Climartathon
An Arts + Climate Datathon
Climartathon – a drop-in datathon brought to you by Mass Culture and SCALE, will be a bilingual three-day virtual drop-in event happening on the 7th to 9th November, 2022. This free event will showcase research, thought pieces and artwork related to arts and climate on the topics:
Greening the Sector;
Arts Activism; and
Arts as a Way of Reauthoring the World.
The datathon aims to build a repository of sector-sourced research, resources and tools, at the intersection of arts and climate through knowledge exchange.
Climartathon Schedule
Running November 7-9 2022
PLEASE NOTE: All times are in Eastern Standard Time
12:00-12:15 – Welcome to Climartathon
With Judi Pearl (SCALE) & Robin Sokoloski (Mass Culture)
12:15-13:00 – Integrating Climate into Land Acknowledgments
With guests Kimberly Richards, Cynthia Lickers-Sage (IPAA) & Scott Dermody (TAPA)
14:00-15:00 – Putting Data to Work: Creative Green Tools
With Devon Hardy (Creative Green Tools Canada)
15:15-15:45 – An Art + Climate Play Reading by Nicolas Billon
18:00-19:30 – How the arts help us navigate the climate crisis – An International Discussion
With Sharmalene Mendis-Millard (Cultural Research Network) Kendra Fanconi (CAN), Michael Spicher (USA), Lara Stevens (AUS)
PLEASE NOTE: All times are in Eastern Standard Time
12:00-13:00 – Artivism for Climate Justice
With guests: Winnie Tam (Starfish), Andre Forsythe (Canadian Climate Challenge), and Fanny-Pierre Galarneau (One Drop)
14:30-15:00 – An Arts + Climate Play Reading by Jordan Hall
15:30-16:15 – Arts and Climate Leadership
With guests Sandy Crawley, Claude Schryer, and TBA | 3:30 to 4:15 pm Eastern
PLEASE NOTE: All times are in Eastern Standard Time
9:00-12:00 – Reimagining your neighbourhood: towards zero carbon and social justice using arts-based methods
With the University of Toronto Scarborough’s Urban Just Transitions Cluster of Scholarly Prominence (UJT).
12:15-13:00 – Can the Arts Re-author the World?
With guests Marilyn Desrosiers (CCA) and David Maggs (Metcalf)
14:30-15:00 – An Art + Climate Play Reading by Chantal Bilodeau
15:30-16:15 – Art + Climate Resource Potluck
With guests Dr. Tarah Wright and Emma Bugg – Bring your favourite resources and be ready to discuss them!
Climartathon is supported by
The Play Readings for Climartathon are supported by Playwrights Guild of Canada
