This exhibition at the Barbican (until 14th January) surveys the relationship between gender and ecology to highlight the systemic links between the oppression of women, Black, trans, and Indigenous communities, and the degradation of the planet. RE/SISTERS underscores how, since the late 1960s, women and gender- nonconforming artists have resisted and protested the destruction of … More Re/Sisters: Gender, Ecology, Art
Three wonderful days of facilitating ‘Autumn Adventures in Creative Writing’ for a lovely group on Flat Holm island. Our journey across the Bristol channel was exhilarating: we were all drenched when we reached the island! To allow people to find their own creative portal into the magic of the island, there was plenty of time … More Creative Writing on Flat Holm
Postcards from my recent stay on Flat Holm (Ynys Echni).
This practice encourages recording of and reflecting on experiences while interacting with the natural world. It serves as a non-verbal journal, capturing moments, feelings and memories with objects instead of words, and invites sharing through the act of storytelling. It can be useful as a meaningful record of surviving a challenging period. One participant used … More Journey Sticks
The Warli or Varli are an indigenous tribe of western India. Warli artists use the interior of their clay huts as the canvas for paintings. As for many “outsider” artists, walls are an obvious and accessible space on which to create. Warli painting is mostly a collective activity of two to ten women created from a paste of rice … More Warli Painting Workshops
We are scavengers, sifting through the flotsam and jetsam washed up by the winter storms on the banks of the river Taff. Much of it has been in the water for a long time. It has been reconfigured, oxidised, twisted, battered and crushed on its elemental journey. It is edifying, this breaking down of the … More Business as Usual? The Art of Bricolage
From Monday to Wednesday, I’m going to be running creative writing workshops with Flow Maugran, the creator of Ancestree, an incredible four-storey crochet tree installation in Glanfa foyer at Wales Millennium Centre. The workshops are free and drop-in – see here for more info – no need to book. Ancestree was the centrepiece during the Your … More Ancestree – Creative Writing Workshops
Week two of working with year 4 and 5 children on the ACW Cynefin project. Ceri, the teacher and I made plans for the next few weeks leading up to June’s visit. June is going to work with the children on a short performance that will be captured on film by Nick and Marcus from … More Acting Out: Cynefin – Week Two
I’ve been cutting out creatures from the experimental print textures as examples of what can be added to The Weaving Tree, an exciting project at Wales Millennium Centre. I planned the birds and hare, but the two creatures below emerged from random marks made in the print-making process, and I love how kooky they are. … More Cut-out Critters
I first came across this artist at Tate Modern in 2013, surprised that this was the first exhibition there dedicated to African Modernism. Ibrahim El-Salahi has recently had a solo exhibition at the Ashmolean, Oxford where he now lives. I stood in front of this 8 foot square painting: Reborn Sounds of Childhood Dreams I (1961–5) … More Ibrahim El-Salahi: A Visionary Modernist
Sarah J Featherstone 