Connecting Art and Science: Participation in Art x Climate

Abstract:
<p class="MsoNormal">In early 2023, a “call for art” was announced in conjunction with the Fifth National Climate Assessment.&nbsp; The project, <i>Art x Climate</i>, is meant to connect art(ists) with the NCA through “creatively visualizing climate change in the United States: its causes, impacts, and manifestations; our shared vulnerabilities; and the strength of our collective response.” &nbsp;&nbsp;Although art was separated from science in western thought some time ago, there are now efforts to reconnect these ways of interpreting knowledge of our surroundings.&nbsp; According to Blaeser et al. (2023), there are “several different modes of art-science collaboration.”&nbsp; These include 1) science communication, 2) using “elements of science as inspirational seeds or media for artistic expression,” and 3) “artists and scientists working together in transdisciplinary ways to ask questions, design experiments, and formulate knowledge.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Art x Climate</i> primarily falls into the first type of art-science association.&nbsp; According to the call for relevant artistic works, the project “seeks to strengthen partnerships between science and art and demonstrate the power of art to advance the national conversation around climate change,” and selected submissions will potentially be used in the NCA report and “may also be used in case studies, in public events, or in communication materials.”&nbsp; As an academic geographer transitioning to artist, I was fortunate in having one of my works selected for this NCA project.&nbsp; My poster will include a copy of this work and describe its connection to the <i>Art x Climate</i> purpose.</p>

Keywords: Art, science, climate change

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