BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.6//EN TZID:Europe/Dublin X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:VEVENT UID:409@visualartists.ie DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250903T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250903T200000 DTSTAMP:20250829T093341Z URL:https://visualartists.ie/events/panel-discussion-entangled-life-beyond -words-communicating-sustainability-at-pallas-projects-studios SUMMARY:Panel Discussion | Entangled Life - Beyond Words: Communicating sus tainability at Pallas Projects/Studios DESCRIPTION:Panel talk: Beyond Words: Communicating sustainability\n\n6-8PM \, Wednesday\, 3rd September\n\nBookings via EventBrite.\n\nLisa Fitzsimon s (Strategy and Sustainability Lead at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMM A))\nNoel Kelly (Chief Executive Officer of Visual Artists Ireland)\nGaret h Kennedy (Artists and lecturer in Sculpture and Expanded Practice at the National College of Art and Design)\n\nCommunicating an ecological approac h is complex\, especially when it comes to visual art\, and also reaching our neighbourhoods and communities. It’s a nuanced space where values\, habits\, and systems intersect.\n\nThis cross-disciplinary panel explores how artists\, galleries and art institutions communicate their efforts in ways that are honest\, hopeful\, and engaging. A view of the behind-the-sc enes decisions that institutions employ\, with the aim of supporting susta inable exhibition-making\, artistic practices and choices\, and leading-by -example strategies. Whether the art is transdisciplinary\, embedded in so cial action and deeply rooted in natural ecology\, or sustainability is an underlying concern in an artist's practice (or in an art programme)\, the re’s value in making the invisible work visible.\n\nHow do we give space to small actions and highlight the relevance of what often goes unseen? H ow do we communicate this work in ways that resonate with others? And how can we do all of this without leaning on narratives of doom while remainin g factual? Beyond Words: Communicating sustainability is about language an d strategies that are hopeful and grounded. It’s about exploring approac hes to communicating the quiet labour of care\, the strength of collective effort\, and the possibility of change toward a sustainable art ecosystem .\n\nWe invite the wider community and communities of interest to join us in this open conversation\, and share their insights and perspectives. Tim e is set before and after the talk to gather informally. Participants will be encouraged to ask questions and share their thoughts and experience in a relaxed exchange\, blurring the usual roles of panellist and audience.\ n\nBiographies\n\nLisa Fitzsimons is the Strategy and Sustainability Lead at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)\, where she leads the implementat ion of IMMA’s five-year strategy and produces Earth Rising\, an annual f estival exploring the intersection of contemporary art\, ecological innova tion\, and community resilience.\nWith a background in brand and communica tions leadership across cultural\, corporate\, and non-profit sectors\, sh e is passionate about using storytelling to deepen understanding\, shift m indsets\, and inspire action. Her work bridges strategy\, creativity\, and public engagement\, demonstrating how cultural institutions can be powerf ul platforms for climate communication and change.\n\nNoel Kelly is the Ch ief Executive Officer of Visual Artists Ireland\, a role he has held since 2007\, He is a Life Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts\, Manufactures and Commerce\, and serves on the International Program ming Panel for Cukrarna\, Ljubljana. He acts as policy expert on a number of local government committees. His governance portfolio includes previous board roles with the Irish Visual Artists Rights Organisation (IVARO)\, T he Butler Gallery\, and the Royal Dublin Society. Under his stewardship\, VAI launched initiatives such as Get Together\, the national day for visua l artists\; the Social\, Economic and Fiscal Status Survey\; the Payment G uidelines for Visual Artists\, and Job Seeker Allowance for Visual Artists . Noel’s advocacy focuses on equitable treatment of artists and expandin g networking and development opportunities that support artists at every c areer stage. His most recent project is that development of The Visual Art ists’ Bill of Rights\, research into workspaces in Ireland\, and the on- going development of a green approach to the visual arts.\n\nVisual artist Gareth Kennedy's work explores the social agency of the handcrafted in th e 21st century and generates 'communities of interest' around the producti on and performance of experimental material cultures. Informed by an anthr opological approach these works draw on the layered histories of a locatio n. Projects are embedded\, evolve over time\, and are enacted by diverse p ublics and individuals. His practice to date includes public art commissio ns\, workshops\, education projects\, exhibitions\, residencies and collab orations. He is a lecturer in Sculpture and Expanded Practice at the Natio nal College of Art and Design in Dublin. Since 2020\, he is lead coordinat or of NCAD FIELD\, a site beside the college which through radical pedagog ies is being appraised as a novel ecology\, a taskscape and an experiment in the urban commons. Kennedy runs accredited courses at undergraduate lev el and together with artist colleagues Seoidin O'Sullivan and Mark Clare\, runs the Creative Futures Academy Professional Certificate and Diploma in Art and Ecology. In 2024-25\, he is an Urban Fields artist in residence a s part of L’Internationale Museum of the Commons Climate Assembly and wa s the resident artist on the Rhizome Residency with Kilkenny Arts Office w hich formed part of research into the Roots for the Future Climate Art Ass embly. He is a member of the All-Island Climate and Biodiversity Research Network. 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