Dear all
I am currently writing a review/report for UNESCO and the Canada Council for the Arts on EcoARTs collaborations - specifically in Canada - and am soliciting input from those involved in Sci/Arts EcoARTs collaborative Projects and arts/environmental group partnerships. In particular, I wish to include a good overview of work done across Canada. If you have been involved in, or can think of any such arts collaborative EcoARTs projects – particularly in mid and eastern Canada - that I should consider, please let me know asap, since I am on a very tight time-line.
I am looking specifically for collaborations between/among professional artists and environmental/ecology groups, env. scientists, ecologists - Canadian works where artists work/collaborate side by side with scientists, environmental groups, engineers, etc, in ways that blur traditional and disciplinary boundaries. These need not be community based projects, but could be.
Particularly, I am interested in not only the projects, but also the experiences of the collaborators as follows:
Who initiated the project (artist or env. group)? Why? How long was (or is) the process from inception to completion? Was the work well-supported? Who funded it? Do you feel the project was a success? How were the terms of participation, evaluation arrived at? Were there questions/issues of ownership? How resolved? How was the work received? What worked well? What did not? What were the challenges? Would you work =ogether, or in this way again? What additional support is/was required and how could the level of support for this genre of work be improved?
This is an overview of EcoARTS collaborations that are taking place so we may map the terrain, understand why these collaborations are strong (if they are), consider what works and what does not, and look to the future... I am very much wanting to assure that a broad spectrum of these collaborative works is well represented in the report, so information is much appreciated. Of course, any contributions will be acknowledged if quoted, and a list of sources and resources will be appended. This document is for public release. Your permission to include the general content your remarks and comments is signified by your reply to this enquiry. No verbatim comments or remarks will be quoted and attributed without explicit permission.
Many thanks in advance.
All the best,
Beth Carruthers
