- The way to make artists and arts organizations thrive is to make sure that climate change is a part of their thoughts, business plans and strategic plans because the timeline is short and severe climate change effects are within a strategic planning time horizon.
Matthew Chasansky, Creative Climate Leadership USA, March, 2020
(episode 8 of 10 in Creative Climate Leadership USA Series)
Creative Climate Leadership USA was developed by Julie’s Bicycle, an international leader in arts, culture and climate change based in London (led by Alison Tickell) and brought together 25 arts and culture leaders from the US and Canada to Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona from March 8-14, 2020 thanks to a collaboration of EcoArts Connections, the University of Arizona and the Colorado European Union Center of Excellence (CEUCE) based at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
For 7 years Matthew Chasansky has been with the city of Boulder, Colorado.
He has worked on important projects such as public art, research, a new arts district, and community funding.
He is chair the regional meetings of local arts agency directors, consulted with a political campaign, served on boards, attended the Local Arts Agency Fellowship, and is regularly asked to speak at events.
He has previously worked for cultural affairs in Denver and Aurora, Colorado.
His early career was in museum education and curation.
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