Global Artists Contribute Works to #RiseForClimate

Artwork by Jhon Cortes

"To win change and protect our communities and our planet all we really have is our voices, our bodies and the things we make with our hands together. How can we most powerfully develop and use our bodies and our voices and the art and images we make with our hands?" - 350.org

To this end, artists from six continents have created artworks that people around the world are using as they #RiseforClimate. The artworks, like this one from Colombian graphic artist Jhon Cortes, all include the Rise unifying symbols of an "X" for what we need to put a stop to, and a Sun for the solutions we need.

These artworks were used by local campaigners around the world during Saturday's global of action, including an exhibition for Singapore's own Rise for Clean and Green Investment event.

Competition Winners Announced

#CreateforClimateSG winners with jury members and SGEFF team at 3 November awards ceremony. The 1st place works. The winners of the Create for Climate Singapore youth art competition were announced at a full-house awards ceremony at the ArtScience Museum, in partnership with the Singapore Eco Film Festival, on Saturday 3 November 2018. The winners selected by the competition jury are: Joint 1st Place Dhruv Vivek Sharma (13) and Vihaan Kumar (13), "Let's Push the Change" Koh Hui Xin, Carolyn (18), "Gaia Rising" Joint 2nd Place Bian Siyuan, Philippe Madrid Israel and Chan Lok Yong (all 17), "Journey Beyond Pollution" Siobhan Wong Jia Jia (23), Untitled Joint 3rd Place Aanya Rao (13), Untitled Ong Wueng Ling (17), Untitled The artworks of the winners can be viewed along their short- and long-listed peers in the Create for Climate SG online gallery . Warm congratulations and thanks to all who participated!

Earth Day Launch + Dissemination of Create for Climate Catalogue

Cover artwork by joint first place competition winner Carolyn Koh On Earth Day 2019, we took the opportunity to send out 80 physical copies of our Create for Climate art catalogue - a catalogue of works by young artists imagining a fossil-free future, alongside original articles by The Straits Times Environment Correspondent Audrey Tan , 350.org East Asia’s Regional Coordinator Liangyi Chang, Bernadette Maheandiran of investments watchdog Market Forces , strategist and curator Sarah Ichioka , Director of Desire Lines, and - from the rising generation - Aidan Mock, a student member Fossil Free Yale-NUS College . These copies go towards our contributing artists and writers, and also to individuals in cultural, ministerial and financial leadership positions in Singapore. Amongst those addressed are the major banks including OCBC, DBS, UOB, public office holders in the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of National Devel

Calling Young Artists in Singapore: New Create for Climate Competition Wants to Hear from You!

Inspiration from Brazilian artist Thiago Mundano In accord with Singapore's Year of Climate Action , and building on the momentum of the recent Rise for Climate global actions, the Singapore Create for Climate youth art competition launches today. In this free-entry competition, Singaporean residents aged between 12 and 25 years are invited to create artworks using the symbols that have been adopted by a global community of climate artists: an “X” for what we need to put a stop to, and a Sun for the solutions we need. The results of the art competition, to be judged by a diverse panel of accomplished individuals from a broad spectrum of Singapore's cultural and sustainability sectors, will be presented via an online gallery and a public exhibition to coincide with The Singapore Eco Film Festival in early November. Winners will receive public recognition at an awards ceremony with members of the jury and arts supply gift vouchers. “We are thrilled to have this opportun

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