In November 2020 I applied to take part in a residency for 6 artists at Fermynwoods contemporary art space. The project was funded by the Live Art Development Agency (LADA) and run by artist collective KNEED. In May 2021 I was selected to take part in the project, however due to the pandemic the project was being redesigned, and is now an open ended online collaborative development with 30 artists taking part, myself being one of those artists.
'The Imminent green issue gives thought to wildness - not the remote kind of wild of the wilderness, but the everyday wildness that is all around us and bumps up against our domestic lives. Industrialisation has brought us to where we are, exploiting all that nature has to offer, and the issue considers the notion of slowing down, and how to re-wild whilst acknowledging that we cannot turn back time. Poetry by Deborah Tyler-Bennett reflects on the impact of our first childhood encounters with wild creatures; Gerrie Fellows wonders at the objects that creatures leave behind; Mita Solanky retires an industrial wheel from its place of work and returns it to nature. With other contributions from Penelope Shuttle, Carole Miles, Andy Postlethwaite, Chris Turnbull and editor, Jo Dacombe, we hope you enjoy the May issue of Imminent green. '
You can order the green issue here, or click subscribe for an annual subscription of two Imminent issues per year. I was commissioned to design and run an online workshop for the Lapworth Museum of Geology inspired by their fabulous mineral collection.
Imminent is a collection of words and images by contemporary creative writers and artists around the UK. Artist Jo Dacombe invited myself and other creative people to contribute, to create a small periodical of responses to our current environmental context.
Issue 2 can be ordered below. Includes contributions from Jim Caruth, Jo Dacombe, Peter Dent, Helen Goodwin, Mary Hayes, Rupert M Loydell, Penelope Shuttle, Deborah Tyler-Bennett as well as myself. https://jodacombe.blogspot.com/2020/11/imminent-issue-2.html Imminent Zine Issue 2 November 2020 A5 12 pages £2 + p&p Riso printed with plant based inks on recycled paper (p&p is for UK only, if you are outside of the UK please contact Jo Dacombe) Staff at the Centre for International Training and Education (CITE) at the University of Leicester are holding an online zoom auction to raise money for the charity for refugees seeking sanctuary, I have donated a limited edition print (River Walks) to the auction to help support their fundraising efforts.
To register for the online auction tickets can be booked via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-fundraising-auction-to-help-refugees-in-leicester-and-greece-tickets-114135022926 and if you wish to donate directly you can do so here: https://www.gofundme.com/manage/helprefugeesleicesterandgreece As the covid-19 pandemic restricted the country I undertook a period of research, experimentation, and play, using watercolours and inks to create collages of imagined landscapes. I called these works 'Inner Realms' and they will be exhibited once the restrictions are lifted
As part of the LPW members show ReForm, I will be conducting a live art event and audience poetry creation on Friday 29th November from 6pm-9pm at the Leicester Print Workshop. The FREE event takes place during Leicester Art Week.
ALL WELCOME Saturday 23rd 10am-4pm & Sunday 24th November 11am - 4pm
at Leicester Print Workshop. FREE entry. I will hold an open studio over the weekend where you can come and say hello, and see some recent prints and older work on display, as well as visit the ReForm exhibition at the LPW galleries, where I am exhibiting new work. LPW will open it's doors and there will be opportunities to try various printmaking techniques with artist workshops... I will be exhibiting new work entitled 'compose-de-compose' at the LPW annual member's show,
opening Friday 15th November 2019. FREE entry, all welcome. Leicester Print Workshop hosts it's first annual Print fair
Saturday 13th July 11am - 5pm at Leicester Print Workshop. I will be taking part by opening my studio to visitors where they can see recent prints, and previously exhibited works. All welcome. |
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