Administrative Workshop
The Green Theatre
Facilitated by–Ian Garrett and Miranda Wright , MFA’s & Co-Founders of Center for Sustainable Practices in the Arts (Valencia, CA)
In today’s world, going green has transitioned from being a commercial catch phrase into a necessity for smart business planning. The arts industry is no exception to the demand for environmentally conscious products. At this Green Theater Workshop, join the founders of the Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts, and evaluate how sustainable a theatre can be. Discuss the environmental values and financial benefits of going green; look at established theaters that have implemented green practices and invested in alternative energy; and review common green methods.
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 Miranda Wright recently completed an MFA in Producing at California Institute of the Arts, where she participated in some of the first theatre centered sustainability courses in the country. With co-founder, Ian Garrett, Miranda has represented the Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts at the Theatre Materials/Material Theatres conference hosted by the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and the Earth Matters On Stage conference in Eugene, OR. The Center for Sustainable Practicein the Arts provides a network of resources to arts organizations, enabling them to become ecologically and economically more sustainable.www.sustainablepractice.org |
Ian Garrett is an artist, designer and producer from Los Angeles. He studied architecture and art history at the Rice University in Houston, Texas, but has since come to work in live performance and installation art. After working with companies in Houston, New York City and Los Angeles he went to the California Institute of the Arts to complete dual MFAs in Lighting Design and Producing. Ian is currently collaborating with the Los Angeles Stage Alliance, the new Arts Earth Partnership and others to create sustainable, ecological and otherwise, infrastructure in the Los Angeles performance community and recently received the Richard E. Sherwood award for emerging theater artists from the Center Theater Group (CTG) to be used for the integration of ecologically sustainable practice into their production. With Miranda Wright, he is the founder of the Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts, a start-up for the development of sustainable best practices in the arts. More information can be found at his website:
