British Art Network
The British Art Network’s ‘Professional Practice Seminar, regarding Public Sculpture, Gender, and Sustainability’. Held on the 11th September 2023, our founder Claire Mander was invited to speak alongside a group of UK based artists and curators who identify as female or non-binary to address the issues of sustainability and gender inequality in large scale public art projects.
“With a particular focus on notions of sustainability, considering not just environmental concerns but of artistic practice, this seminar will invite a group of UK based artists and curators who identify as female or non-binary to address the issues of sustainability and gender inequality in large scale public art projects. We are particularly interested in the artists’ voice and how to platform this within the wider dialogue. We want to consider the value of public art to (British) society, at the same time as its impact on the world in which we live, and where it must go from here to create a sustainable future for both, therefore via this seminar we hope to encourage sharing of collaborative and collective solutions including speculative or nascent models that may foster a sustainable future for public sculpture.”
Chair: Lizzie Neilson, Director, Pangaea Sculptors’ Centre & Zabludowicz Collection (chair)
Charlotte Booth, Head of Operations & Production, The Line
Sarah Carrington, Head of Strategy & Partnerships, The Line
Rachael Champion, Artist
Jodie Carey, Artist
Beth Derbyshire, Artist, MA Course Leader Birmingham University
Holly Hendry, Artist
Emma Hart, Artist
Claire Mander, The CoLab/The Artists Garden
Ro Robertson, Artist
Lucy Tomlins, Artist and Director, Pangaea Sculptors’ Centre
Cathy Wills, Curator, Director The Cathy Wills Trust
BAN Professional Practice Seminar: Public Sculpture, Gender, and Sustainability. The event is supported by Cathy Wills Charitable Trust and the British Art Network (BAN). BAN is a Subject Specialist Network supported by Tate and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, with additional public funding provided by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. The Network promotes curatorial research, practice and theory in the field of British Art. Its members include curators, academics, artist-researchers, conservators, producers and programmers at all stages of their professional lives.