Arts and The Environment: Intersections and Dynamics of Community Outreach

Objective: The objective of this study aims to reflect on an organized set of synergies that contribute to an effective artistic-environmental dialogue: the aim of this interdisciplinary dialogue is to promote a balanced, conscious and informed plan of environmental education, mediated by art. In this specific case, the promotion of artistic and cultural events becomes a subsidiary of agents' ecological awareness and consequently acts as a force capable of mobilizing and raising awareness among current and future generations of the central causes and issues of contemporary society, precisely, those that relate to the “common home”. Theoretical Framework: We have put together a tripartite theoretical framework in which ethical, aesthetic and artistic issues are related from a dialogical perspective between art and the environment and their respective impacts in terms of intervention in the community and with the community. Method: Narrative literature review, seeking to describe or discuss the current state of the research topic and, in particular, to draw conclusions for the results and discussion of the effects and impacts of the practices resulting from this initiative that covers a significant and broad generational framework (from early childhood to old age), applying the same model and method. In this case, the MILMESA Method and the DEP Model. Results and Discussion: The main results emerge as the conclusion of a concrete analysis of the reality observed and the theoretical matrices that underpinned the model and method used. These results are important for future reflection, in terms of what is meant by future adjustments to the results obtained in this research context. Implications of the research: In the future, there are certain considerations that can be reflected on and improved, based on the structure and conceptual basis emanating from the reference authors (and works) that deal with the subject under debate and intergenerational reflection. Originality/Value: This research promotes, in a unique way, a reflection on the making of technical-scientific, participatory and interdisciplinary events, which are in great demand at an educational and scientific level, in which art and art education emerge as a dialogue between areas and as an added value in the framework of the methodologies used in this type of initiative. The aim is to align research and artistic work (and related works) and, at the same time, to reflect on the practices and projects carried out in this field with scientific and training institutions in general, including institutions with more plural and diverse missions in terms of formal, non-formal and informal education.