2025 Street Works Earth

Activities

Use the buttons to filter by themes. You can stop by “all-day” installations 11am-5pm. Timed workshops/discussions have a beginning, middle, and end, so come early to get your bearings.

Future@Work

Multidisciplinary Arts

Kindred Roots

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Anjali Deshmukh 7/16/25 Anjali Deshmukh 7/16/25

Fresh & Cool: DIY Air Purifiers & Heat Safety

All Day, CHIMES

Join hands-on workshops on how to build your own low-cost air purifier. We’ll also sharing practical heat safety tips and more.

Anjali Deshmukh 7/4/25 Anjali Deshmukh 7/4/25

Hip Hop 50 Boombox

All day, Bayeté Ross Smith

Contribute songs on freedom and liberation to Bayeté Ross Smith’s sculpture made of sugarcane & cotton boombox replicas.

Anjali Deshmukh 6/28/25 Anjali Deshmukh 6/28/25

Safe Paint: Cosmetic Toxin Safety

All Day, We Act for Environmental Justice

Learn how to spot toxic beauty products and how cosmetics connect to justice and health—especially in BIPOC communities.

Anjali Deshmukh 6/27/25 Anjali Deshmukh 6/27/25

Rising. Curtains. Pt. 2 (Title TBD)

All Day, Ernest Verrett & Anjali Deshmukh

In 2024, this installation invited passersby to add to a bead curtain reflecting on climate change. In 2025, it weaves in the story of wealth inequality.

Anjali Deshmukh 6/3/25 Anjali Deshmukh 6/3/25

Headlines of our Future

All day, Grist

Imagine what a clean, green, and just future can look like by writing your own hopeful climate headline for the year 2050.

Anjali Deshmukh 6/1/25 Anjali Deshmukh 6/1/25

Affirmation Station

All day, Queens Mutual Aid

Recharge with calming prompts, reflective questions, and affirmations rooted in care for self, community, and the Earth.

Anjali Deshmukh 6/1/25 Anjali Deshmukh 6/1/25

Green Gratitude Wall

All day, Queens Mutual Aid

Honor the people, places, and acts that sustain you and our planet. Add a note or drawing to help build a shared story of climate resilience, care, and community power.