Founded in 2020, CICADA (Core Initiative of Climate Artists Demanding Action), is a collection of artists working within climate justice and the climate crisis. Our goal is to use our collective capacity to express complex ideas and tell stories in ways that inspire action towards a better future.

CICADA brings together creative visionaries from across disciplines to help amplify the voice of the planet and our call to action. The climate crisis is the definitive feature of humanity and artists have been on the front lines facing this reality and expressing their knowledge alongside scientists for decades. CICADA unites and supports these artists because working together we can have an even greater impact.

The role of artists has never been more critical. Artists help us pay close attention to what is happening now, to examine and reexamine what we value as a society. Artists bear witness to what we are losing, articulate what is at stake, and visualize reemergence. Art fundamentally changes people, communicating in a language that speaks directly to our hearts. Art not only inspires action, but sustains it, while creating a record of how we feel, how we act, and what we hold dear, so that generations to come will share our stories, our struggles, and our triumphs.