Art for Activism: Forest Printmaking Lesson
Art is a powerful vehicle to drive change – offering different and accessible ways to reimagine a life-sustaining future for all. Art can also challenge the status quo and open up spaces for important conversations, like the need to protect intact old-growth forests. And making art can be a powerful antidote to the despair and grief we experience as a result of the climate crisis.
In this session, we’ll dive into how you can use art as a tool for change. This short talk will be followed by a printmaking lesson with artist Elisabeth Noble who will teach you how to create forest-inspired prints. The resulting prints will celebrate the web of life forests hold and can be sent to your local representatives along with a prompt to protect old-growth forests. Check out this guide for the art supplies you’ll need (you can either make the prints using a potato or block/lino print).
Scroll down to watch the recording and explore resources from the webinar.
Check out these resources from the webinar!
- Explore our new portal for ideas of how you can use your talents in the forest movement! You can join our network of artists at InviteToAction.ca.
- Go through the list of printmaking art supplies.
- For the printmaking written instructions and the list of resources and artists mentioned in the session, download the presentation slide deck here.
- If you’d like to share your art and a message about the importance of old-growth forests with your local MP, you can find your government representative’s address and email here.
- We’d love to see your art! Share your artwork in our Facebook group for artists, or tag us @sierraclubbc with the hashtag #CallingAllArtists. You can also email us at social@sierraclub.bc.ca.
- Check out our other forest week of action events.
- Read “Balancing the Canoe: Acknowledging our history while changing course for our future.”
- Please consider making a donation today to help us continue running free art lessons like this one.