Projects
Beuys' Acorns
Ackroyd & Harvey
In 2007 artists Ackroyd & Harvey gathered and germinated hundreds of acorns from Joseph Beuys's artwork 7000 Oaks.
Beuys's seminal artwork, "7000 Oaks" took place in Kassel, Germany. The 250 surviving saplings make up "Beuys' Acorns", an on-going project dedicated to nurturing the plants in tandem with a series of public conversations.
The growing trees, displayed in the Sculpture Garden, act as a catalyst for discussion about humankind's relationship with nature and growing concerns about environmental change.
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Basketry: Making Human Nature
The exhibition brought together traditional and contemporary basketry from Western Amazonia, North America, Oceania, Africa, Japan, South-East Asia and Europe. It revealed the extraordinary uses of basketry technology and consider its place in human culture.
Tim Johnson —artist in residence for Basketry, talks about Weaving with species: working as an artist with plants and other natural material in diverse natural habitats.
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Events
ART & NATURE SUMMER SCHOOL 2015
Dates: 1 - 14 August
A lively partnership of artists and scientists, led by artists Isabella Martin and Kaitlin Ferguson, will present the popular Art and Nature Summer School for 2015, now in its fifth year.
Children will have the opportunity to explore the Sainsbury Centre galleries and the rich diversity of the UEA landscape. Using skills from art and science, children will learn about local fauna and flora and get involved with lots of hands-on art making and scientific activity.
This year’s Summer School will explore the art and science of mapping, and look at how environments of all kinds can be translated into visual maps.
On the way we will explore how maps of many different kinds can help us to understand our environment as well as learn about:
local biodiversity
habitat loss
invasive species
climate change
Working in the UEA grounds and the Sainsbury Centre, the four days of hands-on making and enquiry will culminate in an exhibition in the Education Studio.
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Art & Bio Study Day at UEA
Tuesday 4 December 2012
An Art & Bio Study Day was held at the SCVA. The aim of the Art & Bio Partnership project is to explore and develop greater understanding of the rich connections between art and biodiversity through a series of open forum discussions.
The Study Day commenced with brief presentations by participants from the likes of Mark Avery, Tom Williamson and Nick Selby to name a few. The day concluded with an informal networking session.