Kelsey Schoenberg

Oct 16, 2024 | issues.org | Jennifer Jurado |Kelsey Schoenberg |Vol. XLI

The climate art of Xavier Cortada inspires Jennifer Jurado’s work on climate resilience. Xavier Cortada’s The Underwater is a series of public art installations that reveals the vulnerability of Florida’s coastal communities to rising seas. In the form of murals, crosswalks, concrete monuments, and yard signs, the artworks prominently feature the elevation of the site where they’re located.

May 7, 2024 | issues.org | Virginia Hanusik |Kelsey Schoenberg |Vol. XL

Seven years before the release of Silent Spring in 1962, marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson wrote The Edge of the Sea. Part field guide to the Atlantic seashore, part meditation on Carson’s love for the evanescent world between land and water, it was an idea that came to her while working for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The book begins:The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.

May 1, 2024 | issues.org | Carolyn Russo |Kelsey Schoenberg |Vol. XL

Space exploration became firmly interwoven with American culture through influential speeches by President John F. Kennedy at a time of heightened awareness of the “space race” between the United States and the Soviet Union. However, space art also played a significant role in shaping American perspectives on space—helping to bridge the gaps between scientific, sociopolitical, and cultural viewpoints on exploration.

Jan 31, 2024 | issues.org | Zach Pirtle |Lisa Margonelli |Kelsey Schoenberg

NASA’s Artemis project aims to establish a long-term human presence on the moon—and then put astronauts on Mars. So in addition to designing rockets and spacesuits, NASA is also exploring the ethical and societal implications of living in space.

Jan 16, 2024 | issues.org | Mike Ananny |Kelsey Schoenberg

Often, problems that seem narrow and purely technical are best tackled if they’re recast as “public problems,” a concept put forth almost a century ago by philosopher and educator John Dewey. Examples of public problems include dirty air, polluted water, global warming, and childhood education. Public problems bring harms that are not always felt individually but that nonetheless shape what it means to be a thriving person in a thriving society.