Kimberley Bell, has invited me to the UKGrainLab 2024 meetup hosted at Small Food Bakery at Primary in Nottingham.
"UK Grain Lab provides farmers, millers, plant breeders, bakers, cooks, scientists and academics an opportunity to bake together, eat, drink, learn from each other and talk about the future. Topics included innovation in plant breeding, soil and grain diversity, sharing and collaboration; sustainable farming practices; new food production business models and techniques, food security and sovereignty. Our vision is for shorter, healthier, and more diverse supply chains, where the identity of people and place is celebrated and valued. We share stories, skills and strategies inspired by visitors from around the world with a view to advancing a more diverse UK-based grain economy. They work to build an independent network of trade around localised grain, being a central liaison for many regional grain advocacy groups." I've collaborated to run a series of workshops with Holly Drover, who is a Doctoral researcher with The Leicestershire Health Inequality Improvement Programme which aims to work with the diverse population of Leicestershire which is ethnically and culturally diverse population to improve health outcomes. Holly's project titled “Breathlessness perceptions of under-represented groups to develop a culturally tailored symptom management intervention” will address the need for culturally appropriate respiratory rehabilitation in the UK. Breathlessness is currently treated by a one-size fits all model and this project will work with individuals impacted by breathlessness and design an intervention that meets their needs.
Holly has invited me to design and deliver a visual art workshop with two groups of participants who form part of the research study. The workshops will take place in April 2024 at the Leicester University Botanic Gardens and will involve connecting to the breath using our senses and the natural world through walking in the gardens. EMERGE
live performance and poetry reading Time: 6:30pm-7:30pm Location: Leicester Print Workshop Gallery, St George Street, Leicester LE1 1QG FREE Myself and Jo Dacombe will create a contemplative space to explore the theme of ENERGY through a live performance and poetry reading where audiences are invited to cocoon, dropping into energies of hibernation, restoration, and germination. The piece responds to the Garden Mud(ras) works which I have been developing over the last few years. Collaborating again with Jo Dacombe, we will present a meditative session in the same aesthetic as our earlier Time & Tide performance. This new piece considers the theme of ENERGY which is addressed in the latest issue of IMMINENT zine. We will draw upon the seasonal rhythms at this time of year when the dark affords us with more time for rest, healing, and dreaming. My Garden Mud(ras) prints EMERGE and RELEASE prints are in the current LPW members show and copies of the zine will be available to purchase on the night. The performance will start promptly at 6:30pm and finish around 7:30pm with a warming drink afterwards. Please wear warm and comfortable clothing, we will encourage audience to be seated on the floor, but chairs and cushions and blankets will be provided. Fellow artist and friend Jo Dacombe has brilliantly put together the next issue of IMMINENT zine - on the theme of energy.
Imminent issue 8 is now available, and includes artist Sally Adkins for the first time, as well as Imminent regulars Saintly Amok, Peter Dent, Rupert M Loydell, Andrew Taylor and Chris Turnbull. I have contributed an entry from my recent Garden Mud(ras) prints in this edition and you can get your copy here Showcasing all of the amazing work created by fellow LPW members over the last year.
It is a brilliant mix of techniques celebrating all things print! Join me at the launch event happening this Friday 24th November 2023, 6pm-10pm. FREE ENTRY @ Leicester Print Workshop. Leicester Print Workshop 50 St George Street Leicester LE1 1QG 0116 251 4174 info@leicesterprintworkshop.com I've been invited back to Primary in Nottingham to hold a session to grind the grains.
The heritage grains of wheat, barley, oats and rye were sown in spring during the 'Seed Sankalpa' event. This ritual took inspiration from ceremonies carried out by rural farming communities to honour the land and bless seeds and tools for the coming season of cultivation. The grain seeds were provided by Small Food Bakery and carry stories of seed sovereignty and biodiversity in farming. We have watched the grains growing throughout the summer, harvesting them in a gardening session on a hot August morning, and winter is here and we'll complete the cycle - saving some seed to plant again and using the rest to grind into flour and make rotla a traditional Gujarati flatbread, which we will share and eat together with artist made chutney. For details click the link here. I've been invited to show my Inner Realms watercolour collage work at the LCB Depot during their 'ART' season.
The exhibition Inner Realms, will be on view at THE PRINT ROOM at LCB Depot - please ask a member of staff to access the room. OPEN weekdays 9am-5pm from Saturday October 29th. You can also follow the season on social media @lcbdepot Exhibition Private View: Fri October 27th, 5-8pm. As part of Last Friday and @cqlates late openings and events in venues across Leicester’s Cultural Quarter. Gallery entry free, Last Friday tickets £2 in advance or £2.50 on the door https://www.wegottickets.com/event/591941/ Please RSVP via the contact form if you wish to attend the opening night. FRUIT ROUTES JARVEST HARVEST festival FRIDAY 13TH & SATURDAY 14TH OCT LAGS Garden; Prairie Garden; Walled Garden & Barefoot Orchard & International House Loughborough University LE11 3TU all events are FREE and open to all... just bring along an empty jar Friday 13th Oct : Programme Apple Pressing 3pm-5pm In the Prairie Garden Memory Jar Pickles with Janhavi Sharma 3pm-5pm at International House In the Barefoot Orchard Night Jar Lantern Procession 5pm-6pm Night Jar Fireside Concert 6pm-7pm Saturday 14th Oct: Programme In the LAGS Garden Foraged Jams and Jellies demos 11am-1pm Harvest Produce Swap 11am - 4pm Bake-off entries 11am-2pm Bake-off Prizes and Tea 3pm In the Prairie Garden Apple Pressing 11am-4pm Jarvest Lunch 12pm-2pm In the Walled Garden Jarvest Lantern making 11am-3pm Jarvest Bells workshop 11am-3pm Bare Bones Border Morris Dancing 4pm-5pm In the Barefoot Orchard Night Jar Lantern Procession 5pm-6pm Night Jar Fireside Concert 6pm-7pm for more info see www.fruitroutesloughborough.com @fruitroutes environment@lboro.ac.uk |
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