On a light tan background is a painted graphic of the earth and red text over it that reads, "Happening Reflection". To the left of this is a document title page that is a darker tan and has the same earth being held by sketched hands on the right side. Above the earth, handwritten text reads, "take care". Below the graphic is a credit line: "This image is used under the Creative Commons 4.0 License; Karla Čurčinski for ArtistsForClimate.org". In the upper left corner of the page is the Imagining America logo in blue. Below that title text reads, "Event Toolkit: Practices in Gratitude for the Earth". In the bottom left corner of the page, text reads, "created by Isabelle Woodruff-Madeira". Below the document page, the same credit line is in red.

July 10, 2025 | Blog

Happening Reflection: Practices in Gratitude for the Earth

On June 4th 2025, Imagining America (IA) held a happening encouraging gratitude for all that the Earth provides for us, and deep thinking on our relationships with and responsibilities to the land. In the following post, IA Intern Isabelle Woodruff-Madeira shares her reflections from this happening, and offers a toolkit so others can organize their own event.

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On a black background, left of center is a logo made of white hexagons and white text that says "HIVES". Right of center is a birds-eye view photograph of a river shoreline. The photo is cropped in a circle. There is white dotted line running through it and white text on top that reads, "fifty-one miles".

May 16, 2025 | IA Hubbub / Member Stories

IA HUBBUB, EP 3: Interdependence

In this episode of our podcast series, we travel to IA Member institutions: Michigan State University – where the HIVES Research Lab is located, and University of Southern California – where the Fifty One Miles project is housed. These projects exemplify IA’s focus on arts-oriented community-engaged scholarship that cuts across institutional hierarchies, and expands our understanding of the interconnectedness and interdependence that drives our multispecies worlds.

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April 26, 2025 | Events

Building Communities of Care

WEDS, JUNE 4; ONLINE, VIA ZOOM. We invite all Imagining America members and friends to come together in an open forum facilitated by IA Faculty Director, Erica Kohl-Arenas and and invited guests from the IA network to gather information, provide peer support, and facilitate connection in these times.

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April 16, 2025 | IA Hubbub

IA Hubbub, Ep 2: Abundance

The second episode of the IA Hubbub features interviews with Wintun/Maidu cultural practitioner, naturalist, artist, and story-teller Diana Almendariz, and with UC Davis entomologist Geoffrey Attardo. The episode takes us on a wide-ranging journey through Diana’s visual art practice, her collaboration with Geoffrey around wetland restoration, and how her image-making practice is informed by her work as a naturalist.

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