Arts & Culture Overview

The document profiles a group of cultural leaders and 2023 Crystal Award winners, detailing their interdisciplinary work in art, music, and technology, and their advocacy for issues such as climate change, biodiversity, health, and human rights.

• Maya Lin, a 2023 Crystal Award recipient, uses science-based artworks in her project 'What Is Missing?' to highlight the mass extinction of species and argue that reforming land-use and restoring habitats can reduce emissions and protect biodiversity.
• Renée Fleming, a 2023 Crystal Award winner, advocates for the intersection of music, health, and neuroscience, having established a collaboration between the Kennedy Center and the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) that resulted in $20 million in funding for music and neuroscience research over five years.
• Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba received the 2023 Crystal Award for their leadership in environmental conservation, climate change, and food security, serving as UN Goodwill Ambassadors for IFAD.
• Nouf Alosaimi promotes marine and shark awareness and the preservation of coral reefs through her organizations, Pink Bubbles and the Red Sea Citizen, while also advocating for women's empowerment in Saudi Arabia.
• Vik Muniz's artistic work includes a focus on waste management, as seen in the documentary 'Waste Land' which examines his work at Jardim Gramacho, one of the world's largest rubbish dumps in Rio de Janeiro.

APA

World Economic Forum (2023). Arts & Culture Overview. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AM23_Arts_Culture_Overview.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. Arts & Culture Overview. 2023. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AM23_Arts_Culture_Overview.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2023arts, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{Arts \& Culture Overview}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2023}, url = {https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AM23_Arts_Culture_Overview.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }