Accessing the solar website:

Wilderland has two websites, one always-on, higher resolution website that is heavier to run, and one experimental, situated site, that is solar powered, and in the Nephin Park

The solar site might not always be on or available, it also has other quirks, and will be slower. Adjust your expectactions for this Permacomputing + Small Web alternative.
project

Sustainable Arts Bursary

Wilderland is collaborating with Mayo Arts Service to support local artists and creative practitioners in developing sustainable and socially engaged arts practices through its professional development programme over 2024-25.

The programme provides mentorship, skills-sharing and training opportunities to a network of local creatives who want to develop their working methods towards environmentally conscious studio practice and use of materials, learn about socially engaged practice, or creatively connect with their local landscape or communities to explore climate issues.

As part of this programme, Wilderland is providing Sustainable Arts Bursary awards to support local artists, creative practitioners or arts collectives to develop their practice towards more sustainable and environmentally conscious ways of working, for example through:

  • time-in-studio
  • research into environmental awareness and choice of materials in their studio practice
  • skills-training or mentoring, especially to support climate literacy and ‘greening’ of their practice
  • developing new methods of production, especially those that help reduce the carbon footprint, environmental impact and material waste of their practice
  • research and development for new artworks that explore our relationship to nature or novel ways of engaging with the biodiversity and climate crisis
  • exploring site-responsive engagement with their local landscape
  • exploring collaborative or socially-engaged ways of working with local communities of place or interest, especially in the context of engagement with the local environment, biodiversity and climate crisis

Bursary artists are encouraged to explore what sustainable arts practice means within the context of their own practice, locality and community. They may choose to work individually, collaboratively, and or through co-creation with communities of place or interest for their bursary activities.

There is no requirement to produce finished artworks, however participating creatives must document and publicly share their bursary activities and learning outcomes.

You can follow the sustainable arts bursary activities on each individual artist's page.

with:

  • Melanie Whelan
  • Derval Dunford
  • Betty Gannon