When
All Day, April 3 – 25, 2026
The University of Arizona STEAM in Action, in partnership with its Youth Advisory Boards and Rethinking Wildfires, Floods, and Health, invites you to attend their Annual Exhibition Rooted in Resilience: Exploring Our Environmental Health through Art & Science with events happening April 3-26th at the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts. This exhibit will highlight work that honors and accounts for the unique vulnerabilities and resiliencies of those living in central Arizona. Through art, data visualizations, and maps, together we will explore the intersection of environmental challenges and community health and strength.
Exhibition Webpage
Schedule of Events
- April 3, 2026 - First Friday, Opening Reception - 3:00 - 8:00 pm
- University of Arizona team members and STEAM in Action’s Youth Advisory Boards will host the exhibit opening. Advisory Board Members will introduce Photovoice, researchers will provide historical context and relevance to the environmental monitoring visualizations, celebrarting community resilience.
- April 23, 2026 - Listening Session: Sharing stories & data - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
- This listening session will review and facilitate a discussion of the environmental monitoring data from Rethinking Wildfires, Flash Floods, and Health and recent publications (see publications here). It will open space for community members to share their perspectives on environmental health, climate extremes, and the communities’ unique vulnerabilities and resiliencies.
- April 25, 2026 - Youth voices leading research & solutions - Closing Event - 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- STEAM in Action’s Youth Advisory Boards and University of Arizona team members will host a formal exhibit closing. Each Youth Advisory Board will present on locally relevant topics important to them. Presentations will include sharing intergenerational perspectives, research, and data on causes and solutions to environmental and public health issues identified by the three youth boards. In addition, there will be a celebration of senior advisory board members from Globe High School graduation in May.