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Event Series: Art + Environment

How can artists explore and navigate the changing environment, climate instability and justice to create a more sustainable future?

In spring 2022, through a series of online events and content, Art + Environment explored 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 included 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 Deblonde, Mariele Neudecker, Alberta Whittle and more to be announced.

Event partner: Gallery Climate Coalition

Media partner: Right Click Save

Events

Working Sustainably

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.

View the event recording below:

Choosing Sustainability

How can artists adapt their practice to be more sustainable, and what are the challenges and opportunities in doing so? A conversation with artists Sarah Staton, Gautier Deblonde, Mariele Neudecker and chaired by Heath Lowndes, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Gallery Climate Coalition.

View the event recording below:

Sustainable Futures

Exploring the connection between the legacies of colonialism and the climate emergency, with artists Alberta Whittle and Ingrid Pollard in conversation with Ekow Eshun.

View the event recording below:

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