Online course by Node Center for Curatorial Studies
Duration: 2 June – 30 June 2026
Enroll before: 28 May 2026
Fee: €189 one-time payment (incl. VAT)
Live sessions: 2 hrs/week
Capacity: 32 participants
How can art address issues such as nature, regeneration and climate justice? What can we learn from activist methods to create projects that bring actual change? This course focuses on expanding the potentials of ecologically engaged art practices.
Over five weeks, we will learn from case studies and thinkers who offer innovative approaches to climate justice and to reimagining our relationship with nature. With the aim of moving beyond mere representation, we will explore how to apply ecological principles to creative projects that inspire action. These efforts will draw from environmental activism and gestures that help mitigate the effects of climate change.
Since the essence of ecology is relating, the course will take the form of an open dialogue where you can share your processes. Importantly, you are invited to develop your own projects and ideas through exchange and mutual support in this space.
Designed for artists, curators, activists, and researchers, this course will provide you with a critical framework to ensure your work contributes meaningfully to the urgent conversations shaping our planet’s future.
You’ll learn how to:
- Apply strategies for creating art projects that have a tangible, positive effect on the environment.
- Critically understand key ecological debates and influential initiatives, including climate or nature-focused museum programmes, exhibitions, interdisciplinary collaborations, solidarity networks, and art collectives.
- Develop and refine your own project ideas through group discussion and feedback.
- Integrate evaluation strategies to assess your project’s potential to shift minds and its longevity.
