Every day award winning botanical artist Sharon Field draws and paints a species directly onto her Scrolls to “tell a story with a lasting visual impact”.

CLIMARTE is hugely proud to support Sharon’s stunning, active, archival project and hope you will join us to help launch her international tour of  The Scrolls: 3,000 days… and counting. 

She started this epic project on Earth Day (26 March) in 2022 and is committed to continuing until Earth Day 2030 with the aim of “engaging as many people as I can to join me in doing everything in their power to halt the damage and begin healing ecosystems”.

When: Sunday 6 October 2024, viewing from 2-5pm with public conversation from 3-4pm.

Where: The Store, Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford

This free event is CLIMARTE’s inaugural Melbourne Fringe Festival collaboration and to join the conversation please register via the book now tab below.

Following a presentation by Sharon, we will have a facilitated conversation with key architects of the City of Yarra’s globally leading Climate Emergency Plan 2024-2030 to discuss the practical role artists, creative practice and culture plays in best practice Climate Emergency policy development.

Strategically timed, Sharon’s presentations in the US, UK, France, the Netherlands and Singapore are in the lead up to, during and just post the UN COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan (yes, why are global climate negotiations again being hosted in a petro-state?).

Australia is leading the world in mammal species extinctions. The Australian Climate Accountability Project’s recently released findings reveal that “Australia is the [world’s] second-largest climate polluter when calculated by total carbon emissions [‘total lifecycle’] from its massive fossil fuel exports – beaten only by Russia, but ahead of every OPEC country and the United States”. In response, Sharon’s presentations reference the community-led City of Yarra Climate Emergency Plan 2024-2030 to show what is possible when people unite around First Nations leaders’ care for country protocols.

Held in collaboration with Abbotsford Convent, this event is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and the City of Yarra, as well as Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation.​

You can read more about Sharon’s powerful and timely Scrolls project here.

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