Studio for Sustainability & Social Action (S3A)

Imagine the visual arts at Penn State with sustainability and social action at their core. Following the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, S3A is dedicated to sustainability and a philosophical and moral call to social action through artistic practice. 

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Four Initiatives

  • Courses and Curriculum

  • Symposium and Exhibition

  • Community Collaborations and

  • Artist Lectures and Workshops. 

Symposium

S3A Inaugural Biennial Symposium and Exhibition

April 22-24, 2021

We seek proposals that honor the five themes of the symposium while enhancing audience participation and engagement through creative forms, experimental approaches, scholarly research, and artistic production.

GENDER / POWER

Final Performance on Zoom

Wed, April 28th at 7:30pm EST

https://tinyurl.com/GenderPowerPSU

Articles

Art as Activism: The Guerrilla Girls

Penn State Abington Art program is hosting "Art as Activism: The Guerrilla Girls," a presentation by The Guerilla Girls on April 6 at 3:00pm. Please stay tuned for more information and make sure to save time for this exciting...

Calls for Proposals

The Studio for Sustainability and Social Action seeks proposals from artists and creators from Penn State  campuses who are interested in establishing or continuing a community-based art project that responds to one or more of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We seek to provide mini-grants to artists to work with communities on projects related to sustainability and social action.

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Visiting Artist Series

Nancy Campbell will speak on Tuesday, November 10th, at noon about the challenges of making work about the climate crisis. Campbell will share stories about her time working in the Arctic and Greenland, about her experience in research residencies, and about her experience in producing visual art for communities. 

Sustaining All Life

Sustaining All Life (SAL) and United to End Racism (UER) believe the environmental crisis cannot be resolved without ending racism, genocide toward Indigenous peoples, classism, sexism, and other oppressions.

https://www.sustainingalllife.org/