About This Workshop
About This Workshop
If you’re looking for an opportunity to align your creative passion with an important social message, this is it! Hotter temperatures, stronger storms, rising seas… the science is clear: carbon pollution from fossil fuels is warming our planet and throwing natural systems out of balance. We can shift from dirty fossil fuels to affordable clean energy. The tools and technology are here, now. But the only way it will happen is if we are inspired to act.
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to inspire climate action. Make art for the change we need! And learn some exciting new approaches and techniques in the process. Skillshare will choose 3 of the most resonant images to share on our social media channels in November to coincide with the UN Climate Summit.
Workshop Timeline
- Milestone 1: In Make Art to Drive Change: Mirko Ilic on Color, Type, and Icons, a Skillshare Original, legendary designer and School of Visual Arts professor Mirko Ilic will revolutionize and reinvigorate your approach to your work. Join Mirko as he dives deep into the fundamental role of the artist in the world, exploring the artist’s responsibility to use their skills for good. Find true inspiration and get fired up to create your own transformative, socially conscious work. Complete this milestone by October 21st.
- Milestone 2: Take a full week to explore all of the materials Mirko suggests, and to research ideas for your poster. You can also read through this fact sheet from the Climate Reality Project for more information on the climate crisis. Complete this milestone by October 28th.
- Milestone 3: Create a powerful and inspiring climate crisis poster! Play with color, words, icons, and other visual elements to communicate your message. Lean on design tropes of the past, include an homage to a favorite iconic poster, or create something new and daring outside the box. Anything goes! Share your art for change in the project gallery by November 4th.
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If you’re looking for an opportunity to align your creative passion with an important social message, this is it! Hotter temperatures, stronger storms, rising seas… the science is clear: carbon pollution from fossil fuels is warming our planet and throwing natural systems out of balance. We can shift from dirty fossil fuels to affordable clean energy. The tools and technology are here, now. But the only way it will happen is if we are inspired to act.
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to inspire climate action. Make art for the change we need! And learn some exciting new approaches and techniques in the process. Skillshare will choose 3 of the most resonant images to share on our social media channels in November to coincide with the UN Climate Summit.
Workshop Timeline
- Milestone 1: In Make Art to Drive Change: Mirko Ilic on Color, Type, and Icons, a Skillshare Original, legendary designer and School of Visual Arts professor Mirko Ilic will revolutionize and reinvigorate your approach to your work. Join Mirko as he dives deep into the fundamental role of the artist in the world, exploring the artist’s responsibility to use their skills for good. Find true inspiration and get fired up to create your own transformative, socially conscious work. Complete this milestone by October 21st.
- Milestone 2: Take a full week to explore all of the materials Mirko suggests, and to research ideas for your poster. You can also read through this fact sheet from the Climate Reality Project for more information on the climate crisis. Complete this milestone by October 28th.
- Milestone 3: Create a powerful and inspiring climate crisis poster! Play with color, words, icons, and other visual elements to communicate your message. Lean on design tropes of the past, include an homage to a favorite iconic poster, or create something new and daring outside the box. Anything goes! Share your art for change in the project gallery by November 4th.
