Heidi Quante is an interdisciplinary artist who has been designing environmental and human rights public engagement initiatives since 2003.[1][2][3]
Education
editQuante attended the University of California, Berkeley and received a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology and a Bachelor of Science in Ecology.[citation needed]
Career
editHer artwork is divided into two practices. One is personal, exploring her emotional and physical interactions with the changing environment. The other consciously engages the public in participatory artworks ranging in size from one on one personal interactions to large scale global participatory artworks.[4] Her artworks often address social and environmental issues like climate change.
Organizations
editCreative Catalysts
editQuante founded Creative Catalysts in 2013. Creative Catalysts collaborates with experts from diverse disciplines: art, science, community organizing and multimedia to design new initiatives for social challenges including climate change. Their initiatives seek to raise awareness, inspire dialogue and spark action on pressing social and environmental issues.
High Water Line
editQuante is the co director of High Water Line which supports individuals and communities at various levels to help them realize this innovative way of visualizing climate change.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Keynote: The American Association for the Advancement of Science and Bay Area Art and Science Interdisciplinary Collaborative Sessions June 14, 2015".
- ^ "On Becoming Earthlings: Dialogues & Exercises in Shrinking and Expanding the Human, Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France, November 21, 2015".
- ^ "Future Conditional: Artists at COP21 by Arts Research Ctr". December 11, 2015.
- ^ "National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) sponsored Science in the Arts Symposium November 6, 2015".
- ^ "About – HighWaterLine". Retrieved September 25, 2020.
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