Can Art Save a Planet?

CAN ART SAVE A PLANET?
Sunday 1 June 2025, 2-4pm
The Coolroom, Northern Arts Hotel

Come to a lively and very challenging conversation CAN ART SAVE A PLANET'? fresh from Flinders Fringe Festival earlier this year.  

The 4 speakers for this Event are:
Dale Cox, Jodi Newcome, Jo Lane and Mark Ogge.

Artists Dale Cox and Jo Lane will talk of their differing but powerful work, show their images and Jo, the video about Western Port Bay/Warn Marin "Bellow Below' Link to video background

Jodi Newcombe a Regenerative Economist, Community Connector and Strategic Designer will discuss how artists help us see how our culture shapes the world and offer alternative view and 

Mark Ogge, who is widely published on climate and energy issues, specialising in the gas industry and the impacts of climate change, as well as an artist himself, will inform the discussion with some facts, Mark is a principal advisor to The Australia Institute.  

Dale       https://dalecox.com.au/
Jodi       https://ci.org.au/who/jodi-newcombe/
Jo          https://jolane.com/listening-stones-2023
Mark      https://australiainstitute.org.au/expert/mark-ogge/

More Information

Just to outline a little more about the opportunity to attend the talk coming up this Sunday the 1 June at 2pm ‘CAN ART SAVE A PLANET’ at the Coolroom, Northern Arts Hotel. It is a rare opportunity to hear these speakers in one session. They will be showing their work and inviting much discussion with the audience

Dale Cox is a local artist, represented by Australian Galleries, and in Dale’s words he feels “that there is an innate understanding within all individuals that we need to re imagine our relationships with the natural world” His artwork does this in wonderful ways (see pic). He says “true art can be seen as a unique, safe space to explore  tricky complicated, complex and often confronting themes”.  Dale will discuss the effect of his work.

Jodi Newcombe is a ‘culture shifter’ and analyses economic culture and the problems that come from that, plus alternatives to it. She has been integral to creating the new currency concept for Castlemaine, the silver wattle, seen here.

Jo Lane will discuss what can happen with a community rises to thwart an environmental disaster on its doorstep, showing how art plays a part in keeping this dream alive (pic is her ‘listening stones’ work in Westernport).

Mark Ogge, a Principal Advisor to the Australia Institute, and an artist in his own right, whose expertise is climate and energy issues. He is very clear and outspoken on the issues facing us. Seen here in a recent social media monologue about gas mining in Australia.

Please join ‘CAN ART SAVE A PLANET’ for an inspiring and enriching afternoon.

Tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/art-saving-planet

IMAGES:

Dale Cox INLAND TRUCK

Jo Lane LISTENING STONES

Jodi Newcombe SILVER WATTLE CURRENCY

Mark Ogge, on GAS MINING IN AUSTRALIA