Category: Collaboration
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NAARCA seeks Graphic Designer for Pedagogy Toolkit Commission
Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action Pedagogy Toolkit Commission Seeking Graphic Designer Location: Remote Fee: £5000 Applications accepted on a rolling basis Final Delivery Deadline: 18 March 2024 Background The Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action (NAARCA) is a 3-year project that brings together Cove Park (Scotland), Saari Residence (Finland), Artica Svalbard (Norway), Art…
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NAARCA publishes Sustainability Toolkit for Artists’ Residencies
In 2022, NAARCA Eco-coordinator Jaana Eskola conducted residency site visits, both in-person and digital, to each of the NAARCA partners. During these visits, Jaana conducted workshops and gathered research from the staff and residents to learn more about each residency’s approach to sustainability. From these learnings, we have developed a Sustainability Toolkit for Artists’ Residencies…
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NAARCA Eco-Coordinator, Jaana Escola (Finland) presents NAARCA Sustainability Toolkit at the Swedish Artist Residency Network Annual Meeting
Jaana Escola was invited by SWAN, the Swedish Artist Residency Network, to its annual network meeting to introduce the NAARCA Sustainability Toolkit for Artists’ Residencies. Over the course of two days, October 12-13 2023, NAARCA’s Swedish partner, Baltic Art Center (BAC), hosted the network meeting on its native island of Gotland. Under the theme of…
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Why Collaborate?
How did the NAARCA collective come into being? Leena Kela (Executive Director, Saari Residence, Finland): The NAARCA project stems from a common concern and frustration in relation to the ways in which the environmental crisis is impacting the arts sector on one side, and the ways in which the arts sector is itself responding to…
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NAARCA Eco-Coordinator, Jaana Eskola (Finland), conducts residency site visits
Earlier this year, Jaana took part in the Creative Climate Leadership Scandinavia training programme (CCL) organised by Julie’s Bicycle. The sustainability coordinating work Jaana is doing within the NAARCA alliance forms part of the legacy project work within CCL. As part of the project Jaana will be conducting site visits to the NAARCA residencies around…
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NAARCA attends Cove Park’s Turbulence / Emergence / Enchantment: A Compendium of Climate Literacies
‘Turbulence / Emergence / Enchantment: A Compendium of Climate Literacies’ took place at Cove Park between 4-7 November 2021. It brought together artists, writers, performers, academics, and activists from a wide range of backgrounds to discuss climate literacy. A digital archive of this symposium is available on Cove Park’s website. In addition to attending this…
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Announcing the Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action
NAARCA, co-devised and co-led by Cove Park (Scotland) and Saari Residence (Finland), aims to build a long-term bridge between Scotland and the Nordic countries around the most pressing global issue of our time. The collaboration is founded upon the geological, climatological, historical, and linguistic similarities that unite both regions, and is the starting point for a permanent,…