Wexford Arts Office was awarded an Arts Council ‘Invitation to collaboration’ Research grant of €30,000 to research the development of a National Climate Arts Assembly for 2025/2026. The aim of this assembly is to understand, promote and pioneer methodologies within the arts and culture sector that are instrumental in shifting behaviour change around climate adaptation and mitigation.
This research is being led by an arts collective called ‘Roots For The Future’ which is made up of 5 artists Eileen Hutton, Maeve Stone, Rosie O’Reilly, Sinead Curren and Vanya Lambrecht Ward. The Arts Collective are working with 5 partner local authorities including Offaly, Clare, Cavan, Galway and Kilkenny.
The research phase is taking place in 2024 and involves artists residencies in each county. The first residency took place 18-21 March in Wexford where the artists met with the Arts office and key people from Climate Action Team of Wexford County Council to discuss key issues around climate action and develop their research methodology. The research findings from all the residences will be presented publicly back in Wexford in December 2024.
