Family Art Day at The Hive
Families
are invited to come to The Hive and take part in a drop-in art workshop to
create a giant totem pole on Saturday 3 March from 11am – 2pm. The structure will
allow children’s artworks to be stacked on top of each other and create a piece
that evolves through the course of the day.
The
workshop will be led by Creative Practitioner Sarah Edwards, an experienced
Worcester based leader, who will work with the families and take inspiration
from the new papercrete and Bonsai sculptures currently on display at The Hive.
Meadow Arts is running the workshop based on the work ‘The Long Afternoon of Earth’ Bonsai sculptures, created by international artists in residence Heather and Ivan Morison.
Sarah Edwards
said: “Everyone who takes part in the project will make a piece of work to go
onto the structure and participants can create something as simple or as
complex as they like. The work could take many forms and will be prompted by
questions such as ‘tell us what you know’, topics such as the environment,
space ,travel, oceans, history, music etc… will be used; some serious and some
fun and playful.”
Steve Wilson
from Meadow Arts, said: “This will be a really enjoyable workshop which is
suitable for all ages. Simply come along from 11-2pm and take part and be part
of creating something really special with Meadow Arts and Sarah.”
Meetings with
The Hive staff, students, users and groups that frequent this vibrant and busy
library inspired the project, commissioned by Meadow Arts. Heather
& Ivan Morison looked at what the people of Worcester read and they opened
their process up to the Fine Art students of University of Worcester, who
followed and participated in this live, unique project.
The
artists’ sculptural works complement the architecture of the building and
convey a sense of the varied environments in which the act of reading occurs
for different people.
The Hive was the first library in Europe to house both a university book collection and a public lending library, and the artists have been using this fascinating intersection between academia and civic life to develop this new work for 2018.
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