Meghan Moe Beitiks reviews Soil Culture

SoilCulture: bringing the arts down to earth, from the Centre for Contemporary Art in the Natural World (CCANW) and Falmouth Art Gallery published in collaboration with Gaia Projects is the culmination of years of work—comprehensive documentation of a significant exhibition, nine curated artist residencies, and a Soil Culture Forum. It includes photographs and essays detailing... Continue Reading →

Thinking through the Anthropocene

Application deadline: 10am, Friday 19th August Creative Carbon Scotland is delighted to announce the details of their annual Arts & Sustainability Artists’ Residency (30th September – 3rd October). This year they’re offering up to eight Scotland-based artists from any discipline with the paid opportunity to participate in a weekend of discussion and activities at Cove Park, exploring... Continue Reading →

Outlook: Exploring Geddes in the 21st Century

To coincide with Scotland’s Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design 2016, a two-day international conference (18-19 August, 2016) will celebrate the impact and legacy of Sir Patrick Geddes, polymath, botanist and founding father of town planning. The conference will be opened by Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Fiona Hyslop MSP. The conference will involve a series... Continue Reading →

Mapping sustainability and the arts

From Creative Carbon Scotland: A quick reminder about our two upcoming Green Tease events which we hope you can join us for! You’re welcome to come along for the whole session or to drop in for a bite to eat and to make your contribution to the network maps that we’ll be developing over the... Continue Reading →

Off-grid electrification

Working with Community Energy Scotland on the Land Art Generator Glasgow project has led to discussions about Local Energy Grids. Reading Prof Paul Younger's book on Energy highlighted the real challenges of putting renewables together with our existing national grid. The limitations of the national grid have driven remote Scottish communities to develop proposals for local grids to enable them to make full use... Continue Reading →

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