Making Art in a Warming World: Australian Artists and Climate Change is a Visual Arts teaching resource. It includes six modules exploring how Australian artists respond to climate change, integrating scientific, cultural, and ethical perspectives. Each module provides teaching materials, learning activities, and art-making tasks to deepen students’ understanding of climate change and its impact on contemporary art and society.
A TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE
Image: Latai Taumoepeau, 2020, The Last Resort, glass, single-channel video, sound. Performed at Cockatoo Island. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney
Australian Artists
and CLIMATE CHANGE
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BADGER BATES
Artist
Badger (William Brian) Bates is a Barkandji Elder and renowned artist whose linocuts, carvings, and metalwork reflect his deep cultural connection to the Barka (Darling River), blending traditional knowledge with advocacy to protect the river and its ecosystems.
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ANNEMAREE DALZIEL
Artist
Annemaree Dalziel is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice blends performance, fabric, and set design to explore shifting connections to place, ecological change, and the profound social impact of displacement through sensory and collaborative storytelling.
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LUCAS IHLEIN
Artist
Lucas Ihlein is a socially engaged artist and academic whose practice blends activism, collaboration, and experimental artforms to explore themes of ecology, agriculture, and cultural adaptation, documenting his work through interactive media and installations.
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CLAIRE MARSHALL & M.O.F
Artist
Claire Marshall, creator of the Museum of Futures project, is an experiential futurist who helps individuals and organizations envision and create plausible, hopeful futures grounded in present realities by exploring technology, social, and political change.
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RAQUEL ORMELLA
Artist
Raquel Ormella is a multidisciplinary artist whose work in textiles, video, and installation explores political consciousness, social change, and national identity, blending grassroots activism with experimental artmaking to engage public discourse.
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LATAI TAUMOEPEAU
Artist
Latai Taumoepeau is a Punake, body-centred performance artist and cultural activist whose work, rooted in her Tongan heritage, blends traditional faivā (performing arts) with contemporary practice to advocate for climate justice and Oceania’s cultural resilience.
Image: Raquel Ormella, 2009, Australia Rising #2, cotton and printed tea towels, polyester ribbon, wool/synthetic polymer fibre felt.