Cultivation Field is a Postgrad exhibition and symposium at the University of Reading (thanks to RANE for circulating) deadline for abstracts 29 July - exhibition and symposium end September 2011. The premise for this Symposium and accompanying Exhibition is that cultivation is leading to new art practices deserving of critical inquiry and articulation. Whether in... Continue Reading →
Steep Trail: the Edinburgh lab
Steep Trail is a cross-disciplinary project set up by three arts organisations – Polarcap, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and Fife Contemporary Art and Craft – to explore the legacy of John Muir (1838-1914) and his relevance to contemporary Scottish and Chinese culture. John Muir, a Lowland Scot, was a renowned wilderness guru, pioneering environmentalist, father of... Continue Reading →
Creative environmental remediation
ecoartscotland received the following email from Ilka Nelson in Australia, I am now writing to ... ask if you know of a project I could work on as part of my Masters research programme? I have attached a pdf which has the project requirements and a snapshot of my background/area of interest. I’m prepared to... Continue Reading →
entwined / suainte
New exhibition by Caroline Dear comprising 100 ropes from 50 plants. "make a rope a day.... These ropes are an exploration of plants, of place, and of my personal responses to these through the making of them." Find excellent documentation on the blog as above. 9th July - 6 August 2011 at Inverness Museum and... Continue Reading →
One touch of nature…makes all kin
Opportunity posted on Creative Scotland website: "One touch of nature...makes all kin" OPEN EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY : visual and applied arts - installation - artists books a dunbar artist's initiative John Muir's Birthplace Dunbar : 2 Aug to 4 Sept 2011 Submissions by email - by midnight Mon 25July - susie.goodwin@gwd.biz Further info: Susie Goodwin 01368... Continue Reading →
Beyond Planning
http://www.publicartscotland.com published a 'Thoughts and Responses' piece entitled Beyond Planning by two long time colleagues from Pittsburgh, Denys Candy and Reiko Goto. Candy was in Scotland to consult on the Helix project in Falkirk and Goto has been doing her PhD with On The Edge at Gray’s School of Art. Both represent long term grassroots,... Continue Reading →
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