AwE - Artists with Evidence

🌍 The first live conversation of Canopies of Care "A stranger is just a friend we haven't met yet" happened online on 25 June 2026 , co-hosted by Ines Montalvao and Colin Greer, who were delighted to welcome two incredible guests: Scott Kellogg and Mohamed Sleiman Labat . From Albany, New York, Scott shared insights from his work at the RADIX Ecological Sustainability Center, where food sovereign...

Welcome to Live from the Threshold: an Art–Science Conversation , a podcast series emerging from a collaboration between Artists with Evidence and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. In this second episode of the series, Artists with Evidence Program Director Ines Montalvao visits Kathy High at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy (NY) on the eastern bank of the historic Hudson River. Recorded in...

Welcome to Live from the Threshold: an Art–Science Conversation , a new podcast series emerging from a collaboration between Artists with Evidence and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. On October 23rd, 2025, a group of art–science practitioners gathered underground in The Gym at Judson in New York City, where the space itself seemed to vibrate with the city above it. In that resonant room, we created...

🌍 The Ec(h)o Effect conversation #6 , that took place on Thursday, November 21 and closed the 2024 series, invited Irina Kruzhilina to discuss the topic “Children Refugee Futures: What’s the most urgent question?” . In this online session, Irina Kruzhilina shared her powerful insights on the resilience of refugee children as they navigate a new life, face cultural challenges, and shape their futu...

🌍 The conversation “ Desert Roots: Growing Hope in the Sahrawi Refugee Camps ” happened on Thursday 24 October 2024. We invited Sahrawi artist Mohamed Sleiman Labat to a conversation with featured speaker Ali Akbar Mehta , in the 5th discussion of the series Ec(h)o Effect: Conversations on War & Environment, curated and moderated by Ines Montalvao , Program Director at AwE. Mohamed Sleiman La...

🌍 The Ec(h)o Effect online conversation “For a Secure Future: Ending the Nuclear Threat ” was held on Thursday, 26 September 2024, inviting Sara Kutchesfahani to join our featured speaker Colin Greer , for this 4th discussion of the series Ec(h)o Effect: Conversations on War & Environment, curated and moderated by Ines Montalvao from AwE. In this session, we dived into the critical topic of n...

🌍 The Ec(h)o Effect online conversation #3 on “Fermentation: Cultivating Change in Times of Crises” happened on Thursday, 30 May 2024, inviting our special guest Aga Pokrywka in discussion with, this time, one of our featured speakers, Colin Greer , as part of the series Ec(h)o Effect: Conversations on War & Environment, curated and moderated by Ines Montalvao from AwE. This event was held on...

🌍 Our online conversation #2 on “Resilience Narratives: Facing Societal Challenges” took place on Thursday, 25 April 2024, as part of the series Ec(h)o Effect: Conversations on War & Environment, curated and moderated by Ines Montalvao from AwE. In this episode, our featured speakers, Ali Akbar Mehta and Colin Greer , were joined by esteemed guests Alnoor Ladha and Lynn Murphy . This event wa...

🌍 On 28 March 2024, we kicked off our series Ec(h)o Effect: Conversations on War & Environment with the theme "Art-Science Explorations: from Urgency to Possibility" , curated and moderated by Ines Montalvao, Program Director at Artists with Evidence . This event was held online and this is the audio version of the session, also available as video on AwE's Youtube channel. 🎙 Featured Speakers...