A
event
on Saturday 22nd April. The event starts at 12:00.
12:00pm - 4:00pm
Join artists from Bristol arts collective Bristol Experimental Expanded Film (BEEF) for an afternoon of free creative nature-based arts workshops taking place around the magical Grow Wilder community garden site.
Try out a range of activities from botanical plant printing, drawing activities, make a phytogram film, and wander through the site and listen to plants.
Botanical plant printing led by Sam Francis
Macro-field-recording led by Eliza Lomas, with Shirley Pegna
Lonely Flowers Club with Snoozie and Kayle Brandon
Phytogram workshop with Lizzie Hoar
Grow Wilder specialises in native wildflowers, and food produce connecting people to the ecological roots of food to restore and conserve natural habitats.
This opportunity is part of the West of England Visual Arts Alliance (WEVAA), supported by Arts Council England. WEVAA is a consortium partnership of nine organisations co-lead by Spike Island and Visual Arts South West, and including the Brunswick Club, Bath Spa School of Art, Bristol City Council, Creative Youth Network, Culture Weston, North Somerset Council and UWE Bristol. This alliance is delivering a 3-year programme of activity with the aim of supporting visual arts progression in the region, and a collective vision for the visual arts in Bristol and the West of England to become more progressive, sustainable and inclusive by 2024.