We invite Expressions of Interest from people living and/or working in Madison and Dane County, Wisconsin who have practice, skills, knowledge and/or networks in the fields and/or intersections of emergency management, culture & the arts, climate change and related social + physical sciences, disaster risk reduction, funding bodies, policy, community partnerships, etc. to participate in the Creative Resilience Lab in April 2025.
Are you one of these people? What expertise can you bring? We welcome a plurality of knowledge and hope that those who participate will come ‘wearing all their hats’.
We welcome EOIs from people from all equity-denied groups that are underrepresented in climate and emergency management discourses, planning and practices (e.g. young folx, LGBTIQA2S+, people of color, Indigenous, neurodiverse, disabled, people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, etc.).
MORE INFORMATION
- What: Creative Resilience Lab – Madison | Dane County
- Hosts: Dr. Jen Rae in partnership with the Division of the Arts at UW–Madison
- When: Thursday & Friday, April 3-4, 2025, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Registration from 8:30 AM – 9 AM
- Where: MYArts Madison, Wisconsin, 1055 E. Mifflin Street, Madison, WI, 53703
- Catering: Lunch will be provided.
- Cost: This event is by invitation and all costs will be covered. We have a small number of honorariums for those who are unwaged or who have other barriers that would inhibit their participation.
Dr. Jen Rae, University of Wisconsin–Madison’s artist-in-residence and co-founder of The Centre for Reworlding, in partnership with the Division of the Arts at UW–Madison, is convening an invitational Creative Resilience Lab on Thursday and Friday, April 3–4, 2025, at MYArts in Madison, Wisconsin. This two-day immersive and collaborative lab will build collective knowledge and wisdom on the climate emergency and disasters, involving Indigenous custodians, local artists, scientists, community organizations, emergency services, local government representatives, and philanthropists. We will further explore the intersections between the climate emergency, climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction, social cohesion and creative practice in a localized context.
Through experiential scenarios, expert panels, exercises and dialogue the lab is designed to foster sustainable cross-sectoral relationships and capacity for collaboration in community-based creative resilience approaches in the immediate now but also considering how our work now will impact future generations.
This lab will help us extend our social and professional networks, share our perspectives and skills and identify opportunities to work together in our future response to the climate emergency and impacts likely to emerge.
The Creative Resilience Lab will also provide participants with professional development that is grounded in trans-disciplinary collaboration (making new knowledge together) and the development or deepening of understanding of the ways in which arts and culture can bolster our ability to adapt, survive and thrive in the face of natural hazards and disasters.
The Creative Resilience Lab is a program of the Centre for Reworlding and is supported by the UW–Madison Division of the Arts, the Center for Visual Cultures and the Art Department.
Please let us know if you are interested!
complete the ‘Expression of Interest’ form
Final invitations will sent by March 3, 2025.