A new public art project has launched and organisers want YOU!
Posted on: 03 Oct 2022A new public art project from Harbourside exhibition space Arnolfini and UWE Bristol offering participants the opportunity to make their mark on the final artwork has kicked off.
Taking place at UWE’s Frenchay campus and surrounding areas from September 2022 until December 2023, a programme of free creative workshops, events and explorations of local nature will accompany the creation of a new free-to-access sculpture garden.
More information can be found via Arnolfini’s website.
Arnolfini and UWE Bristol have selected artist-duo Juneau Projects (Philip Duckworth and Ben Sadler) to create a public art project throughout 2022-23, exploring mosses, lichens and other overlooked but vital plants.
— Arnolfini (@ArnolfiniArts) October 2, 2022
Come and learn more at this exhibition at Arnolfini! pic.twitter.com/BvYi4QFCHQ
Two professional artists, Philip Duckworth and Ben Sadler of Juneau Projects – an organisation working across a broad range of media exploring the relationship between society, culture and the natural world – will run the public art project.
Students and staff at UWE Bristol, local residents and schools are all encouraged to participate in a series of workshops and events led by Duckworth and Sadler under the name Bryophyte Club – a nod to mosses, lichens and other vital plants.
The project, which ends in December 2023 after more than a year’s worth of collaborative work, will culminate in the opening of a new free-to-access-for-all sculpture garden at UWE’s Frenchay Campus.
In a statement, Juneau Projects said: “We’re looking forward to meeting the staff and students of UWE Bristol and the local community around Frenchay campus. We’re keen to work with them to create something that is a celebration of the way nature can integrate itself and we hope that making space for nature, even in the smallest places can be part of the message of the piece.
“We want participants in the project to help develop these ideas and work in a hands-on way on the final sculptures. We’re looking forward to working with the university and contractor VINCI Building to site the pieces in a location where they will be both visually striking and create a unique area for contemplation within the community.”
More information and updates can be found via Arnolfini’s website.
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