Thinking about...food Kel Portman photograph; John Street Open Studios Jamila Lamrani installation
| Thinking
About... Food |
Roving
Studio presents... The Art of Westley Farming |
Global Bee project |
| 2nd-29th June from 11.00am (closed Mondays) Old Passage Inn, Arlingham, GL2 7JR tel: 01452 740547 www.walkingtheland.org.uk |
Saturday 20th-Sunday 21st June 10am until Sundown Westley Farm, Cowcombe Hill, Chalford, GL6 8HP. www.rovingstudio.co.uk www.westleyfarm.co.uk/site09.htm |
1st-30th June Monday-Friday 9am-5pm Saturday 10am-4pm 4 Kendrick Street, Stroud GL5 1AA www.theglobalbeeproject.com |
| Artists have
a long history of interest in food's visual qualities, but other
subjects arise as they examine its progress from
sea, river, garden, allotment or farm
through to the plate. Organised jointly by
Sally Pearce of The Old Passage and 'Walking the Land',
this exhibition includes works by painters,
printmakers, poets, photographers and
sculptors who examine food's visual,
cultural and ecological impact. Take part in
voting for the winner of The Old Passage
Art Award, the publics' favourite artwork,
from the collection.
River Severn ArtWalk |
A collective cross-pollination celebrating ecological and creative diversity. Westley Farm has been a haven for artists, performers and craftspeople since 1972, encouraging the growth of endangered species from butterflies to boat-builders. This year's collaboration for site09 will celebrate that legacy. A rich diversity of thoughtful artisans - seeds gathered by Roving Studio and nurtured in the creative compost of the farm - will bloom for you in a mid-summer weekend. Weaving together threads from Geo-Archaeology; Anthropology; Ecology, Arts and Crafts, Land Art and Contemporary Multi-Media we explore stories from the land in times of Transition. Park in the layby to walk down the Timeline Track; disabled parking only at the farm. Terrace and Treehouse Teas available, in the company of Julian Usborne, host and walking archive. | The worldwide decline in bees is effecting all species of bee not just honeybees. In the UK alone there are more than 250 species. Bees are essential for the pollination of the plants that feed us. With support from the Princes Trust and UnLTD Millenium Awards, Carlo Montesanti and Jessie Jowers have recently set up The Global Bee Project as a 'Not for Profit' organisation to tackle this global problem on a very local level. An empty shop in Stroud will be transformed into a magical and informative world of bees and plants. Jessie and Carlo will use the space to design and build bee houses, created for a non aggressive variety of bee, Osmia Rufa. These bees can be looked after by anyone without the complications of disease, expensive equipment or the fear of being stung. These bees are incredible pollinators, a single bee pollinates the equivalent to 120 honeybees. |