Environment
The Climate Emergency
Fife Contemporary has long been engaged with environmental concerns in how we carry out our work and in the themes of our programme. In 2019 we declared Climate Emergency, you can find out more about what this means and why we did this at www.culturedeclares.org.
From the menu above you can find more details of our climate commitments as well as resources to support good practice by artists and organisations. Our Artist Sharespace is a site for artists to share creative projects and practice with a climate focus.
Highlights from our Sharespace
Stefanie Cheong is a Glasgow-based Artist Jeweller who specialises in using found Scottish rock with Fairtrade and recycled metals. Stefanie makes art objects and jewellery that encourage sustainable design through interchangeable elements.
Our Carbon Footprint
We work to ensure that we are reducing our own carbon footprint in several ways:
- Embracing remote working for staff
- Limiting emails and social posts
- Reducing printed documents and using digital first
- Prioritising public transport or car sharing where possible
- Using local companies and working with local artists
- Using recyclable or reusable materials in our exhibitions
- Borrowing and lending materials, books, fixtures and fittings in our exhibitions and workshops
Exhibition Spotlight
We try to improve how we reduce our environmental impact with every exhibition.
Find out how we dramatically reduced our waste from the recent exhibition, Hag: Knowledge, Power & Alchemy Through Craft.
Artists’ Environmental Resource
Following a Climate Emergency in Practice Day which we ran in October 2019, we created a Resource to help artists and makers reduce their environmental impact. The Resource provides guidance on how to mitigate emissions, looking at studio spaces and energy used, materials, waste, markets, travel, admin and advocacy as areas where all artists can make changes. It also gives a comprehensive list of other online resources and organisations that share our environmental values and aims.
Highlights from our Sharespace
During lockdown, Edinburgh-based weaver James Donald continued his desire to reduce and use up what he had in the PickOne Studio by researching the Japanese techniques of Zanshi and Saori textiles.
Environmental Sharespace
We want to share and celebrate artists’ stories about how they are responding to Climate Emergency and are approaching environmental issues in their own practice. You can keep visiting the Sharespace to find out about new projects added.
If you want to be featured in the Sharespace please send us images, related links, and information about relevant artwork. We also welcome are any hints and tips about materials and processes you have found which allow your practice to be more sustainable.
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