Art Talks @ The Reading Room

Reposted from the website of Khoj International Artists’ Association (India) In Context:public.art.ecology Art Talks @ The Reading Room D-42 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024 – Friday, 18th March 2011, 5:00 pm- 6:30 pm A discussion  on the intersection of  Art,Ecology and Science by Biologist & Physicist Dr. Mukund Thattai and  Philosopher & Physicist Dr. Sundar… Continue reading Art Talks @ The Reading Room

H20: The Art of Conservation

This post comes to you from Green Public Art / Reposted from the CSPA website H20: The Art of Conservation May 6 – November 12, 2011 at The Water Conservation Garden 12122 Cuyamaca College Drive West, El Cajon, CA 92019 This unique exhibition, curated by Green Public Art, offers San Diego homeowners an artistic alternative… Continue reading H20: The Art of Conservation

Designers Accord “Town Hall’ Brighton UK

Reposted from CSPA website What actions can we take to design a more sustainable future?’ Thursday, March 10, 2011 from 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM (GMT), University Of Brighton, Grand Parade, BN2 OJY Brighton, United Kingdom We are educators, learners, architects, economists, ecologists, activists, filmmakers, photographers, graphic, communication, business, product, fashion, textiles, interior, landscape, systems… Continue reading Designers Accord “Town Hall’ Brighton UK

How-to guides for arts organizations to reduce carbon footprint

Julie’s Bicycle (UK) regularly releases online publications, including a recent one developed with the Mayor of London and Frieze Art Fair, on the visual arts.  This is one of a series of ‘how to’ guides across artforms. Starting with work in 2007 that looked at the Greenhouse Gas emissions of the UK Music Industry, Julie’s… Continue reading How-to guides for arts organizations to reduce carbon footprint

Networking the arts to save the Earth

Cathy Fitzgerald, film-maker and author of ecoartnotebook.com, has completed a research paper on the “sometimes under-utilised potential of online art and ecology networks“: Online social networks are a recent global phenomenon of the last five years. This paper considers the value and under-realised potential of online social networks that connect cultural practitioners and organisations who… Continue reading Networking the arts to save the Earth

The Art of Ecology – Transdisciplinary Research In Practice

A symposium at the 2011 World Conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) SER2011 WORLD CONFERENCE ON ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION – Merida, Mexico – August 21-25, 2011 – Re-establishing the Link between Nature and Culture Please submit abstracts (see link below) indicating the title of the symposium and the name of David Haley, as session… Continue reading The Art of Ecology – Transdisciplinary Research In Practice

Sustainable Practice in Public Art

Chrysalis Arts in collaboration with MIRIAD at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) present a seminar about how artists and commissioners can begin to address the ecological and sustainability issues associated with climate change through their professional practice. With: Inspirational speakers – PASA case studies – Group discussions Seminar – April 15th 2011 – 10am to 4.30pm… Continue reading Sustainable Practice in Public Art

Conexiones improbables: Call for Applications

Call for artists and social scientists to develop joint research projects with 9 organisations located in Spain Deadline to apply: 9am on 28 March 2011. Collaboration period: May 2011 – January 2012 (part time). Payment: 12,000 euros (including travel and accommodation). Improbable Connections is a community of collaborative and co-creative research initiatives aimed at innovation… Continue reading Conexiones improbables: Call for Applications