Fermynwoods Podcast Episode 2 – Amy Lay-Pettifer
This episode features an audio essay by Amy Lay-Pettifer addressing our current state of collective pause, featuring artists Alice Channer and Bethan Llloyd-Worthington.
Jessica Harby
Fermynwoods Podcast Episode 1 – Sarah Gillett
Launching the new Fermynwoods podcast with an episode featuring artist Sarah Gillett, discussing everything from Rockingham Castle to astronauts’ dreams.
Isolated Moments – Anti-Drawing Drawing
The first in a series of online workshops, prompts and tutorials to keep spirits buoyed and creativity alive during COVID-19 global social isolating and quarantining measures.
Alternative Monday 7 – Trump Trout
A small orange circle of felt depicting Trump Trout, a character created by Lewis, a CE Academy student. A fish with the face and bouffant of Donald Trump who shouts non-sequiturs.
Blood From Stone Ink Workshop
Jessica Harby presented an ink-fuelled workshop based on Blood from Stone, Justin Carter’s current exhibition at The Arches.
Fermynwoods Friday 34 – Art, Culture + Democracy
Art, Culture + Democracy was a 2017 Free Exchange discussion that took place in Thrapston, shortly after the 45th US presidential inauguration. This week’s Fermynwoods Friday post sees an American citizen and audience member reflect on the event and on the fragility of democracy.
Fermynwoods Friday 8 – Drawing and Democracy
The young people Fermynwoods works with, who have been excluded from formal education, often have no problem telling you their opinions and deductions. As an artist, these kids also happen to be my favourite source of uncensored art criticism – Jessica Harby
Can You Hear Me?
There is still time to visit our current online exhibition, Can You Hear Me? over on our projects site, which presents artwork that reflect the current emotional climate in UK and American politics, the diminishing public trust in factual evidence and the shifting perceptions of the establishment. Anna Brownsted’s Diplomat is a series of short[…]
Arts Hero – Jessica Harby
For the Arts Hero section of the Bronze Arts Award: Level 1 Award in the Arts qualification, young people need to research the work of an artist that inspires them. Lewis from The CE Academy met and interviewed American artist Jessica Harby when she delivered two weeks of workshops in January.