Lisa serves as the Strategy and Sustainability lead at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). She integrates long-term vision with environmental and social responsibility, ensuring sustainability is embedded at the heart of the museum.
Each year, she organises the museum’s flagship festival Earth Rising: an ambitious platform exploring the intersection of contemporary art, ecological innovation, and community resilience.
In this episode, she explains what it takes to curate the annual Earth Rising Festival and to steer the museum towards a regenerative approach beyond mere sustainability. Lisa highlights the challenges posed by the art institution's carbon footprint and the impact of storytelling through art.
The discussion also touches upon the Culture Declares Emergency initiative and Lisa's holistic vision for IMMA's role in community engagement, biodiversity, and critical thinking for future generations.
She explores how creativity can engage audiences on difficult topics such as the Earth Crisis in a way that speaks truth to reality, whilst also sparking hope and optimism.
Recorded at the Earth Rising Festival 2025, IMMA, Dublin.
Host: Dr Dave Robbins
Editor & Producer: Louise Romain
Music credits: Rain drops by Simon Folwar; Swimming by Torus
Intro and outro: Like Flying by Danijel Zambo
