Powerful Public Engagement through Art @BECC Conference
Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference, Washington DC @ Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill
October 9 panel Powerful Public Engagement through Art
Moderator: Kirsi Jansa, documentary filmmaker of Sustainability Pioneers, lead organizer of the Creatives for Climate collaborative, affiliated with CMU The Institute for Green Sciences
Panelists: • Arlene Birt, visual and public artist at Background Stories, associate professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design
• Monica Jahan Bose – artist and environmental activist, Storytelling with Saris
• Rachel Guardiola, Hamiltonian Fellow at the Hamiltonian Gallery in DC – interdisciplinary artist and naturalist
• Aaluk Edwardson – Iñupiaq writer, performing artist and teacher, affiliated with Iḷisaġvik College and the University of Alaska Fairbanks