LATEST NEWS:
Johannes Zits – Artist in residence
Johannes Zits will be in residence at Barnwell Country Park, working with local people to develop a guided experience through and with a selected tree
Open Online
Inviting proposals for online works from artists addressing our current Xylophobia programme for a new Open Online exhibition.
Treewilder
An exhibition of site-responsive interventions, sculptures and video work set in Barnwell Country Park aiming to encourage visitors to explore the woodland space throughout autumn and winter.
Child’s Play – Aeneas Wilder
A sculpture – performance – play culminating in the gradual build up and kickdown of the monumental wooden installation, Untitled #215.
Fermynwoods Bulletin: Issue 16
The digital version of our 2022 bulletin, Issue 16 in the series, features the first year of our exciting Xylophobia programme.
Silencer – Maja Zećo
Look out for Maja Zećo negotiating Corby woods this September as Silencer – a performance in a sensory impairment soundwalking suit.
Child’s Play – Lodge Park Academy
A-level Art students from Lodge Park Academy worked with Aeneas Wilder to develop their own impermanent monumental sculptures.
CE Academy Yearbook 2021-22
Our 2021-22 Alternative Provision programme with students from The CE Academy is celebrated in an online publication.
Chimera Plantarium – Plant Propaganda
The first “plant propaganda” poster image is revealed in Corby as part of The Chimera Plantarium.
Chimera Plantarium Publication
A beautifully produced publication made in collaboration with Year 6 pupils, taking the form of a pressed plant herbarium with an engraved wooden case.
Fermynwoods Podcast 16 – Maya Livio
Maya Livio’s sonic essay containing a chorus of human and non-human voices, drawing attention to biases within avian conservation datasets.
We’re looking for a new Chair and Trustees!
Fermynwoods Contemporary Art is looking for a committed and dynamic new Chair to lead our ambitious organisation as we embark on an exciting new phase of development.
Chimera Plantarium – Workshop 3
Pupils used graphic design techniques to develop “plant propaganda” posters which will be cropping up on billboards across Corby.
Chimera Plantarium – Workshop 2
Corby school children create their own plant-alien communities and write letters to nature with Chiara Dellerba.
Chimera Plantarium – Workshop 1
Chiara Dellerba’s first Chimera Plantarium workshop, rethinking and redesigning public places from the perspective of weeds.
Little Robot Heartbeats – Stuart Moore
A hybrid workshop creating generative art whilst aiming to find the place where art and nature, human and machine overlap.