Communication, Spirituality & Personal Action
Goal
To evoke an emotional response to the climate crisis though the power of the arts.
Proposed Key Action
To create a Climate Festival of the Arts
- Last Saturday of November 2020, to coincide with Fair Saturday2020.Fair Saturday is a global movement happening on the last Saturday in November - the Saturday after Black Friday when artists and cultural organizations get together to support a social cause of their choice.
- OR Spring 2021. We are open to exploring all possibilities.
Working ideas
- Visual Arts: Public art installations on climate crisis. Example: Konstantin Dimopoulus works with communities to create Blue Trees to illustrate and protest de-forestation. This suggestion could tie in with Group 3’s Action plans for Carbon Sequestration. Also opportunity to have exhibitions at galleries and art activities at Art Haven, and other locations.
- Theater: Chantal Bilodeau and ”Artists and Climate Change” are potential participants
- Music: Potential performances include events like “World Music Against Climate Change” which took place in Boston on December 7 AND Leslie Steinweiss’ composition: “An Elegy for an Ailing Planet.” ALSO opportunity to engage YOUNG musicians.
- Dance: Explore possibilities with Sarah Slifer Swift of MAGMA
- Culinary Arts: Explore chefs/restaurants/food trucks with emphasis on sustainability.
- Literature/Poetry: Link with Gloucester Writers Center
Members
Susan Quateman: OC member for Climate Crisis Action Meetings
Rebecca Reynolds: Manship Artists Residency + Studios
Anne Deneen: Pastor St. Paul’s
Patty Rosenblatt: Lanesville Artist
WE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE MEMBERS! Use the contact form below!
Explore Potential Partners
- Manship Artists Residency + Studios (MARS)
- Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation
- Gloucester Stage Company
- Rocky Neck Cultural Center
- What Time Is It Mr Fox?
- Backyard Growers
- Gloucester Writers Center
- MAGMA
- Art Haven
- Local Galleries + North Shore Arts Association
- Sawyer Free Public Library
- The City + Local Businesses