‘Sea Ice, Svalbard’ (2023) by Emma Stibbon RA
Speakers have been announced for The Burton’s upcoming Art and Environment Symposium on Friday 27 June.
Emma Stibbon is an artist whose works consider environments undergoing transition and change. Often working from remote locations, her large-scale drawings and prints record the beauty and precariousness of our planet. Recent residencies include the Arctic Circle residency, Svalbard (2022) and the Queen Sonja Print Award Residency, Svalbard (2019).
Anne Le Brocq is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at the University of Exeter, with a background in glaciology, particularly in Antarctica. She has published papers on ice sheet modelling, ice sheet subglacial hydrology and Remote Sensing & GIS applications in glaciology, and is currently working on an educational video game about ice flows.
Heidi Morstang is a filmmaker and photographer whose work explores the cultural and ecological impact of landscape and environmental change, often in collaboration with scientists in the Nordic Arctic. She is Associate Professor in Photography at the University of Plymouth, where she leads the Land/Water Research Group.
Tracey Elliot is one of the Founders and a Trustee of The Pickwell Foundation, with a focus on climate change, refugee support, and building a sustainable future for people and planet. She is also a Director at Eden Sustainable Power and Vice Chair of the Solar Energy UK Skills Steering Group.
John Kenneth Paranada is the inaugural Curator of Art and Climate Change at the Sainsbury Centre, supported by the John Ellerman Foundation — the first role of its kind in a UK museum. He is a researcher at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and a member of the Association for Art History’s Climate Change Working Group.
Helen Record is Head of Research and Content at commercial art gallery Robilant+Voena, London. She was previously Assistant Curator at the Royal Academy, where she led the Collections Decolonial Research Project and curated displays including Emma Stibbon RA’s artist spotlight. From 2020–22 Helen was co-lead of the British Art Network’s Landscape Research Group.
Lilli Geissendorfer is a consultant and facilitator working at the intersections of culture, climate and change. She is Director of Theatre Green Book, supporting the performing arts sector to transition to net zero, and was previously Deputy Director of the Creative Policy and Evidence Centre and Director of funder Jerwood Arts.
Harriet Cooper is Director of The Burton at Bideford. Harriet is known for her curatorial work with early-career artists and strategic leadership of national partnership projects. Recent roles have included Head of Visual Arts at Jerwood Arts, Curator of the UAL Art Collection, and member of the Arts Council Collection Acquisitions Committee 2022-25.
Organisations attending the event include North Devon Biosphere, Torridge District Council, Earth Action North Devon, Exeter Science Centre, The Resurgence Trust and The Pickwell Foundation.
We invite everyone with an interest in art and/or the environment, whether professional or personal, to attend this event and contribute your thoughts and ideas. Tickets cost £25 (£20 concessions/£10 low income) and include lunch. They can be booked in person at the gallery, on 01237 471455 or via our website.
The symposium is supported by Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and The Friends of The Burton.
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