'Favorite
Trees' a long term project initiated by
Richard Keating
Stroud’s mayor John Marjoram is pictured
together with his favourite tree;
a Silver Birch.
“What I particularly like about this birch tree is that
its in a small public, urban space where people can see it and
enjoy it.”
Mayor Marjoram has been photographed as part of a project by
'Walking The Land' and which was shown in our exhibition ‘outsidespace’ at
The Space Gallery in Lansdown Stroud during June 08. This work
continues an initiative launched at the National Arboretum at
Westonbirt last month, looking at endangered trees and our responses
to
them.
Artist Richard Keating said
“Our general philosophy is that if we lose trees we lose
a part of ourselves, that we too are endangered. We are all increasingly
aware that our planet is losing trees at a phenomenal rate through
a mixture of logging and habitat destruction.
Our work though is looking at perhaps more subtle ways in which
we value trees; what other aspects of them would we lose if certain
species become extinct..
'Walking the Land' invite participation in this work and ask you
to visit your local park or green space and make a photograph
of yourself and the tree.
To be a
part of the exhibition, email it to info@walkingtheland.org.uk
along with your name and twenty five words describing what you
value about the tree, and if possible a map reference.“
'Walking the Land' will endeavour to include all images submitted
on our e-gallery
Walking the Land's 'site08' exhibitions
and events | June 08
'River'
Kel Portman. ‘where Noadu rode between
divided shores’
• click here to see the exhibition
Dates: 1st - 30th June 08
time: 11:00 - 22:00
The Old Passage, Arlingham
Gloucestershire. GL2 7JR
time: daily from 11:00
t: 01452 740547
e: oldpassage@ukonline.co.uk
Britain's longest river
provides the subject for this exhibition. This dramatic river
flows through Gloucestershire and close to ‘The Old Passage’ on it’s
354 km passage to the sea. WIth a ferocious reputation, the famous
Bore and the second largest tidal range in the world, The River
Severn has long been held in awe by navigators, naturalists and
artists.
Organised jointly by Sally and David Pearce and ‘Walking
the Land’, the exhibition ‘River’ includes works
by painters, printmakers, photographers and sculptors who examine
it’s visual, historical, psychological and ecological impact,
Their subject is
this River, the communities who make their living close to it’s
volatile waters and those that come simply to wonder at it’s
dramatic journey.
Take part in voting for the winner of The
Old Passage Art Award - the Public’s favourite artwork
from the collection.
A site08 event
artwork inspired b... By edited by Kel Port...
'River
Severn ArtWalk’
A guided, creative walk with ‘Walking
the Land’
Kel Portman. Walk 2,River Severn'
date: Saturday 7th June 08
time: 9:00 - 12:45
place: The Old Passage, Arlingham, Gloucestershire.GL2 7JR
cost: £7.50
contact:
t: 01452 812224 & 01453 756064
e: kel@sva.org.uk
Landscape, walks and
journeys are Walking the Land’s source
of inspiration and the subject for our artworks and installations.
This morning ArtWalk of around 5 Km along the magnificent River
Severn starts from The Old Passage Inn at
Arlingham. Participants will be invited to make their own
artwork and examine ‘the
walk’ and the River as their subject.
During the walk, you will be guided by photographers, artists and
lecturers, Tom Keating, Richard Keating and Kel Portman, who will
offer you creative guidance, help and advice about subject choice,
technique and process.
A selection of the resulting artworks will form an exhibition
on Walking the Land’s website eGallery.
Booking essential. Further details here later on the website.
You’ll be back just in time for lunch,
so book a table at The Old Passage.
A site08 event
‘OutsideSpace’
Richard Keating. ‘Water
Drawing’
• click here to see the exhibition
The Space Gallery, Lansdown, Stroud. GL5 1BN
dates: 13th - 26th June 08
Monday - Friday 11:00 - 3:30
Saturday 9:30 - 4:30
closed Sundays
contact:
t: 01452 812224 & 01453 756064
e: kel@sva.org.uk
Walking the Land's selection of artworks
which celebrate and respond to our local landscape and greenspaces.
Following
the success of last years exhibition 18 newly selected Gloucestershire
artists come together in 'Outside Space', each to offer their
unique vision and to explore the relationship between art and
landscape.
British landscape art is incredibly popular with the viewing public,
reflecting our National affection for the countryside but also
our fear of it's potential loss.
Gloucestershire's countryside offers some of the most visually
stimulating landscapes in the country. But as more of us live in
towns and cities, we've become gradually separated from our landscape
roots. In 'Outside Space' we see local artists relocating us with
the landscape and green spaces through their artwork.
Their role is to confront and challenge the viewer's expectations
of landscape and into accepting both the tradition of representational
landscape painting, as well as a newer more contemporary interpretation
of the subject involving other approaches, disciplines and media.
This event will run as part of ‘Love Parks Week’,
a nationwide celebration of parks.
A site08 event
artists celebrating... By edited by Kel Por...
'Arboreality'
Memories of an Invented Land by Kel Portman
• click here to see the exhibition
Dates: 2nd - 7th May 08
10:00 - 4:00
The Great Oak Hall
Westonbirt Aroratum
Westonbirt, Gloucestershire. GL8 8QS
t: 01666 880220
w: forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt
A ‘Walking the Land’ curated
exhibition explores through different media, the beauty of the
Arboratum's wonderful collection, focusing particulary on those
trees that are under threat and near extinction in the wild.
The exhibition
by 11 multi-disciplined
artists, includes photography, prints, poetry, video and installation
works.
a Walking the Land ... By edited by Kel Por... 'thaut phaa paa... ... By Kel Portman
Events & Exhibitions during 2007
CameraWalks |
20th October 2007 | Woodchester Park
as part of PhotoStroud Festival of Photography
‘Walking
the Land’ lead creative photographic
walks through the stunning woodlands that surround Woodchester Mansion.
Woodchester Park is designated a Site of Special Scientific
Interest and offers a rich variety of flora and fauna as well as a backdrop to
the visually interesting buildings.
During the gentle 3.5 mile walk, you will be guided by photographers and
lecturers Tom Keating and Kel Portman will help you get the best out of your
camera and subjects. They will offer you creative guidance, help and advice about
all things photographic, subject choice, technique and process.
Your images may then be used as a part of a collaborative artwork that will be
part of a proposed exhibition and may also be included in Walking the Land’s
website eGallery.
starting times: 11.00 and 14.00
Price: £5.00
Numbers are limited to 15, so booking is essential
Artwalks | various dates
in June & July
2007
Dates:
Wednesday mornings: June 20, 27, July 4, 11, 18
Time: 10am - 2pm
Cost: £25 per participant for each walk & tuition.
Group size will be limited to a dozen participants, so booking
is essential.A series of five practical Art Walks celebrating,
exploring and visually recording the Stroud Valley's landscape
and the relationship with the textile industry. Tapping into
the underlying geology, biodiversity, topography and the built
heritage, participants are invited to use the Museum in the Park
collection and to walk and make studies of this unique landscape
and its relationship with local culture and livelihoods and to
make a final, collaborative piece of work based on these explorations.
All walks will start from the Museum in The Park, where participants
can research local heritage and livelihoods before being guided
to walk, draw and photograph the unique heritage of the five
valleys. Local artists/photographers will provide guidance and
direction while the landscape and Museum collection will provide
inspiration and information. These walks will be between two
and four miles.
Images and work produced will be curated on the Walking The Land
e-gallery and may be incorporated into a forthcoming land-art
installation.
site07
| 'Racking Fields' |
Rodborough Playing Fields & Community Hall
| event
Saturday June 16th
18:30 - till late
'Walking the Land’ bring artists
together to recreate the ‘Racking Fields’, exploring
the legacy and relationship between the landscape and the
textiles industry in the Stroud Valleys.
‘Racking Fields’ A
talk by Ian Macintosh
Rodborough Community Hall
19:00
'A view of Wallbridge' c.1758 thanks
to Stroud District (Colne)Museum Trust
Ian Macintosh of the Stroudwater Textile Trust talks about the
cloth industry in Stroud, Capel Mill and the 18th century Wallbridge
painting (above), which shows lines of scarlet and white cloth
stretched over the racking frames to dry on Rodborough Fields.
‘Racking Fields’ free
guided walk
19:30 - 21:00
Steve Roberts of Big Classroom leads a gentle walk from the Community
Hall. Help recreate the lines of colour in the landscape by wearing
a red top to add to the spectacle during this journey around
Rodborough.
In addition, the children at Rodborough School will be creating
a ‘red
river’ of
cloth with textile artist Alison Harper, celebrating the global
importance of the broadloom cloth produced in the Stroud valleys.
The colour of the cloth was known as ‘Stroudwater scarlet’ and
it was thought the special qualities of the local water were
in part responsible for the brilliance of colour.
Bring a pencil and your camera.
Please wear a red (or white) top to add to the spectacle.
Changing
Landscape & Net
Curtains
Walking the Land & Oogoo Maia
Saturday 16th June
from dusk till ‘late - it'll be dark, so
bring a torch!
A combination of still and moving image projected on the hillside,
illustrative of the effect of our past, present and future lifestyles
on the landscape.
Walking The Land’s colour projections are reminiscent of
the textile industry and agricultural legacy; their black and white
moving images show the inside and outside landscape experienced
on a late walk home through Rodborough, while Oogoo Maia’s “Net
Curtain” suggest more frenetic change, asking what hides
in the dark; what we choose to ignore; what will never be said
in daylight; who we decide not to be; what comes out at night?
Forgotten things that suddenly hit back.
June 19th - June 30th 2007|
'Outside Space' | The Space Gallery
10:30 - 4:00 daily except Sundays. a site07 exhibition 
• click
to see the exhibition slidesho
Walking the Land’s
selection of ArtWorks which celebrate our local landscape
24 selected Gloucestershire artists come together, each to offer
their unique vision and to explore the relationship between art and
landscape.
Although using many different approaches and medium, the common
thread that links their work is a national love for the countryside
and collective concerns for it’s future.
The Space, The Stroud Performing Arts Centre,
Lansdown, Stroud, Gloucestershire
GL5 1BN
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