Join us for an afternoon of insights and discussion in Dublin with leading international artists and curators looking at art and its role in social change and how water connects us all to each other
- Monday 19th May 3.15 – 5 pm
- McNabb Theatre, Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin
Patricia Lea Watts, art & nature curator, founder ecoartspace 
We are delighted to welcome Patricia to Dublin. Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she has a wealth of experience leading innovative, immersive experiences. She specialises in curating art and ecology programmes and exhibitions and has worked with hundreds of artists internationally. She is also widely published and has created a global community of artists with the ecoartspace hub: https://ecoartspace.org/
Betsy Damon, artist, activist & founder Keepers of the Waters
Betsy has carved a unique path working with the environment, communities, science and art. At Keepers of the Waters, Betsy creates community-based models for water stewardship. Her work has brought her around the world, notably creating China’s first public art event for the environment, and the world-renowned Living Water Garden. She has recently been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to support her pursuit of a water-cleaning sculptural invention that will merge art and science with the pulse of life. https://www.keepersofthewaters.org/
Ruán Magan, film director, Our Blue World 
Ruán is a multiple award-winning director, content creator, film maker and producer who works globally with his production company, Create One. Narrated by Liam Neeson, ‘Our Blue World’ was filmed on five continents among twelve human cultures. The film explores the water wisdom of our ancestors and reveals how it can help address many of the environmental challenges we face today. https://www.braveblue.world/ourblueworld
Dimitra Xidous, TCD research fellow & poet
Dimitra has published two collections of poetry and is an editor of SPROUT, an eco-urban poetry journal. As a researcher with TrinityHaus and TCD Centre for Social Innovation she has worked on health and design projects, including dementia friendly dwellings and hospitals, and on nature-based solutions. She is experienced in participatory design and stakeholder engagement. She is co-founder of EMPathways, a community sustainability social enterprise. https://www.empathway.org/whatwedo
Michelle Boyle, artist, Watershed Studios 
Michelle Boyle is an artist and curator interested in identity, journeying and the legacy of human presence on the landscape through the lens of her lived daily experience. She has a studio base beside Lough Ramor in Cavan, Ireland, and is developing base in Mumbai, India. She has curated many water and community projects. https://michelleboyle-artist.com/
Dr Eva Jobbová, TCD Centre for Environmental Humanities
Eva is an archaeologist and epigrapher whose research has been mainly focused on Maya society. She has worked on archaeological and ethnographic projects in numerous countries and has also worked on Irish droughts. Her current work on the 4 Oceans Project looks at the importance of marine life to human societies during the last two millennia. https://www.tcd.ie/tceh/people/eva.php