Arctic PASSION Online Seminar & Dialogue: “Beyond Words: Making Science Visual” 

In this final online seminar, Arctic PASSION will close the dialogue series circle and present an important and often underestimated pathway of learning and building connection: Visual Communication. 

Illustrator and animator Hasan Abbas, Art Lead at GRID-Arendal, will share his perspectives on exploring drawing, symbols, and visual expression not as artistic skills to be perfected, but as doorways into awareness, storytelling, and shared understanding. Rather than focusing on technique or aesthetics, this seminar opens space to reflect on how we make meaning and how we share knowledge: How do our cultural references, personal experiences, and ways of seeing shape the images we create? What happens when we let go of “drawing well” and instead attend to how we think, feel, and connect through visuals?

Speaker: Hasan Abbas, Art Lead at GRID-Arendal, Norway

Moderation: Lisa Grosfeld and Josefine Lenz, Project managers at the Alfred Wegener Institute and APECS

Webinar details: 

• Date: December 10th, 2025
• Time: 14:00 GMT, 15:00 CEST
• Register: https://eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/register/qpqVOpOYRUmAj_yaHqgHEw#/registration