A number of workshops, gatherings, exhibitions and presentation is conferences and publication has been conducted. Results include presentation of the pedagogical and artistic experiments in an exhibition produced in collaboration with the project “Community art-based sustainability in the Arctic”.
The results and learning of the Sustainability Portrait project have been gathered to the book “Creating Arctic Sustainability Portraits”. The book is the culmination collaborative efforts between the Arctic University’s Arctic Sustainable Art and Design network and the Children in the Arctic thematic network.
The key focus on community art workshops has been on connectedness—how young people position themselves within the larger picture and how they can impact their livelihoods and their social, cultural and environmental contexts. The artistic expressions opened doors for participants to engage in expressions that were visual, engaging, playful and full of visions of a sustainable future.
The Sustainability Portrait Project – Art, location, and social responsibility for sustainable development in the Arctic was funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Nordic Arctic Co-operation Programme, represented by the Nordic Institute in Greenland.
Jokela, T., Berliner, P., & Manninen, A. (Eds.) (2024). Creating Arctic sustainability potraits. University of Lapland.
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