How Cape Farewell Works

A small team works at the centre of an ambitious programme of activity. Our work is not possible without the support of our staff, board of trustees, partner organisations and individuals and our funders.

The expertise of many feeds into and across our programmes. Read on for an overview of how we work with partners and collaborators, and for details of the organisations, companies and individuals we're working with on the Art, Climate Science, Engagement, and Youth programmes.

Arts and Events

Artists

We are an artist led organisation, founded and directed by artist David Buckland. Since the project began, we have invited artists to join the expeditions to the Arctic and to work with us on our ongoing programme of exhibitions and events. We offer a unique route for artist development and every artist that has so far journeyed with Cape Farewell has been inspired to create work.

We work with an eclectic group of artists, diverse in experience and expertise.  These invitations are always personal and made to artists who Cape Farewell trust and admire. We work with international arts organisations and experts to select potential voyagers. Explore the artist pages on the website to find out more about the artists we have worked with.
Meet the artists ›

Art Programme

Throughout our art programme, Cape Farewell works with a number of key individuals, collaborators and partners to build the exhibition, events, film and media activities. Greg Hilty, Arts Advisor and Sam Collins, Production Manager have been central to helping us develop our arts programme.

Key organisations we have worked with include the Natural History Museum, the Barbican Art Gallery and Arts Council England, our major arts funder. In 2007, Cape Farewell were invited by Southbank Centre's artistic director Jude Kelly to be artists in residence for three years and in 2007 we also began a long-term partnership with the Eden Project in Cornwall. 

Engagement

We work with a network of partner organisations and individuals to create fantastic resources and publications. These include our website, film, CD, book and educational resources.

We work closely with the fabulous Bullet Creative, an independent creative company responsible for the design of our website, book, CD, DVD. Our film ambitions have been realised by all the individuals who have joined the expeditions, especially those who have lent across the sides of the boat and climbed up to the top of the crow's nest to get that one special shot! Big Heart Media who alongside extensive work on our youth programme, developed the GCSE resources and numerous partners who have helped us to broadcast our work to the widest possible audience. We are now working with Cactus Three in the USA to produce a film following the 2008 art/science expedition to West Greenland.
Meet the communicators ›

The Climate Science

Cape Farewell exists because Director David Buckland read an article by a NASA scientist who said the window of opportunity for dealing with climate change was very short, perhaps less than 10 years. Cape Farewell is founded on the belief that dealing with climate change culturally or at least subjectively means there is a chance of achieving success is getting this movement started, where governments have perhaps failed.

Since it's conception, the knowledge about climate change and science research has directly influenced the programme of activity.  Our expeditions are led by the science and the artwork and ideas that develop are founded in scientific research. We work with scientists and organisations across the UK and internationally to ensure that our work is rooted in science. For the 2007 and 2008 expeditions these have included National Oceanography Centre, University College London, British Geological Survey and Scottish Association of Marine Science.
Meet the scientists ›

The Youth Programme

Education has always been at the heart of the Cape Farewell idea and the partnership between artists, scientists and educators began on the very first voyage in 2003. The funding for this first voyage came primarily from NESTA for the creation of a unit on extreme landscapes. On this first expedition, Education Directors Colin Izod and Suba Subramaniam developed an ambition to take a group of teenagers to the Arctic and in September 2007 this ambition was realised with the first youth expedition in Svalbard. 

We believe strongly in the effectiveness of combining science, art and other subject areas in the curriculum to educate young people on climate change and inspire them to engage creatively with the challenge. We work with a number of key partners to develop and deliver the youth programme. In 2007 Big Heart Media, British Council Canada and Creative Partnerships all worked on the development of the expedition and onward programme of activity. We are now working closely with the British Council Canada on the 2008 expedition to ensure the widest possible impact for the expedition.
Our Youth Programme ›

Funders and Sponsors

Cape Farewell is a charitable organisation made possible through sponsorship, partnerships and donations. If you are interested in supporting Cape Farewell or would like to learn more about our corporate sponsorship programme, please contact us. 

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