Farmers have been a recurring subject in art, perhaps more often in the background of a religious painting, bringing an edifying moral to the scene. Their everyday lives have been the subject of poetry, including of course that of Robert Burns. The Impressionists must be one of the foremost groups of painters to have addressed... Continue Reading →
Acting Woodend Barn Director
Brilliant opportunity to contribute to an outstanding organisation - Woodend Barn has a very distinctive operating model, very rooted in its community, very volunteer led, with an exciting cross art form programme and a deep engagement with environmental issues. Highly recommend anyone interested in models for the future to apply for this.
DIY art mediums and materials
Linda Weintraub and Natalie Jeremijenko want to artists to make their materials and mediums themselves from resources around them, rather than always sourcing from art stores. Linda Weintraub is a curator, educator, artist, and author. Her many books including To Life: Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet, Cycle-Logical Art: Recycling Matters for Eco-Art, and Eco-Centric... Continue Reading →
Open call STRANGE WEATHER at Science Gallery, Dublin
Should we adapt to a world of Strange Weather, or attempt to prevent it? How can we model, control and even generate weather? How can we sustain our planet and human culture into the future? “Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it.” ― Mark Twain Calling all future forecasters,... Continue Reading →
Mandy Haggith, ed., Into the Forest: An Anthology of Tree Poems (Glasgow: Saraband, 2013), pp. 280. Into the Forest, cover image by Carry Ackroyd (by permission Saraband) An early linkage between literature and ecology in the recent revival of nature writing, Kim Taplan’s book Tongues in Trees (1989) investigated the connection between humans and woodland,... Continue Reading →
A Critical Forest Art Practice
Tim Collins and Reiko Goto's project, The Forest is Moving, exploring, listening and responding to, imagining, learning from, touching, sleeping in, filming, photographing, walking in and with, the Black Rannoch Woods, is ongoing at the moment. They have been posting to the Imagining Natural Scotland's blog (where you can find blog posts from other projects... Continue Reading →
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