Painter Daniela Molnar's Abstract Climate Change Art

• This video showcases a Portland artist and her abstract climate change art, including an interview with the artist as she is creating.
• It also features the artist talking through her process of foraging for pigments, the inspiration behind some of her works, and the process that goes into creating her art.

Positives

• The footage is engaging to watch and easy to follow. 
• The artist talks about trying a certain career and then realizing it wasn't for her, which sends a great message that not everything you try is going to be for you!

Additional Prerequisites

• Some students may need the terms foraging and climate grief defined before watching the video.
• Students can make a better connection to the art examined if they have some prior knowledge of glacial loss and what glaciers and ice sheets look like. 

Differentiation

• Science classes discussing minerals or geology can make a connection to the artist's pigment foraging, while classes learning about albedo, melting glaciers, global warming, or the water cycle to connect to the subject matter displayed in the art works.
  
• After viewing this video, art students can go out on a nature walk and forage for their own pigments to make their own climate change art.
• English language arts classes can use both the art as well as the music that plays over it to discuss the concept of tone & mood.
• English language learners and students who have lower auditory processing capabilities can either use the closed captioning and/or slow down the video's playback speed.
• Guidance or SEL classes can use this video to talk about climate grief and discuss the use of art and other mediums to work through this. 
• Social studies classes can discuss the influence of art on cultural, political, and spiritual ideas throughout history, using this video to connect to modern art and culture.