Sacred Ecologies: Artists on Land, Spirituality and Climate
Summer Study Club Series 2026
July–September 2026 | Online
Sacred Ecologies: Artists on Land, Spirituality and Climate is a series of conversations and Study Clubs bringing together artists whose practices explore the intersections of ecology, spirituality, memory, ancestry, land, and environmental change.
Across four online sessions taking place between July and September 2026, participants will engage directly with internationally recognised artists whose work challenges extractive ways of seeing and offers alternative perspectives on our relationship with the natural world. Through photography, storytelling, research, ritual, and community-based practices, these artists invite us to consider how creativity can foster connection, responsibility, care, and collective imagination in times of ecological uncertainty.
Each Study Club combines artist presentations, discussion, reflection, and opportunities for participants to engage with the ideas, methods, and processes behind long-term artistic projects.
Accessibility & Support
Most proceeds from ticket sales go directly to the artist.
For every 10 tickets sold, one free place is gifted to someone who may not otherwise have access to the opportunity.
The remaining funds support Planted Journal’s work amplifying culture, environmental awareness, art, community-led initiatives, and under-represented voices worldwide.
Programme
Fernanda Liberti
Wednesday 15 July 2026 | 18:00 CET | Online
Study Club Title: (TBC)
About the Artist
Fernanda Liberti is a Brazilian artist working across photography, video, and collage. Raised in Rio de Janeiro between rainforest, ocean, and urban environments, her work explores the relationships between ecology, memory, spirituality, identity, and place.
Through long-term research and collaborative practice, she investigates post-colonial histories and contemporary questions of belonging, with particular attention to Indigenous communities, people of colour, women, and LGBTQ+ experiences. Her work has received international recognition, including the Deloitte Photo Grant (2023), Portrait of Humanity, and the British Journal of Photography International Photo Award. She is also an Associate Lecturer in Photography at the University of the Arts London.
What Will We Do?
This Study Club explores how artistic projects emerge through relationships – with communities, environments, spirituality, memory, and collective forms of engagement.
Drawing from her long-term research and artistic practice, Fernanda will share the process behind developing works created in dialogue with communities around the world, and how these encounters shape image-making, storytelling, and collaboration.
Through presentation, discussion, and reflection on specific projects, participants will explore how ideas evolve into artworks through listening, trust, research, reciprocity, and exchange. The session will also open conversations around spirituality, ecological awareness, ethics, authorship, and the responsibilities involved in creating work connected to lived histories, communities, and environments.
Rather than approaching artistic practice as an isolated act, the Study Club considers creativity as something relational — shaped by intuition, encounter, care, time, and attention.
Participants will gain insight into the realities of long-term artistic research, from initial intuitions and conceptual questions to the development of images, narratives, exhibitions, and collaborative processes.
Artist Website: https://www.fernandaliberti.com
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