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.
Four Initiatives
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Courses and Curriculum
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Symposium and Exhibition
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Community Collaborations and
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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
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...
The World’s Oldest Forest Has 385-Million-Year-Old Tree Roots
A trove of arboreal fossils pushes back the origin of modern forests and sophisticated tree roots An aerial view of a fossil of Archaeopteris, a 385-million-year-old tree with surprisingly modern-looking roots. (William Stein and Christopher Berry) By Katherine J....
Climatologist Michael E Mann: ‘Good people fall victim to doomism. I do too sometimes’
Jonathan Watts, @jonathanwatts The author and eminent climate scientist on the deniers’ new tactics and why positive change feels closer than it has done in 20 years Sat 27 Feb 2021 16.00 GMT Michael E Mann: ‘It’s no longer credible to deny climate change because...
Calls for Proposals
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.