This week we have been working with the inspiration that we could contribute a stream at The Art of Management & Organization 2024 conference. We have been talking with many experienced professors from different fields who also show passion for art in education, especially in education for sustainability. Empowering individuals and communities, and provoking action for sustainability is our main purpose. Inspiring each other with innovative approaches through art will be at the centre of our design.

We would like to create a space where participants can generate the art for sustainability education support, on site in real-time to promote experiential learning activities for sustainability. There could also be workshops that provide the opportunity to create direct action of education for sustainability through art. Transforming mindsets towards sharing experiences of art in education for sustainability will create real-time support for participants.

Whether it is physical participatory art or static art that moves you to do, art can help inspire thought through different perspectives. For example, and famously, the artist Banksy and the American artists Guerrilla Girls have provoked many to consider alternative perspectives. The conference welcome all forms of art,

“poetry, theatre, dance, song, film, painting, sculpture, musicals, even circus!”

AoMO 2024

Circus groups, such as The Pirates of the Carabina have provided great inspiration for social change and support education through workshops with schools and events while on tour. With their show Flown they even visited Umeå back in 2014 and have been exhibiting their show Pirate Taxi in 2022. Reviews describing

“Expect some attention stealing, mind-bending art installations from the most visionary and trailblazing creatives of today… the weekend wouldn’t be the same without a heart-in-your-mouth performance from Pirates of the Carabina with their raucous, ingenious and insane talent”.

(Shindig Festival, 2022)

How would you design a stream to inspire education for sustainability through art? What would you like to see or contribute, to a stream for art in education for sustainability? How could we inspire you to inspire others through art? Who has inspired you to take a different approach to action for sustainability? Share your thoughts on our discussion forum this week.