Culture Unstained
Culture Unstained is a research, investigations, communications and engagement organisation, which brings ethical scrutiny to bear on the fossil fuel industry’s sponsorship deals with major cultural institutions. We work with other Art Not Oil member groups to call on museums, theatres and galleries to cut their ties to fossil fuels and in doing so, aim to undermine the social legitimacy that the industry gains from these sponsorship deals.
Work we have led, often on behalf of the coalition, has included:
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Creating and maintaining a new website bringing together all the arguments against oil sponsorship: Behind the Logos: 9 reasons oil sponsors don't belong in a museum.
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Submitting formal complaints to the National Portrait Gallery and the Science Museum over their sponsorship deals with oil companies. The Science Museum complaint was supported by a large group of leading scientists.
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'BP's corrupting influence' report which revealed, through Freedom of Information requests, BP's inappropriate influence over the cultural institutions it sponsors.
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Launching the Fossil Free Tickets scheme to crowdfund £5 tickets to Royal Shakespeare Company plays for 16-25-year-olds as an alternative to the BP-sponsored official scheme.
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Releasing evidence suggesting the British Museum broke its own rules in renewing its sponsorship contract with BP.
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Contributing blogs and opinion pieces to a variety of media sites including the Guardian, the Stage, the Museums Journal and Huffington Post.
Find us on twitter: @Cult_Unstained
