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Emergence presents – World CafÃ©: A sustainable enquiry at WSD2013

August 28, 2013CSPA Convergence, WSDAddress, Collective Wisdom, Designers, Emergence, Enquiry, Flexible Format, Founders, Fri, Group Dialogue, Groups, Hosting, Invaluable Opportunity, Large Group, Methodology, Participatory Inquiry, Presents, Relevance, Rhodri Thomas, Sustainable Practice, Thomas Co, Wales

Summit Conference Fri 13 Sept 14.30 – 16.00

Rowe Beddoe

Fern Smith and Rhodri Thomas co-founders of Emergence â€¨will facilitate a participatory inquiry into the role of the arts and artists as change-makers. World CafÃ© is an open and informal technique which uses the collective wisdom of groups to address a number of over-arching questions of relevance to the people present in the room.

The questions will be related to the people and projects we have individually encountered which inspire us to create a more sustainable practice in our life and work. This will be an invaluable opportunity to meet and share with other designers, theatre makers, producing and receiving houses and to follow a line of enquiry in an open, honest and structured manner.

The World CafÃ© methodology is a simple, effective, and flexible format for hosting large group dialogue.

The World cafÃ© will be preceded by an introduction to the work of Emergence, the ideas which have inspired it and itâ€™s impact to date on the arts scene in Wales and beyond.

Open to all.

Price: Â£6

http://www.wsd2013.com/whats-on/emergence-presents-world-cafe-a-sustainable-enquiry/

To Life! eco art in pursuit of a sustainable planet

December 21, 2012ecoartscotlandArt Artists, Blurb, Books, Curators, Ecology, Edge Research, Fremantle, Groups, International Artists, International Networks, Learning Resources, Linda Weintraub, People, Research Associate, Robert Gordon University, School Of Art, Scientists, Sustainable Planet, Theoretical Texts, University California, University Of California, University Of California Press

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Linda Weintraub has produced an excellent series of books on arts and ecology â€“ they are toolkits and learning resources suitable for people who want to know more or engage groups in arts and ecology.

The most recent just published by the University of California Press is To Life!Â The blurb is here Linda Weintraub: To Life! and you can purchase it here University of California Press.Â Other titles are here.

ecoartscotland is a resource focused on art and ecology for artists, curators, critics, commissioners as well as scientists and policy makers. It includes ecoartscotland papers, a mix of discussions of works by artists and critical theoretical texts, and serves as a curatorial platform.
It has been established byÂ Chris Fremantle, producer and research associate withÂ On The Edge Research,Â Grayâ€™s School of Art, The Robert Gordon University. Fremantle is a member of a number of international networks of artists, curators and others focused on art and ecology.
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A Report from SFEAP

April 20, 2009newsArt Project, Artists Model, Groups, Hairdresser, Interviews, Keynote Address, Michael Singer, South Florida, Stuart Fl, Symposium, Train Artists, Train Model, Xavier Cortada

For those of you who havenâ€™t been following the South Florida Environmental Art Project (a.k.a. SFEAP- with founder Mary Jo Aagerstoun, above), I want you to know that they are doing good things out there. They hosted a Symposium recently in Stuart, FL, and invited a few artists (Xavier Cortada, Betsy Damon and Michael Singer) who either live in or have worked in South Florida to speak about their work. I had the honor to give the keynote address and got to learn a bit about some of the issues facing that region and explore ways of encouraging the creation of new community-engaged eco-art. The key thing for me is their emphasis on a strategy to build up a movement, connect people and groups and train artists, as a useful model for other places around the world seeking to do the same. An organization worth following and supporting

Hereâ€™s me (and a few other interviews) from the reception at the end of the day (Iâ€™d like to thank the Academy and particularly thank my hairdresserâ€¦).

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