Fall into nature: We are nature
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Oct
13
Wed
£
The artists Caroline Dear, Nessie Ramm and Anne-Mie Melis will talk about their art practice, their inspiration and their links to Plantlife’s Road Verge and Magnificent Meadows Cymru projects. This will be a casual conversation between artists about how their work can be an inspiration for people to engage in caring for our natural environment. Meet that artists and then get involved in making art in the follow-on workshop on the 21st October.
Speakers:
Anne-Mie Melis http://www.annemiemelis.eu/
My art work draws inspiration from plants, evolutionary biology and science. I consider human impact, past and present, on our natural environment’. I explore art as a possible tool to instigate social and environmental change. Past projects and exhibitions include Coventry Biennial, ArcadeCampfa (Cardiff), Silent Stage (Lithuania), G39 (Cardiff, with Roger Lougher), Oriel Myrddin (Carmarthen), Oriel Davies (Newtown), the Jerwood Space (London), Lokaal01 (Antwerp, Belgium) and the Weizzmann Institute of Science (Israel).
Caroline Dear https://www.carolinedear.co.uk
Influenced by botany, archeology, traditional skills and cultural stories I make work which explores our changing relationship with the natural world around us examining the link between our inner selves and the outer physical landscape. I have recently received an MA in Art and Social Practice from UHI. Projects/exhibitions include ‘Daughters of Penelope’ at Dovecot, Edinburgh, ‘A layered land’ Timespan, Helmsdale, ‘flora’ Oriel Davies, Wales, ‘Naked craft’, Canada , ‘Vassen susar’, Finland, with residencies in Norway, Denmark and Finland.
Nessie Ramm [email protected]
Nessie Ramm is on a mission to paint the road verges of Britain in exquisite botanical detail onto metal road signs; to render visible the beauty of these unloved wild spaces.
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