Press
Meet 8 Trailblazers Who Are Changing the Climate Conversation
audubon magazine, fall 2019
These leaders come from the grassroots and positions of power, from the left and the right, from arts and science, but they share one thing in common: the urgency of this moment.
Chantal Bilodeau Brings Climate Change to the Theater
pacific standard, july 9, 2018
Playwright Chantal Bilodeau first visited the Arctic in 2007. She had not thought much about climate change in the past, but seeing Alaska's melting glaciers firsthand and hearing stories of forced migration propelled the crisis to the top of her mind. She decided to write a play about the high north, its people, and the challenges they're facing.
The Art & Activism of the Anthropocene
los angeles review of books, may 16, 2018
Guernica magazine co-sponsored a three-panel conversation series with the New York Society Library titled “The Art and Activism of the Anthropocene.” The first panel met on April 11, 2018, at the New York Society Library, and included National Book Award-winning novelist William T. Vollmann, playwright Chantal Bilodeau, and New York Magazine journalist David Wallace-Wells.
The Arctic Cycle Connects Climate Change, Art
Arctic Today, April 2018
New York-based playwright Chantal Bilodeau has embarked on an ambitious effort to write eight plays about the Arctic — one for each Arctic nation.
Art to Save the Arctic
the justice, march 27, 2018
It’s not easy to fit a playwright, translator, director, founder, co-founder, two-time recipient of the First Prize in the Earth Matters on Stage Ecodrama Festival, curator and writer on a single podium in the Merrick Theater, until you realize they are all one person.
The Political Power of Art in the Arctic
high north news, august 16, 2016
July and August are always the most popular months of the year for museum visits. But thanks to a growing number of artists interested in the Arctic, you don’t need to go to the Louvre to experience the North through art.
The Art of Climate Change
canadian wildlife, july 1, 2015
With work underway on a cycle of eight plays, Chantal Bilodeau is giving an artistic voice to the challenge of a changing Arctic environment.