Cultural heritage is often imagined as something fixed: artifacts behind glass, recipes preserved unchanged, stories told exactly as they were. Join MOFAD for a multidisciplinary panel that explores what it means to treat heritage as a catalyst, rather than a relic. In partnership with the Climate Exchange, the panel will take place online and in-person at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Art Center on Governor's Island on Friday, September 26 at 1PM as part of their Climate Week celebrations.

Bringing together artists, chefs, scholars, and cultural organizers, the conversation will highlight concrete examples—from reviving indigenous foodways and regenerative craft practices to creating digital storytelling platforms and participatory exhibitions. Together, we’ll ask: What is the potential of tangible and intangible heritage to inspire new meanings and more sustainable ways of living? And how can institutions help steward—not fossilize—these evolving traditions?

Join us on Governor’s Island during Climate Week for a conversation that celebrates memory and heritage not as something we inherit unchanged, but as something we shape, share, and transform. Attendance is free both in-person and online, please stay tuned for a link to the online live stream.