discuss their collaborations with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Cloudburst Management Program to reduce the worst effects of urban flooding in NYC. Mary shared how how the artistic community can help us imagine new ways of living with water in the 21st century.


CALL Corona Conversations | Socially-Engaged Art in the Climate Crisis  

Please join us on May 14th at 12 pm for our next CALL Zoom panel featuring NYC-based artists, Emilio Poppe Martinez and Niceli Portugal. This conversation will discuss strategies for socially engaged work related to ecology-focused practices. Stay tuned for more updates soon!

Read more about each of the panelists -- click below!

Niceli Portugal // Multidisciplinary artist and educator from the Peruvian Andes whose work addresses immigration and sustainability

Emilio Martinez Poppe // Artist concerned with the right to the city and the struggle of public memory


CALL/ Conversations: Part Three

The conclusion of the CALL/ Conversation series was held on Wednesday, April 16th.

The discussion focused on two of CALL's urban scale projects, WaterMarks: An Atlas of Water for the City of Milwaukee and Waterways / Lay of the Land being developed in partnership with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). WaterWays will engage New York City communities with DEP's Cloudburst initiative. Many thanks again to all those who made this event possible.

Couldn't make it but want to support CALL? Please consider making a donation.

Our distinguished line-up for the third and final CALL/Conversation included:

Steward Pickett

Plant ecologist, PhD & Coauthor of "Patch Atlas: Integrating Design Practices and Ecological Knowledge for Cities as Complex Systems"

Eric Klinenberg

Professor of Sociology, NYU & Research Director of Rebuild by Design

Tamsin Dillon

Founder and Director of Art in Public; Curator, Writer, and Consultant whose primary focus over some 30 years has been art in the public realm and the built environment


Grab a copy of the Pedestrian Observations map!

The Pedestrian Observations: Mapping Manhattan Chinatown's Public Realm pocket-sized resource map are still available!

In this pamphlet, you'll find an illustrated map by artists and designers Myles Zhang and Stephan Fan, along with extensive information and questions about the uses of public and private space. 

We're more than happy to send a copy your way, just fill out the form through the button below.