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I've been invited once again to run a Garden Mudras workshop session at the magical Windmill Community Gardens in Nottingham.
Organised by Carley Bull and Harry Martin (who run Growing Forward). with fellow practitioners Kate Whyatt and Jeannie Thompson offering workshops over the coming few weeks. FREE, please contact me to book your place. ALL WELCOME. Friday 6th September, 2-5pm Windmill Community Gardens, off Bobbers Mill Road.  Last May (2023) I was approached by PhD student Holly Drover (who works under the Wellcome Trust Leicestershire Health Inequalities Improvement Programme) to collaborate with her to devise an arts based workshop to investigate breathlessness for groups of people who have a range of conditions which affect their breathing. I designed a workshop for the groups using watercolour techniques to express how individuals felt about their breath and exploring their felt experience through embodied practices, of meditation and walking in nature. The workshops were held at Botanic Garden Leicester University in April 2024. And the results of the workshops alongside the research Holly conducted was presented in an exhibition on 3rd September this year. An article was published about the event here.
 I've been invited by Caroline Locke to be part of an exhibition at the Derby Cathedral, where i'll be exhibiting my Spine Walk piece.
The Our Stories Are Wild exhibition, by the University of Derby, brings together artists and researchers who focus on the human-nature relationship. Many of the artworks and films reveal an emotional and spiritual connection with our environment and explore themes of care, hope and responsibility. Curated by Caroline Locke, Associate Professor of Arts, the exhibition includes over 22 artists and collaborators, many from Derbyshire and the East Midlands. The opening coincides with the University of Derby’s Nature Connections Conference 2024 OUR STORIES ARE WILD Opening event : Monday 24 June, from 18:30 to 20:30 @ Derby Cathedral The exhibition is FREE to attend and can be found within the Cathedral building. Please be mindful of opening and service times, which can be found here – Visit | Derby Cathedral  image courtesy Ismail Khokon 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.  image courtesy Jo Dacombe 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 [email protected] |
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