Скачать или смотреть CA Arts & Culture Summit 2025: How Art and Collaboration Drive Environmental Resilience in Cities

This session highlights how artists play a critical role in disaster recovery and community healing amid the climate crisis. Focusing on the San Jose Climate Art Program, the session explores how cities, arts institutions, and culture bearers can collaborate to reduce the arts sector's carbon footprint while driving environmental resilience and innovation.

Attendees will learn practical strategies for engaging city departments, empowering artists as leaders, and building cross-sector collaborations to achieve shared sustainability goals. By aligning with San Jose's 2030 carbon neutrality goal, the program has launched initiatives like the Carbon Neutral Creative Network and Resilient Artist Fellowships, showcasing the arts as a catalyst for hope and change.

Panelists:
Danielle Siembieda, Sr. Arts Manager, San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs
Karen Rapp, Deputy Director, San Jose Museum of Art
Ron Muriera, Arts Industry Support Director, San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs
Devon Bella, Cultural Strategist in Residence, City of San Jose

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Thank you to our ACCM 2025 Sponsors:
City of Sacramento, Metro Arts, Actors Equity, Creative West, Latino Community Foundation, SD Art Matters, Cal Nonprofits, Clare Rose Foundation, ACTA, Arts Council for Monterey County, Arts Orange County, ASCO, California Association of Museums, Create CA, CVCF,Orange County Arts & Disabilities, Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange, SV Creates, Atrium 916, and Harlows!