Posts tagged Biodiversity
Where Are the Trees? Where Are the Birds? - Raphael Daden
Where Are the Trees? Where Are the Birds? - Raphael Daden

Urban Wilderness CIC commissioned sculptor Raphael Daden to create a Sky Works canopy installation in Longton, combining light and birdsong to explore the absence of nature in the town centre and reimagine the public realm after dark.

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2024, Artist Development, Audio, Collaboration, Community-led, Community Engagement, Exhibition, Installation, Outdoor Arts, Placemaking, Public Art, Sculpture, Socially Engaged ArtJenny HarperRaphael Daden, Sky Works, Where Are the Trees Where Are the Birds, Longton, Public Art, Light Installation, Sound Art, Urban Wilderness CIC, Moony Club, Placemaking, Town Centre Regeneration, Biodiversity, Wilder Connections, Keele University, Stoke Creates, CASCADE Funding, Evening Economy, Community Volunteers
Wilder Connections
Wilder Connections

A community biodiversity project in Longton combining nature walks, creative workshops and citizen science, supported by Keele University and featuring Dawn Chorus by Leanne Cunningham.

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2023, Academic Partnership, Audio, Collaboration, Community Engagement, Consultation, Placemaking, Public Art, Research & Development, Socially Engaged ArtJenny HarperBiodiversity, Climate, Wellbeing, Sustainability, Outdoor Arts, Citizen Science, Nature Recovery, Urban Ecology, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Placemaking, Cultural Action Zone, CASCADE, Dawn Chorus, Leanne Cunningham, Creative Ecology
By a Thread – Becki Kremer
By a Thread – Becki Kremer

By a Thread is a textiles artwork by illustrator Becki Kremer, combining hand embroidery and felt on transparent netting. Installed temporarily in Central Forest Park, the work reflects on the relationship between nature and humanity through a quotation from Wordsworth’s Lines Written in Early Spring.

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2020, Artist development, Exhibition, Installation, Outdoor Arts, Public ArtJenny HarperTextiles, Embroidery, Installation, Public Art, Outdoor Arts, Women, Community-led, Wellbeing, Climate, Biodiversity, Sustainability, Urban Parks, Central Forest Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Forest Worlds Festival
Forest Worlds Festival

A joyful family arts festival co-created with young people and artists in Stoke-on-Trent, celebrating creativity, freedom and play through performances and workshops.

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2019, Festival / Event, Collaboration, Workshop, Public Art, Community-led, Outdoor Arts, Performance, InstallationJenny HarperUrban Wilderness CICSculpture, Performance, Public Art, Installation, Outdoor Arts, Placemaking, Research, Artist Development, Young People, Working Class, Community-led, Volunteers, Parade, Costume, Biodiversity, Youth Voice, Safety, Sustainability, Joy, Wellbeing, Urban Parks, Stoke-on-Trent