Facts of Matter: Grant Writer, Creative Producer, Curator

Alongside the exhibition, each artist produced a short digital artist talk about their work, which can be viewed on the Linden Gallery's webpage (link below). 
For the public program accompanying the exhibition, I produced and hosted a public panel conversation with expert guests, Deborah Hart (Chair of CLIMARTE), Simon Torok (Scientell), and Jane Sawyer (Slow Clay), at Linden New Art, a discussion about the value of visual art in climate activism as well as sustainability in studio practice. This discussion was enthusiastically received by the audience, who were keen to continue the conversation well after formal proceedings ended.
Clay Matters also commissioned a curatorial essay on the exhibition from writer and artist, Dr Robyn Phelan, which you can read here.

The exhibition theme aimed to connect with audiences emotionally and intellectually on the topic of the environmental and climate crises, advocating for sustainable action against climate change and environmental damage, and promoting hope and optimism. Each of the ten artists responded to their own meaningful reference and, through their creative practices, explored what sustainability means to us both as individuals and as a collective of ceramicists. You can read more about the exhibition, see images and digital artist talks, here.

Contributing artists: Pattie Beerens, Amelia Black, Amanda Bromfield, Claire Ellis, Vicki Grima, Lene Kuhl Jakobsen, Cinda Manins, Elnaz Nourizadeh, Jane Sawyer, Madeleine Thornton Smith

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Images by Tina Wilkins Pictures