I begin my Pop-up Studio residency next week with the John Hansard Gallery in Southampton. I’m going to be exploring embodied experiences of the city’s blue spaces, alongside the Soundings exhibition from Emma Critchley. Ahead of my residency, on a recent visit to the gallery and Emma’s exhibition, I took a walk to some ofContinue reading “Walking with… Artist Alys Scott-Hawkins”
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Walking with… Artist Feral Practice
It’s been quite a while since I’ve written one of these posts about a one-to-one walk and talk, two years in fact, the last one being with Artist Gemma Gore in December 2024. Others have featured collaborators such as Botanist Mark Spencer, writer Peter Reason, medical humanities researcher Catherine Lamont Robinson, and seasonal streams researcher/ecologistContinue reading “Walking with… Artist Feral Practice”
Creative River Walk with Norfolk Rivers Trust – Groundwork Gallery, Kings Lynn – 23rd November
On Saturday 23rd November between 1pm and 4pm I will be leading a river walk in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, with Tim Fisher from The Norfolk Rivers Trust. The walk is open to adults (16+) and older accompanied children (13+), and costs just £2.50 a ticket to cover the cost of materials. We will start andContinue reading “Creative River Walk with Norfolk Rivers Trust – Groundwork Gallery, Kings Lynn – 23rd November”
Ground Up Exhibition and Conference at Groundwork Gallery, Kings Lynn
After carrying out an extraction-themed residency this summer with Groundwork Gallery in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, focusing on wetlands and building on my Queer River research, I’m excited to be able to invite you along to Ground Up, the resulting exhibition. With 20 artists involved in this Summer’s residency, Ground Up will be the first of two exhibitions, with Ground Water,Continue reading “Ground Up Exhibition and Conference at Groundwork Gallery, Kings Lynn”
Installation Video Tour: Neuro/Queering Nature at Spud
Now that my Neuro/Queering Nature residency and exhibition at Spud in the New Forest has ended, I’ve put together a short (3 1/2 minutes) video tour of the show, for anyone that couldn’t make it along.
Meet the Artist event at Spud, New Forest – Monday 1st July
On Monday 1st July from 5 to 7pm I’ll be at spudWORKS, in the New Forest, at my Neuro/Queering Nature exhibition, sharing some background on the installation and the inspiration behind it. It will be the last event of my residency – a celebration before the exhibition closes on Thursday 4th – and my first chance toContinue reading “Meet the Artist event at Spud, New Forest – Monday 1st July”
New Forest Reflections
I’ve written a couple of posts on my time with Spud in the New Forest this Spring, once before I started my residency, and again after a week spent there in March. But nothing since setting up my installation Neuro/Queering Nature. So this post fills in those gaps, and shares the exhibition with those ofContinue reading “New Forest Reflections”
Neuro/Queering Nature Exhibition – 13th June to 4th July
Running from 13th June to 4th July, Neuro/Queering Nature is an installation which draws together film, sound, drawing and found objects to share my experience of the New Forest’s wetlands, viewed through a queer, neurodivergent lens. The installation has developed through time spent at Spud this Spring as artist in residence. The exhibition brings togetherContinue reading “Neuro/Queering Nature Exhibition – 13th June to 4th July”
Neuro/Queering Nature: Exhibition Opening Event
A little advanced notice so you can get the date in your diary… the Neuro/Queering Nature exhibition, marking the culmination of my residency at SPUD in the New Forest, will open with an event from 5.30 to 7.30pm on Thursday 13th June. For more information on the venue and how to get there visit theContinue reading “Neuro/Queering Nature: Exhibition Opening Event”
The Body of the Forest
I came home yesterday after a week at SPUDworks in the New Forest, the first week of a part-time residency that will culminate with an exhibition in June. I’ve called the residency Neuro/Queering Nature. I had the idea that I would draw from my lived experiences of the Forest, as a queer, autistic artist, piecingContinue reading “The Body of the Forest”
Queer River 