artist care & repair: resources
An evolving collection of books, articles, podcasts, and videos to inspire and support our ourselves as artists, our art practices, and our art communities.
Books
For books unavailable through bookshop.org:
podcasts
Individual episodes and series
Videos
Articles and other links
Art & Environment 2024: 17 Artists Forecast Changes Ahead
Culture Declares resources
Culture Takes Action: tools for an emergency response
Gadanho, P. (2025), The Ecological Turn in Art is Here to Stay. Hyperallergic, March 5, 2025
Gantz, B. et al (2018), Repair. Rhode Island School of Design, Manual 11
Heinberg, R. and Miller, A. (2023). Welcome to the Great Unraveling: Navigating the Polycrisis of Environmental and Social Breakdown. Corvallis, OR: Post Carbon Institute
Johnston, L. J. (2023). The Possibility of Regeneration: resources and further reading
McFarland R. (2019). The Understory, Emergence Magazine
Mayher, M. (2024). 7 Steps to Double Your Art-Making Time. Artwork Archive blog January 4, 2024
Not Too Late Project resources, zine, study guide
Richardson M. (2024). Emotional regulation explains the benefits of nature contact and connection. University of Derby
Richardson M. & Butler, C.W. (2023). The Silk Mill Vision of a Nature Connected Society. University of Derby
Ward, K. (2021). ‘How to Awaken our Ecological Psyche’, YES! Magazine, Spring 2021. Bainbridge Island, WA: Positive Futures Network
all we can save climate engagement assessment
A great place to start for anyone who offers their art practice as a platform for engagement around climate work.
