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agencies, services, and educational institutions that, in part or in whole,
have set a precedent or provide support for linking the arts and creativity
to the environment. Please contact
greenarts with your suggestions and comments.
Educational
Resources
- Scott's Botanical Links
A meta site for rated links to information on the study of plants. Compiled and published by Scott Russell through the Department of Botany and Microbiology of the University of Oklahoma
Women Artists of the American West: Nature, Culture, Public Space
Educational Institutions, Colleges and Universities
Aalto University, School of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
Nature- Art- Education Department of Art (section Art Education)
Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Sustainability at Allegheny College
CEED: Center for Economic and Environmental Development
CEED:Arts and the Environment Initiative
Brookes University,
Oxford, England: Masters Program in Social Sculpture
Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh,
PA
Environment at Carnegie Mellon
Center for the Arts in Society: Performance and Ecology
Green Design Institute
Institute for Green Science
School of Art (offers some courses in art and ecology)
College
of the Atlantic, ME
"A liberal arts college of human ecology on the Maine coast."
Evergreen
State College, WA
Offers the Green Studio Program
Goddard College,
VT
M.F.A
Program in Interdisciplinary Arts
A low-residency MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts "encompassing
a wide spectrum of artistic experiments."
Institute for Social Ecology
Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public LIfe
"A national consortium of colleges and universities committed to public scholarship in the arts, humanities, and design.. joins serious intellectual endeavor with a commitment to public practice and public consequence." The org hosts an annual conference and the web site provides information on the consortium including news and events.
Institute Without Boundaries,
School of Design, George Brown College, Toronto
A post-graduate program that comprises teaching, applied research and a think-tank for client consultation with sustainability as a core concept; sponsors charettes."We imagine how to live, learn, work, and play together as a global
community. Our goal is to find alternative development patterns and a
viable path to a bright future."
John F. Kennedy
University, CA
Department
of Arts and Consciousness
"Designed to allow artists from a wide variety of artistic
disciplines and points of view to support each other in meaningful
artistic expression.
Naropa
University
Offers an unusual mix of courses including Healing Arts, Environmental
Studies, and Visual Art, which can be combined through their
Interdisciplinary
Studies BA.
Prescott College,
AZ
Strongly emphasizes ecological literacy
and experimental education.
Schumacher College, U.K. An international centre for Ecological Studies.
A short course, Art and Ecology, is offered from October 2-21, 2005. "Artists working with a variety of techniques - drawing, painting, sculpting, photograms, photography, and land art - will talk about the connections between their art, subjective experience and landscape."
University College Falmouth (UK)
RANE (Research in Art, Nature & Environment)
A "research cluster" which "aims to offer interpretations and models of thinking about
the natural world that help to promote a sustainable future, actively
seeking creative methods through which art can impact on our current
environmental predicament."
An MA Art and the Environment program begins in October 2010.
University of New Mexico, Department of Art and Art History
Art and Ecology
New in 2009; the curriculum is "...based on the environments and communities of the southwest...courses are designed to further students' understanding of representation, land use, ecology, and classic Land Art in the Southwest. Art and Ecology engages ecological scholars, artists, and activists both within and outside of academia to support its curriculum."
University of San Diego: Ethics Update
Founded in 1994 by Lawrence M. Hinman. Not specifically arts related, but a good resource for educators who want to keep up on current literature in theoretical andapplied ethics. Resources section includes, among other links, a glossary, ethics events calendar, and case studies.
Vermont
College, VT
Although the Art Department does not have an environmental art program,
its focus on interdisciplinarity, community art, and theory is eco-friendly.
Washingon State University: Cultural Environmental Studies: A Resource Site.
Part of the American Studies Program; with a special interest in environmental justice as regards race, class, gender, sexuality, age, region, eco-colonialism. Includes the Environmental Art and Visual Culture site with links to eco-activist art and web sites.
York University, Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES), Toronto
Offers Bachelor (BES), Master (MES) and PhD degrees in environmental studies, involving an impressive variety of disciplines including art and design.
Educational Institutions, Other
Banff
Centre, Alberta, Canada
"Dedicated to the professional development of accomplished artists and
managers." Examples of support for eco-sensitive projects and programs.
Centre
for Art: Media and Visual Arts (browse Artists' Projects)
Centre
for Management's Environmental Leadership Program
Centre for Mountain Culture
Center for Ecoliteracy
"We believe that schools play a pivotal role in moving us beyond our growing environmental crises and toward a sustainable society. We recognize schooling for sustainability as a process that fosters abundant living on a finite planet and makes teaching and learning come alive."
Cultura 21 ASSIST: International Summer School of Arts and Sciences for Sustainability in Social Transformation
Offered for the first time in Bulgaria in collaboration with the International Council for Cultural Centers (I3C) and the Latin American Network for Art for Social Transformation, August 2010. Project is supported by the Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF) as a follow-up project to Connect2Culture.
Institute
for Scientific and Environmental Awareness, Buzzards Bay, MA
"A Self Sufficient, Higher Educational Center. Technological Advancement
with an Environmental Conscience." Emphasizes creativity in it's mission
statement.
Institute of Noetic Sciences
Goal is to inform "frontier findings on personal
and social consciousness and it's relationship to the physical world
through publications, events and education through publications, events
and educational media.."honor open-minded approaches and multiple
ways of knowing..support diversity of perspetives on social and scientific
matters."
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
Workshops and residency programs supporting the relationship between the fine arts crafts and natural science.
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News and Media Sources
- EarthChannel.org (Earth Channel Communications, Stone Mountain, GA)
Hosts ECTC (EarthCast), ECRadio, Peace Torch - a global peace initiative. Invites submission of audio/video for EarthCast broadcasts. Donated high-speed server time for the WorldPuja 3rd Annual World Sound Healing Day, on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2005.
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The Onion (Onion, Inc. Madison, WI)
An online satirical
magazine. Satellite offices in Boston, Denver, New York and Milwaukee
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Paper Tiger Television
"smashing the myths of the information industry". Includes the extensive Index to Alternative Media Links.
- WPSI Art Radio (P.S.1 MOMA)
A censorship-free zone...music, talk and
historic spoken-word programs focusing on contemporary art, music and literature from around the world.
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Organizations
and Services
Art in the Public Interest
Community-based and socially concious art; co-directors of
Community Arts Network
Art Culture
Nature (ACN): An Association for the Study of Arts and the Environment
"Founded in 1997, ACN is an interdisciplinary organization which brings together artists and teachers in the fine and performing arts as well as environmentalists and educators in the humanities, sciences and social sciences who are interested in the study of the connections between the arts and environmental studies."
ArtCorps
Formed in 1999 by the New England BioLabs Foundation. Artists can volunteer to do work in their discplines to help bridge communication between " non-governmental organizations and their constituencies."
Web site includes guidelines and artists statements.
Arts and Environment Network of CIWEM (UK)
A program begun in 2007 within the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management. The vision: "putting creativity at the heart of environmental policy and action.”
Arts and Healing Network
"An international resource for anyone interested in the healing potential of art."
Arts
Catalyst
Not necessarily eco-sensitive, this non-profit agency promotes and
facilitates projects between artists and scientists. Founded in 1993
by Nicola Triscott and Vivienne Glance.
Center for Sustainability in the Arts (CSPA)
Founded by Ian Garrett and Miranda Wright, 2008.
"...provides a network of resources to arts organizations, which enables them to be ecologically and economically sustainable while maintaining artistic excellence. We support the infrastructure of this network by supplying artists with the information, education and intellectual community they need to make the best choices for their sustainability..." Web site includes programs, events, news. Publishes the CSPA Quarterly.
Community Arts Network
A non-profit program based in North Carolina through Art in the Public Interest. A "portal to the field of community arts" including visual art, dance, theatre/performance, public art, music, media arts, literature/narrative. Provides news, documentation, theoretical writing, communications, research and educational information.
Creative
Capital Channel: Environment
One of the topics sections of the
Creative Capital Foundation for the Arts
(New York, NY) a non-profit organization which
funds individual artists.
EcoArtSpace
Founded in 1997; organization which advocates for international artists seeking to "connect human beings aesthetically with the awareness of larger ecological systems."
- greemuseum.org
An vast online museum including information on eco artist, an events calendar and "educators toolboxes" (begun Spring 2005) for working methods, educators, communities and parks and resources managers.
Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public LIfe
"A national consortium of colleges and universities committed to public scholarship in the arts, humanities, and design.. joins serious intellectual endeavor with a commitment to public practice and public consequence." The org hosts an annual conference and the web site provides information on the consortium including news and events.
North American Sustainable Consumption and Production Database
Arts and Entertainment is one of the many sectors included in this searchable database. An initiative of the North American Sustainable Consumption Alliance/Pollution Prevention World Information Network. Search by sectors, focus areas, tools/approaches, country or organization type. Includes other resources, directives and news and event briefs.
RSA:Royal Society for the Arts
A non-proft organization emphasizing social activism, projects and lectures related to 5 manifestos: Encouraging Enterprise, Moving Towards a Zero Waste Society, Fostering Resilient Communities, Developing a Capable Population and Advancing Global Citizenship. Environmental initiatives include Shared Mental Models of Sustainability, Environment Awards Forum, SAGE (Sustainable Action Group Exchange) and the WEEE Man a humanoid figure made out of the amount of electrical waste one UK citizen consumes in a lifetime. Site includes a forum, library and archive, RSA Journal and fellowships.
Sitka Center for
Art and Ecology
Workshops and residency programs supporting
the relationship between the fine arts crafts and natural science.
Society
for Ecological Restoration
Teaneck Creek Conservancy, Bergen County, New Jersey
A non-profit agency whose mission is to create a recreational, educational, cultural, and ecological park "where nature, history and art come together full circle." Programs can include visting eco-artists,
trailside eco-art exhibitions, nature and history walks,
performative public art, geocaching, and special school programs.
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Conferences and Symposia
Bioneers:Revolution from the Heart of Nature
The spirit of this international, transdisciplinary organization is perhaps summed up best in the title of a plenary talk by John A. Powell for the 2010 October conference: "Dance Like You Matter in an Intra-Related World." Also at the conference this year: Beverly Naidus with Stephanie Anne Johnson, Richard Kamler, Magdelena Gomez and Deborah Barndt in the session, Teaching Art As a Subversive Activity, and the Bioneers Moving Image Festival.
Source: Bioneers 2010 Conference Brochure
Quote by Toni Cade Bambara
2010
Aesth/Ethics in Environmental Change, transdisciplinary workshop, May 2010, Germany
2009
Seeds Festival: Somatic Experiences in Earth, Dance and Science
Interdisciplinary summer festival dedicated to the arts and ecology; this year's focus: potentiality
June 14-28
Archives available on the web
Global Forum on Water (Fotofest 2004)
April 1-4. U.S. and International scientists, policymakers, activists, religious leaders, and creative thinkers get together to assess the state of water in the world. Streaming video available at this site.
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