BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Arts &\; Ecology - Michaela Crimmin\, RSA Head of Arts DTSTART:20070301T180000Z DTEND:20070301T200000Z UID:TALK7639@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:Alan Blackwell DESCRIPTION:Arts & Ecology is a programme supporting the work of artists i n examining and\naddressing environmental concerns.\nArts & Ecology has be en exploring the current practice of artists\, writers\, architects and\nf ilm-makers through a series of conferences\, a book\, education projects a nd artists’\ncommissions. The issues at stake – from the broad one of climate change to the specific\nproblems of desertification\, waste and dw indling biodiversities- are being examined\nthrough artists’ practices\, and through interdisciplinary dialogue with scientists\,\nindustrialists\ , government and environmental groups.\nA key notion informing the entire project is that of ecology as a study of an individual’s\nrelationship w ith their cultural\, social and economic\, as well as natural\, environmen t. As\nsuch this is a broad reaching programme and aims to locate the arts as a central player in\nproviding creative\, and sometimes radical\, insi ghts to the challenges facing contemporary\nsociety.\n\nAbout the speaker\ n\nMichaela Crimmin initiated and currently directs RSA Arts & Ecology\; a nd runs a course on the\nRoyal College of Arts' MA programme Curating Cont emporary Art. She has extensive experience\nof commissioning art for the p ublic domain for a range of organisations in the public and private\nsecto rs\; directed Art for Architecture at the RSA – an award scheme and cata lyst for\ncollaborative ventures between artists and architects\, landscap e architects and engineers. She\nco-ordinated the high profile series of s culpture for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. She is\na Trustee for Channel 4’s Big Art Project\, commissioning work for six communities and contexts\nacross the UK which will be the subject of a major television s eries in 2008.\n\nThis event is FREE and open to the public but advance bo oking is necessary\, reserve seats by booking online at "www.theRSA.org/ev ents":http://www.theRSA.org/events or contact\nRSA Lectures\, 8 John Adam Street\, London WC2N 6EZ\nEmail lectures@rsa.org.uk Telephone 020 7451 686 8 Fax 020 7839 5805 LOCATION:Michaelhouse\, Trinity St\, Cambridge END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR