Sustainable Exhibitions: Reducing Environmental Impact in the Arts
Duration: 15 July – 12 August 2026
Application Deadline: 14 July 2026
Course Fee: €189 (incl. VAT)
Live Sessions: 2 hours per week
Maximum Participants: 30
Exhibitions often rely on unsustainable materials, energy-intensive logistics, and short-term production cycles, yet exhibition-makers rarely have the training to address these challenges. This course equips art professionals with the skills to plan and produce environmentally sustainable exhibitions. From reducing carbon emissions to applying circular design principles, you will learn how to align curatorial goals with climate responsibility.
Through critical discussion, interactive exercises, and hands-on assignments, you will discover how to:
- Evaluate and minimize the environmental impact of materials, production, and logistics
- Apply circular economy principles to exhibition production
- Reduce emissions across every phase of exhibition-making (transport, exhibition spaces, digital media)
- Communicate sustainability goals clearly and credibly in funding proposals, institutional policies, and team collaborations
Over five weeks, you will apply proven tools and best practices to an artwork or installation of your choice (real or imagined), using it as a case study to test sustainable decision-making in context. By the end of this course, you’ll have the resources and confidence to champion holistic sustainability in your curatorial practice and institutional contexts.
This course is designed for visual art practitioners (independent curators, museum and gallery staff, art handlers and technicians) involved in any aspect of exhibition-making and already have some familiarity with its general processes.
Image credits: Qihai Weng via Unsplash