How Do Artists Reach

New Audiences?

Join Hannelie Coetzee in this online workshop that will unpack how relational artists go about reaching new audiences to contribute to more sustainable futures. When environmental scientists partner with eco-artists/activists/researchers one can build such deliberate interventions to reach regional audiences with climate adaptation strategies. Examples of such artworks and their reach will be discussed. The participants will be invited to contribute and discuss their own projects and ideas.

'Artists can deeply engage audiences with deliberately designed interventions which provoke and inspire change.' Hannelie Coetzee

£40

All sessions are recorded and made available for a week following the course.

This also includes times for any feedback questions.

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Workshop
Host

Hannelie Coetzee

Hannelie Warrington-Coetzee (b. 1971, South Africa) is a visual artist based in Johannesburg. Her relational practice regularly centers on public spaces, where she produces artwork that ranges from ephemeral to permanent. Originating out of her respect and concern for the environment, Coetzee employs found materials, most often reclaimed industrial waste, to form unlikely partnerships with the surrounding land. Research into these materials and the context of their deployment on-site remains a fundamental component of Coetzee’s process, allowing her to orient her work around its immediate community and locate meaning inherent to the materials used. Across disciplines, Coetzee’s practice seeks to marry environmental science and social action to better encourage empathy for and engagement with nature.

Coetzee received a BTech degree in social documentary photography from the Vaal University for Technology in 1994, followed by an Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts with distinction at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits 1997). In 2022 she completed her Master of Science dissertation (with distinction) on the role of art-science as a medium for social action at the Wits Animal, Plants and Environmental Science School titled: Eco-art for a transformative climate culture. MSC 2022 – Hannelie Warrington-Coetzee – FINAL – 26 October 2022