In the face of climate change and the Anthropocene, or current geological change due to human activity, artists are embracing social practice, community art, and collaboration to support a just and sustainable future.
In the face of climate change and the Anthropocene, or current geological change due to human activity, artists are embracing social practice, community art, and collaboration to support a just and sustainable future. In this workshop, we’ll consider how best to apply our skills in analysis, envisioning, and pattern recognition to understand how we have arrived at this historical moment of human impact and how to move forward as artists. We will look at how artists have responded to the
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In the face of climate change and the Anthropocene, or current geological change due to human activity, artists are embracing social practice, community art, and collaboration to support a just and sustainable future. In this workshop, we’ll consider how best to apply our skills in analysis, envisioning, and pattern recognition to understand how we have arrived at this historical moment of human impact and how to move forward as artists. We will look at how artists have responded to the critical issues of their time and their unique contributions. Participants will engage in a guided exercise and discussion.
Ann Rosenthal brings to communities over 30 years of experience as an artist, educator, and writer. Her work examines the intersections of nature and culture through timely issues, including climate change, biodiversity, and biophilia. In 2018, Ann participated in four exhibitions, including “For the Love of Nature,” which she curated for the John A. Hermann Art Museum, and a solo exhibition at the School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In May 2018, she co-chaired and presented her work on the panel “At the Confluence of Freshwater Science and the Humanities” for the Society for Freshwater Science annual conference. In the fall, Ann was artist in residence at HJ Andrews Experimental Forest and received professional development support through the Artist Opportunity Grant program from the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. Ann participated in two group exhibitions this year, and will be part of a print exchange and exhibition through the Pittsburgh Print Group in partnership with the Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland. She is currently co-curating the exhibition “Crafting Conversations” for Creatives for Climate through Contemporary Craft’s BNY Mellon Satellite Gallery in Pittsburgh. She is one of four editors for a field guide on ecoart practices, “Ecoart in Action,” on behalf of an international network of ecoartists. Ann received her MFA from Carnegie Mellon
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