How can artists explore and navigate the changing environment, climate instability and justice to create a more sustainable future?
This Spring, through a series of online events and content, Art + Environment will explore the impact of climate instability on the arts and artists, looking at how the visual arts sector is working towards more sustainable practices and a decarbonised future.
Contributors will include leading artists, institutions and organisations working at the forefront of the cultural sector's response to the climate emergency.
Featuring: David Buckland (Cape Farewell), Rosie Cooper (Wysing Arts Centre), Ekow Eshun, Heath Lowndes (Gallery Climate Coalition), Ingrid Pollard, Sarah Staton, Gautier Deblond, Mariele Neudecker, Alberta Whittle and more to be announced.
Event partner: Gallery Climate Coalition.
Media partner: Right Click Save.
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About the series
Working Sustainably
5 May 2022
5-6pm
Online
What is the role of institutions in driving sustainability in the arts? In conversation with
David Buckland, Founder of Cape Farewell and
Rosie Cooper, Director at Wysing Arts Centre and chaired by
Isabel de Vasconcellos, Director of Sculpture for Messums Wiltshire.
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Choosing Sustainability
25 May 2022
5-6pm
Online
How can artists adapt their practice to be more sustainable, and what are the challenges and opportunities in doing so? Join us for a conversation with artists
Sarah Staton,
Gautier Deblond,
Mariele Neudecker and chaired by
Heath Lowndes, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Gallery Climate Coalition.
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Sustainable Futures
8 June 2022
5-6pm
Online
Exploring the connection between the legacies of colonialism and the climate emergency, with artists
Alberta Whittle and
Ingrid Pollard in conversation with
Ekow Eshun.
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Image credit: True North © Gautier Deblonde. All Rights Reserved, DACS/Artimage 2022