The Growing Together Art-in-Nature group that I facilitate weekly at the community allotment in Cardiff began a new project recently, creating a loom from salvaged willow staves. Participants foraged for natural materials: Ivy, conifer, bay leaves, catkins, wisteria, bamboo, buddleia, and honeysuckle were all woven onto the loom. This is an ongoing collaborative project that … More Natural Weaving
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 exhibition at Wales Millennium Centre in the Ffwrnais space is part of ‘Un Blaned, Un Cyfle – One Planet, One Chance’ project, celebrating the wonder of our planet and highlighting the urgent need to protect our natural environment. It showcases work by participants from different groups we have facilitated across Cardiff, Bridgend and The Vale … More Un Blaned, Un Cyfle
‘Growing Together’ is a Breathe Creative collaboration with Ty Canna Mental Health Outreach Service and is based at the community allotments on Bessemer Road in Cardiff. The project is funded by the Arts Council of Wales’s Creative Nature programme with the theme of ‘connecting people to nature’. It. aims to facilitate a creative wellbeing journey … More Growing Together: Creative Wellbeing in Nature
We approach walking not as the mark or province of the human, but as a fundamental mobility practice shared across all forms of life. Walking, in this respect, bears the mark of the ‘creature’ rather than being emblematic of human exceptionality. No creature walks alone, and yet no walk is ever the same. Each walk … More The Mark of the Creature: Walking as Inquiry
Sarah J Featherstone 