McMichael Canadian Art Collection and Kortright Centre for Conservation have partnered to bring together expertise from different disciplines to explore the world of tomorrow.
The McMichael Creative Learning team collaborated closely with artist Rajni Perera to create a new Signature Studio: Envisioning Environmental Futures.
In this two-part program students will discover the progress made through sustainability initiatives, and with the guidance of Kortright staff will have the opportunity to conduct experiments and participate in demonstrations related to renewable energy, particularly solar energy.
During the program, numerous activities involving energy innovations and mitigation of climate change impacts will allow students to broaden their understanding of environmental solutions.
The final activity will allow students to apply their knowledge by creating and proposing their own climate change innovations.
In the next part of the program, led by staff from McMichael, students will explore the works of Rajni Perera. Environmental causes are particularly close to this artist’s heart; she believes that creativity and innovation are necessary to change peoples’ behaviours and attitudes towards environmentalism.
While celebrating cultural hybridity and inclusivity, this mixed media studio encourages students to collaborate creatively with their peers and use their imaginations to find practical and/or magical solutions to the current environmental crisis.
Full Day (Morning and Afternoon) | Offered Year Round
Please contact vservices@trca.ca to book.
One of Canada’s most promising contemporary multimedia artists, Rajni Perera is known for innovative experimentation with mediums as varied as painting, sculpture, and photography to express her vision of imagined futures in which mutated subjects survive within dystopian realms created by the collapse of social, political, and environmental structures.
The Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program (STEP) at Kortright Centre for Conservation is a conservation authority-led initiative that fosters broader implementation of technologies that protect water resources and reduce our carbon footprint.