‘What’s good for the planet is good for artists’: group launches new Green Manifesto
Recently rebranded artist membership organisation Artists Now has created a guide on how to make creative practices more eco-friendly
Artists Now, the UK's largest artist's membership organisation, has launched a new Green Manifesto to support artists in creating environmentally friendly practices. The manifesto, developed collaboratively by artists Tom Pope, Alys Scott Hawkins, and Melanie Wheeler, is designed to be accessible and user-friendly. It is divided into sections focused on making, exhibiting, shipping, travel, admin, and digital, and categorised by level of challenge: green (easy), amber (moderate), and red (hard).
The Green Manifesto encourages artists to adopt environmentally friendly practices across all aspects of their work, emphasizing that every action counts and collectively, these actions can lead to significant change. Artists Now CEO Julie Lomax highlights the manifesto's purpose as a means of raising issues significant to visual artists while also being a call to action for all to engage with sustainability efforts.
The organization, which began as a small grassroots group in the 1980s, has evolved into a powerful professional body with over 36,000 members, including renowned artists such as Antony Gormley, Sonia Boyce, and Larry Achiampong.
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