New Developments in Ethically Sustainable Art Practice
Drawing on 13 years of experience as Glasgow School of Art’s resident environmentalist, this interactive session explores the rise of bio-materials, ethical supply chains, and the wider environmental and social impacts of creative practice.
Discover practical ways to ‘green’ your workspace while building more resilient communities. We will discuss the ethics and psychology behind creative work, and highlight the powerful, positive role artists play in addressing environmental change.
John Thorne
John Thorne is an environmentalist, and has worked at Glasgow School of Art since 2013. Working with design, architecture and fine art students, his work seeks to help them examine their material use, and to help explore connections between students’ subject areas and environmental and social justice.
A growing part of his role is assisting students who are struggling with Climate Distress, and ways to benefit their general wellbeing. Through a deeper and more connected practice, students find ways to address issues facing our society today, be it a deeper emotional connection through their art practice, or better design of part of our system.
By looking more closely at the ethics of their practice, students find new ways of working, of connecting to others, and to more opportunities in their future work.