RSA
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture & Commerce
In April 2005 the RSA in partnership with Arts Council England launched Arts & Ecology, a major new programme to profile, encourage and support artists in addressing ecological concerns: how the environment relates to poverty and party politics, conflict, global trade and land use; climate change, pollution and contamination, biodiversity and energy conservation. These are pressing matters for a growing number of artists. Activities include commissions supported by the Gulbenkian Foundation and Arts Council England, London; a series of events, the next taking place in China, encouraging dialogue with scientists, industrialists, government and environment groups; the development of a new web resource; and education pilots with Creative Partnerships. There will be a two day international conference on 11th and 12th December 06 with the London School of Economics, together with the launch of a publication based on dialogue between artists and other disciplines.
