How does an arts organization transition into a more active and equitable climate constituent? BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art as case study.

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RationaleWith guidance from BALTIC Professor Andrea Phillips and Professor Alister Scott, as well as BALTIC's own Katie Hickman on further potential directions for the project, this case study will build on recent work on arts institutions in the North East (Donkin & Hudson, 2019) and their relation to their local area and communities, and how this can be taken into account when considering an approach for institutional change. Considering BALTIC's affirmation of and developing practical work on its values of sustainability, for instance its partnership with the charity Julie's Bicycle to monitor environmental impact, this case study positions it as a mission-driven arts organisation, operating as it does from a regenerated industrial building and seeking to centre the needs of its local community (Carnegie & Drencheva, 2019). BALTIC is based in Gateshead, one of the UK's most economically deprived areas - a factor that is often a barrier to participation in the arts, a fact BALTIC acknowledges and seeks to address in its "poverty proofing" (Children North East, 2020). With this in mind, the case study would seek to focus in on how community engagement and cooperation can lead to positive institutional and behavioural change with regards to ecological sustainability and social justice. With BALTIC recognising its own "agency to act on sustainability and climate change" (Julie's Bicycle 2020), to what extent can this agency be owned by people living in the surrounding area, and if so, how?