Fever Dreams of a Cool-Breathed Earth

Continue the journey: Fever Dreams of a Cool-Breathed Earth is one of two exhibitions at the Worcester Art Museum that explore how our relationships with weather and climate have changed over time. Explore the dramatic scientific and social shift in Europe and America’s collective understanding of weather from the 16th to early 19th century in A Weather Eye: Art and Early Modern Meteorology, on view March 28–June 28, 2026.

Fever Dreams of a Cool-Breathed Earth is a multimedia installation featuring drawing, sculpture, sound, and video. The artists approach the ongoing threat of climate change in conversation with communities regional to the Worcester Art Museum; like many other American cities, Worcester faces issues of extreme urban heat exacerbated by global warming. The perspectives of Massachusetts-based climatologists, community gardeners, and local residents will inform the art Donner and Yang create. More information on art experiences and programming will be announced in 2026