(W)holistic Sustainable
Studio/Life Experience
Basic Training
Ok, I’m an artist… now what?
Mapping Artist Practice
Setting the Scene
Three-legged stool of responsibility for
artist sustainability
my practice
Environmental Responsibility
Personal
Philosophy
Implementation
(W)HOLISTIC SUSTAINABLE
STUDIO/LIFE EXPERIENCE
THREE
Responsibilities of Artists
1. Personal
To stay healthy in body, mind and spirit – and to make art.
2. Environmental
To keep oneself and environment in as good a condition as
possible – to not subject oneself or others to harm or demise
by one’s own irresponsibility.
3. Community
To keep our messages heard, our minds open and
contribute to those on whom ultimately we must rely for
support through community involvement
Mapping my thesis project
THE PRACTITIONER’S NARRATIVE
THE PRODUCT: WORKSHOP/PROGRAM
BASIC TRAINING
Personal
Environmental
Community
Three-pronged
stool of
responsibility for
sustainability
ARTIST
SURVIVAL
(THRIVAL)
work/practice
personal care
Setting the Scene
my
practice
CCT/
UMB
efka project
studio
management
Real art for
real people
PORTFOLIO
identification
practice
discipline
health &
safety
Getting it out
there
space
strategies
accessibility
guide/manual
Program Proposal w/ Syllabus
Presentation
for
Institutional
Change
Proposal to Implement
(W)HOLISTIC SUSTAINABILITY
into MASSART Community
via position as:
Sustainability Director (w/Student Affairs)
Basic
Training
Making it work…
Making Connection
• Looking at other definitions and
applications in education
• Listening to the language/catch phrases
in academia and the art world
• Finding support from more than one
source
Three Points of Sustainability
Environment
Society
Society
Economy
Economy
Environment
Three Points of Basic Training
Personal
Environment
Community
Community
Personal
Environment
Basic Training
connects to
Sustainability Education
Community
Society
RESPONSIB
LE
Personal
HEALTHY
Environment
Economy
Environment
EFFICIENT
Basic Training
connects to
Sustainability Education
We cannot make art while contributing to environmental
destruction – and an unhealthy environment will make us
sick.
Ailing artists cannot make art.
Healthy habits in our practice, work & workplace
lead to healthy living.
HOW?
How do we implement
(w)holistic sustainability
Basic Training:
the course!
Basic Training is a holistic program in the fine arts focusing on the
studio experience
There is nothing that compares to one on one, artist to artist example
–experiential tutoring– and guidance.
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2
3
Encourage personal development practice –incorporating mental,
physical, spiritual growth and nurturing.
Teach Healthy and Safe studio & life habits, through modeling, a
class/workshop, space acquisition and outfitting strategies.
Visiting artists from multiple career options share to inspire achievement
of artistic goals after school.
Projects(Efka) encouraging and teaching emerging artists to work
together to make their own opportunities for self-promotion, exhibition,
and evaluation.
We do not create to fill our attics
Greening Campuses
= Greening MassArt
University leaders around the globe and across the country
have joined together to promote the idea and
implementation of campus “greening” through mutually
agreed declarations and the creation of coalitions of faculty,
students, staff, and administrators representing colleges and
universities in concerted efforts toward those ends.
Sustainability Education is locally & globally
responsible and necessary
Staff Development:
 Workshops for Faculty
& Studio Managers
 Train key personnel
 Support materials
Student Development:
 Basic Training
 Efka Project
 Consortium projects
 interactive website
Build Commitment:
 Appoint (W)Holistic Sustainability Officer
(ME?)
 Create incentives (avoid penalties)
 Environmental Action Teams
i.e.:
Students for a Sustainable Campus (SGA)
Paper Reduction Committee
 Encourage inter-disciplinary involvement
 Celebrate successes
Studio Managers as Leaders
Compensation for “first day” class presentations
(similar to what I presently do in FA2D)
Create Graduate Asst. Positions w/managers
Create Internships for our students within MassArt
(Industrial design, architectural planning)
Work-Study Support
 Studio participation requirements
 attached to studio agreements
 enhances “trickle-up” effect
Benefits
Visibility through
dissemination
Happy Students &
Employees
Opportunity to
support diverse
programs
Community
Society
Enthusiastic &
supportive alumni
RESPONSIBLE
HEALTHY
Streamlining
accountability &
Personal
dependability
More options for
better spending
Efficient & Cost
effective savings
Impressed &
supportive public
Environment
Economy
Better study
conditions
Environment Better work
conditions
EFFICIENT
Students, Faculty, Staff &
Administrators carry a new attitude
into their lives inside & outside of
MassArt
- sustaining themselves and the
world
So WHAT
happened?
• I became “volunteer Sustainability Plan”
coordinator, and “got” to write the MassArt
“Sustainability Plan”
• Got a “promotion” to the Design Dept (FT) new culture in art
• Discovered that “Diversity Issues” were more
“popular”
• Watched as “Sustainability Officer” was
added to “Health & Safety” in Facilities Dept.,
w/no “Education/Academic” plan attached
Back to Basics!!
• Applied to and joined Kingston Gallery
• Sought out and acquired So.End Studio &
membership in United So.End Artists
• Participate in Open Studio events
• Maintain & participate in Art, Environmental
and Community Assoc. Memberships
• Established Website and Web presence
• Participate in “Personal Development & Art
Retreats”
• Returned to participating in CCT UMB events
Growth & New Perspectives
Happen!!
• Offer “Basic Training”, “Gelatin Mono-type” “Recycled
Sketchbook”, “Sketchbook Journal” and other
workshops.
• Establish “Curator/Consultant” role - help launch new
gallery in Provincetown
• Solo exhibition 2008, Hutson Gallery
• Elected by members as Director of Kingston Gallery,
Solo Exhibition 2007, several group exhibitions,
updated gallery technology, initiated new programs
• Started teaching CCT 602 online
Mapping Artist Practice
Setting the Scene
BASIC TRAINING
Three-pronged
stool of
responsibility for
sustainability
my
practice
Sustainability
Responsibility
Personal
Environmental
ARTIST
SURVIVAL
(THRIVAL)
Personal
Philosophy
Galleries/
Consulting
work/practice
personal care
Implementation
Community
studio
management
Real art for
real people
identification
practice
discipline
(W)HOLISTIC
SUSTAINABLE
STUDIO/LIFE EXPERIENCE
health &
safety
Getting it out
there
space
strategies
Being
available
guide/manual
accessibility