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Dr Chris Fremantle's Recognition (36)

Scientific Advisor, Center for the Study of the Force Majeure
2023

Description The Center's mission is to design responses to climate change at the scale in which it occurs; the Center focuses on an ecosystem's ability to hold and release water, a critical aspect of food security and drought mitigation. Where traditional and even interdisciplinary approaches often fall short, the Center looks to the intersection of Art and Science to generate provocative metaphors that help reframe the issues, and in doing so, often lead to inspired solutions to difficult problems.
Affiliated Organisations Center for the Study of the Force Majeure
Research Themes Environment, Energy & Sustainability
Org Units Legacy Gray's School of Art
URL https://www.centerforforcemajeure.org/organization

Keynote speaker at Artful Migrations
2023

Description Keynote speaker at Artful Migrations Conference, Dumfries
An exploration of artists-in-residence, birds on the move, and habitats in transition.
Reveal the achievements and challenges of three innovative artist residency programmes developed by Upland and Moving Souls Dance, hosted in local areas of wildlife importance. We will hear the artists’ views about the opportunities to make and exhibit work, and their engagement with local people, on the shared theme of migratory birds and their habitats.
Reflect on how the artists have responded to the challenges facing these birds, including shifting weather patterns and changing management of habitats.
Listen to keynote speakers from conservation and ecological art perspectives illuminating further the contexts and approaches involved in this work, encompassing artistic practice, conservation, citizen engagement, sustainable land management and the manner in which these approaches overlap.
Consider the implications of Artful Migration for global agendas on the conservation of migratory species and the complex mix of values and contexts at stake.
Celebrate the partnerships and collaborations stimulated by Artful Migration, and discuss where these might lead in future!
Affiliated Organisations The Crichton Trust
Research Themes Environment, Energy & Sustainability
Projects Learning to adapt to an uncertain future: linking genes, trees, people and processes for more resilient treescapes
Org Units Legacy Gray's School of Art
URL https://www.crichton.co.uk/event/artful-migration-conference/

Turning the Tide
2024

Description Chair of panel session at Turning the Tide, Creative Europe funded project to harness the power of art and culture as dynamic forces in addressing climate change and fostering sustainable communities. We envision a world where artistic expression and cultural engagement are central to understanding and tackling environmental challenges. Our project aims to empower local communities, amplify diverse voices, and foster innovative solutions to the problems posed by climate change, with a focus on waterfront communities uniquely affected by these global issues.
Affiliated Organisations Turning the Tide
Research Themes Environment, Energy & Sustainability
Projects Learning to adapt to an uncertain future: linking genes, trees, people and processes for more resilient treescapes
URL https://www.turning-thetide.com/

Art Advisor, Ocean ARTic, MASTS initiative
2021 - 2025

Description Invited to be Art Advisor to Marine Association for Science and Technology Scotland (MASTS) Ocean ARTic Initiative for COP26. I assisted with the establishment of the project, supported writing the grant application to Creative Scotland, was involved in recruitment and selection of artists.
Affiliated Organisations Marine Scotland
Org Units Legacy Gray's School of Art
URL https://masts.ac.uk/cop-26/ocean-artic/

Chair, Glasgow School of Art Summer Stravaig 'Hope and the Future' Session
2021 - 2021

Description Chairing Day 3 of Glasgow School of Art's Summer Stravaig. The Summer Stravaig will act as a virtual platform to share insights and findings from Design Innovation & Land Assets and advance ‘post-disciplinary’ discourse in the field of Design Innovation; through exploring diverse heritage and cultural values within island archipelagos in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland and the role design innovation plays in enhancing decision-making in relation to landscape, land-use and land assets.
Panellists:
Alastair McIntosh (Writer & Activist),
Lesley Riddoch (Broadcaster, Activist, & Journalist),
Gina Wall (Artist, The Glasgow School of Art),
Åsa Ståhl (Designer, Linnaeus University)
Affiliated Organisations Glasgow School of Art
Projects Cultural leadership and the role of the artist
Org Units Legacy Gray's School of Art

Reviewer for the journal: Design for Health
2019

Description Design for Health is an international refereed journal covering all aspects of design in the context of health and wellbeing. The Journal is published twice a year and provides a forum for design and health scholars, design professionals, health-care practitioners, educators and managers worldwide.
Design for Health is affiliated with the Design4Health conference, established in 2011.
Projects Professional issues for arts and health practitioners
Cultural leadership and the role of the artist
Org Units Legacy Gray's School of Art
URL https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfdh20/current

Member of Steering Committee, Transformations 2017
2016 - 2017

Description Member of Scientific Committee for biennial Transformations conference, Dundee
Key output:'Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth: Visions of future systems and how to get there'
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101724

Scientific Committee
Husam AlWaer
Jan Bebbington
Mathieu Denis
Ioan Fazey
Chris Fremantle
Glenn Gordon Page
Bruce Goldstein
Hilary Bradbury
Mark Howden
Kate Irvine
Matthias Klaes
Derk Loorbach
Francisco Obreque
Karen O’Brien
Per Olsson
Gil Penha-Lopes
Paul Ryan
Youba Sokona
Steve Waddell
Ruth Wolstenholme
Mel Woods
Carina Wyborn
Projects Cultural leadership and the role of the artist
Org Units Legacy Gray's School of Art
URL https://web.archive.org/web/20180415153758/http://www.transformations2017.org/scientific-committee

HEMP Futures
2019

Description HEMP Futures is a joint initiative between the Rowett Institute for Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, and The Barn, Scotland's largest rural multi-arts centre.
HEMP Futures aligns Gray's School of Art focus on sustainability and materials with the Rowett Institute's current research into Hemp as a sustainable agricultural product.
HEMP Futures events enable makers and those involved in craft and design, for example printmakers, textile makers, weavers, ceramicists, silversmiths through to artisan food makers, to engage with scientists and consider the sustainable credentials and versatility of hemp as a valuable, truly zero waste, zero net emissions crop.
Affiliated Organisations University of Aberdeen
Projects Knowledge Exchange Hubs for the Creative Economy
Org Units Legacy Gray's School of Art
URL https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/14505/

Co-led Workshops on Failure for Scottish Graduate School for the Arts & Humanities Summer School
2016 - 2018

Description Delivered sessions (2016, 2017, 2018) on Failure in creative practice in collaboration with Dr Elizabeth Reeder for Scottish Graduate School for the Arts & Humanities Summer School. Based on Owning Failure Paper.
Affiliated Organisations Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities
Projects Knowledge Exchange Hubs for the Creative Economy
Org Units Legacy Gray's School of Art
URL https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_459172_smxx.pdf

Member of AALERT 4DM Steering Group
2018

Description AALERT (Art and Artists in Landscape and Environment Research Today) is a transdisciplinary network that facilitates dialogue and debate between artists, scientists, philosophers, policy practitioners, decision makers and the public to articulate and advocate the role of arts research in communicating knowledge, opening-up different perspectives and creating new understandings of values within wider cross-disciplinary environmental research and decision making collaborations.
Affiliated Organisations University of Reading
Projects Cultural leadership and the role of the artist
Org Units Legacy Gray's School of Art
URL https://research.reading.ac.uk/aalert/

Associate Producer with The Barn
2018

Description Associate Producer with The Barn for 'On The Deep Wealth of this Nation, Scotland' by Newton Harrison and the Center for the Study of the Force Majeure, University of California at Santa Cruz.
Working with The Barn team, Newton Harrison, The James Hutton Institute and with SEFARI funding on the development, touring and programming of this new work, shown in Scotland and also at the Taipei Biennale 2019. Other venues include Andrew Grant Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art; St Margarets, Braemar; Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh. A symposium was held at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh.
Affiliated Organisations The Barn
James Hutton Institute
Projects Cultural leadership and the role of the artist
Org Units Legacy Gray's School of Art
URL https://www.thebarnarts.co.uk/artist/newton-harrison

Ocean ARTic Steering Group
2021

Description Ocean ARTic is an art and marine science collaboration telling climate change stories in the context of COP26.
Partners
Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland https://www.masts.ac.uk,
Blue Action http://blue-action.eu/,
Creative Infomatics https://creativeinformatics.org/
It involves a programme of collaborations focused by the question "What effects will climate change in Scotland's marine ecosystems have on humans and the environment, and what stories can we tell about this?"
It coincides with the launch of the UN Decade of Ocean Science 2021-2030 and the Scottish Year of Coasts and Waters 2020-2021.
The project will produce new artworks, provide a collaborative experience and learning opportunity, develop new networks, enable future art science collaborations and provide co-ordination.
Affiliated Organisations University of St Andrews
Creative Scotland
Projects Cultural leadership and the role of the artist
Org Units Legacy Gray's School of Art
URL https://www.masts.ac.uk

ecoart Network
2006

Description Member of international invitation-based network of artists, curators and scientists with shared engagement in ecologically focused arts process. Member of Editorial Committee.
network formed in 1999
more than 200 members
worldwide
Org Units Legacy Gray's School of Art
URL http://www.ecoartnetwork.org

Supervision of Clore/AHRC Researcher Nicola Naismith Follow On
2020

Description Building on the research project Professional Issues for Artists, Nicola Naismith secured further Clore/AHRC Research funding to expand the focus of the work to address social practice and work in Criminal Justice. I continue to supervise this work.
Affiliated Organisations Arts & Humanities Research Council
Org Units Legacy Gray's School of Art
URL https://www.cloreleadership.org/network/clore-fellows/15904

Supervision of Clore/AHRC Researcher Nicola Naismith
2018 - 2019

Description Nicola Naismith, alumni of the Clore Leadership Programme, secured support from the Clore/AHRC Research fund to undertake research into affective support available for artists working in the context of health and wellbeing. I supervised the research project. The research was widely disseminated through arts, health & wellbeing networks, with Nicola presenting at multiple events, and the research being cited by a number of national organisations.
Affiliated Organisations Arts & Humanities Research Council
Projects Professional issues for arts and health practitioners
Org Units Legacy Gray's School of Art
URL https://www.cloreleadership.org/cultural-leadership/artists-practising-well-summary