Artist: Evelyn Sorohan

I am a socially engaged climate artist, drawing on my educational and visual art backgrounds to create innovative exploratory Climate Art. I start the process by investigating scientific Climate Data coupled with sketching, photographing, sculpting and painting native flora and fauna. These are the climate indicators in my local rural environment in Kilmaley, Co. Clare. I interview and collaborate with scientists. I study Climate data. I’m a citizen scientist with the National Biodiversity Centre of Ireland constantly interpreting the Climate data using a variety of creative visual processes to engage the public in a multidisciplinary visceral experience of Climate Change and Climate Action. As an artist educator I believe the development of critical thinking and creative thinking skills are critical to enabling the human race find solutions to slow Climate Change. Part of my participatory art process endeavours to do this. I create Arts based Climate Action participatory programmes for schools. My work as a creative associate with the Arts Council’s Creative School’s Team also compliments this work.
Click on the link to see the climate action art programme (CAPS) I developed in collaboration with Dr Alice Darcy of STEAM Ed. and Clare Education Centre. The ability of the children to grasp Climate Change and invent creative solutions is truly remarkable.https://youtu.be/RQJ9mFG8tZg I facilitated this programme over Zoom in six schools in Clare. We won significant ‘Public Innovation Funding’ to develop this creative work.

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