The University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions hosts a talk on Monday, April 18th, 34 p.m. on art and solving our most pressing environmental or social problems.
Numerous artists, curators, critics, and organizations are trying new ways to look at the issues we face, collect data, and communicate with our public. Creative ecologies, a new field at the intersection between culture and environment, has emerged in the last decade. It includes Eco Art and sustainable design as well as new media strategies.
This talk, Art as an Agent of Change – The Emergence of Creative Ecologies will be presented by UMaine Justin Wolff, and Susan Smith. They will share information about upcoming and current programs at UMaine that are related to arts vital contributions towards sustainability solutions.
Wolff is a professor of Art History and chair of the Department of Art at UMaine. He teaches courses in American, modern, and contemporary art as well as art theory, criticism, and theory. His research focuses on American art and visual cultures of the 19th and 20th century and explores the intersections and art and science.
Smith is the Intermedia Program director and interim director at UMaine’s Lord Hall Gallery. Smith is also an artist whose practice includes community-based collaboration, site-based performance, and installations. Her recent work is about the struggle of asylum seekers at America’s southern border. She believes that artists are needed to participate in the community.
All talks in the Mitchell Centers Sustainability Talks Series are free and available via Zoom or in person at 107 Norman Smith Hall. Zoom remote attendance requires registration. Register to receive connection information and to register. Event webpage.
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