http://www.nomanisanisland.org/ en-us Copyright 2012 The national Cultural Olympiad Open Weekend 'Open Up' events: 24th-26th July 2009. We took part in the Open Weekend celebrations to mark the launch of the Cultural Olympiad in 2008 and we're looking forward to having a great event in July 2009 as well! This year we will 'Open Up' our Project Quay Arts on Saturday 25th July, 10am-4:30pm and at Naturezones on 26th July. We' re planning hands-on activities for visitors of all ages and announcing our programme a couple of weeks in advance, so please do come back and see what we're doing! Find out more about the Cultural Olympiad and Open Weekend events across the country by visiting www.london2012.com/culture. You can find our first blog at http://london2012.com/blog/search.php http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/projects.php?view=1 The Camera and Beyond : A collaboration between young people and artists working in other media. An exhibition at Dimbola Lodge, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight: 15th January - 28th February 2010. Photography has a practical and metaphorical resonance in the context of our work. We have been impressed by how our young people have developed their photography, exploring individual interests as well as working together.  A group of young people worked with No Man is an Island artists to produce an exhibition book showing their favourite photographs, as well as showing the images selected by the artists who interpreted them in other media, including poetry by Luke Kennard.  LOOK AT THE CLOUDS! The hitman swigs from his monogrammed hipflask of port and looks at the clouds; The politician disposes correctly of his nicotine chewing gum and looks at the clouds; The primary school teacher lets go of the kite string and looks at the clouds; The local celebrity tightens the strap under his bicycle helmet, takes a number from the lost cat poster and looks at the clouds; The soldier stomps the sand off his boots and looks at the clouds; The newsreader taps the menu on the picnic table as if it were her set of prop documents at the end of the bulletin and looks at the clouds; The two year old, mid-tantrum, falls silent and looks at the clouds; The Egyptologist stubs his toe, bites his lower lip and looks at the clouds; The newlywed stockbroker throws a deep red cricket ball to his brother and looks at the clouds; The anthropologist (we don’t know why he is crying) looks at the clouds; The meteorologist on her nephew’s trampoline looks at the clouds; The man physically assaulting his lawyer with a tennis racket stops inches from his face. He can feel his lawyer’s breath, the smell of garlic… tuna fish… and at once they both turn towards the dilapidated treehouse and their eyes are drawn inexorably upwards to look at the clouds; That night his lawyer, typing up a letter to his lawyer gets distracted by the low, supperdish glow from his window and looks at the clouds; The superhero looks at the clouds and then at his broken wristwatch, grimacing; The prescriptive grammarian looks irritably at the clouds; The middle-European Princess blows her nose one nostril at a time and looks through the tinted windows at the clouds; The current holder of the World Wrestling Federation champion’s belt stops wrapping barbed wire around the top of an office chair for a whole minute to look at the clouds; The installation artist looks at the clouds, at his empty wine glass, at the primly attractive agent, at his rival whose opening night this is, his rival who seems much more in his element socially than he remembers him being at art school, and he also has better hair, and out of the small portcullis window again at the clouds; The man who posthumously inducted Patty and Mildred Hill, authors of ‘Happy Birthday to You’ into the Songwriters Hall of Fame dilutes an over-hot mouthful of lasagne with a swig of beer under the acacias on his patio, swallows, says ‘Oof!’ as he runs his tongue over the roof of his mouth and looks at the clouds; The Freemason drops his little diamante axe tie clip, gasps in horror as it bounces in the gutter and falls down a drain then looks, plaintively, at the clouds; The poet looks up from a review describing his work as “tedious and twee”, swears vengeance, thinks better of it and looks at the clouds; The tax exile falls on his back trying to retrieve his nephew’s frisbee and looks at the clouds. You look at the clouds. Luke Kennard for ‘The Camera & Beyond’, a No Man is an Island exhibition at Dimbola Lodge, 15th January – 28th February 2010 http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/projects.php?view=2 There will be an Open Evening to celebrate the completion of the Learning Curve workshops and exhibition at the Learning Curve Gallery, Quay Arts, on Thursday 19th November from 6-8pm http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/events.php?view=11 We were delighted that Jeanette Appleton was able to hold a weekend workshop for our Textile and Landscape exhibition at Quay Arts. Some of the wonderful work made over the 2 days is included in our exhibition in the Learning Curve Gallery (open until 24th November) http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/gallery.php?view=50 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:18:01 GMT The first exhibition of our Project opened at Quay Arts on Saturday 5th September We introduced new Installations and returning visitors were able to see the changes, Melanie had lots of help from young visitors who watered the wildflower bed and we were delighted that so many people helped with the french knitting installation with our Knitting Nancy! http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/gallery.php?view=48 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:22:37 GMT The second exhibition in our Project opened in the Learning Curve Gallery on 31st October. It includes work from our collaboration with the Isle of Wight Branch of the National Autistic Society and Jeanette Appleton's workshop. http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/gallery.php?view=51 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:00:04 GMT The Camera and Beyond is currently showing at Dimbola Lodge, the internationally renowned photography museum in Freshwater Bay on the Isle of Wight.  The exhibition shows photography by a group of young people and No Man is an Island artists who interpreted their work in other media, including poetry.  The exhibition marks the start of a photography and film making project leading to 2012. http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/events.php?view=7 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT No Man is an Island will start the Open Weekend with a free silk marbling workshop at the Riverside Centre, part of the Discover Newport Quay events supported by the Isle of Wigh Council and Newport Parish Council.  We are collaborating with Quay Arts again this year with two more free events during Open Weekend. On Saturday 24th, artist Tim Johnson will be holding a free drop in family workshop as part of the Quay's 'Cityscapes and Villagescapes' project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.  During the evening, we'll be offering free fun activities to children going to the Island branch of the National Autistic Society when they hold their 2nd annual Train Walk. On Sunday 25th July, the Quay is hosting live music by the hugely popular band  'The Gramophone Party' and giving a new emerging musicians the chance to paly as a support band . Details can be found on our Events page and will also appear on Quay Arts website, www.quayarts.org; Newport Parish Council website and others, details to be listed here from Saturday 17th July.    Details of our own and other Open Weekend events will be listed on the London 2012 website at www.london2012.com http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/events.php?view=13 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Riverside Centre will be hosting a free silk marbling workshop with textile artist Sarah Falber.  The workshop will run between 10:30am and 1pm and the Centre's phone number is (0)1983 822209 if you would like to contact them. Sarah's workshops have proved a great success with people of all ages and Everyone who takes part will be able to take home their very own piece of marbled silk. Our Open Weekend 'Discover Newport Quay' events are being supported by the Riverside Centre, the Isle of Wight Council and Newport Parish council http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/news.php?view=11 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Melanie attended the Art and Islands conference in Guernsey in June 2010. This conference brought together delegates from around the world through the Small Islands Cultural Research Initiative (SICRI).Artist Tim Johnson also attended from the Isle of Wight. We were able to visit the Anthony Gormley sculpture on Herm Island and to see Andy Goldsworthy building the Sand Stones installation on Guernsey, part of the Guernsey Arts Commission initiative. http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/gallery.php?view=58 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:39:41 GMT Textile, paint and mixed media Workshops for the first exhibition group. All family members are included, working towards an exhibition in the Rope Store Gallery in September 2009 on a collaborative work which will form the ‘core’ of the future travelling exhibition. Part of our collaboration with Naturezones and Quay Arts. http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/events.php?view=1 Sat, 23 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT No Man is an Island will again be offering free fun activities for children in the marquee for the Isle of Wight Branch of the National Autistic Society's 2nd Annual Train Walk. Sarah will be doing silk marbling with the children again - which proved very popular last year!  Melanie will have fabric pens and paints and the children will have something to take home to remember us by! Havenstreet Steam Railway, Havenstreet, isle of Wight, PO33 4DS; Phone (0)1983 882204 For further details about the NAS Train Walk, contact Louise Foley, Chair of the Isle of Wight Branch of the National Autistic Society at 07827 308768  http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/news.php?view=12 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT We will be collaborating with Quay Arts again for two Open Weekend events inviting visitors to join us and discover the creative life of Newport Quay on the Isle of Wight. On Saturday 24th July, the Jubilee Stores will be open for a free community workshop from 10am- to 3pm. Tim Johnson from Quay Arts and No Man is an Island artists will be offering visitors an opportunity to make something special for an exhibition! The workshop is suitable for people of all ages and abilities and materials will be provided. Work from the day's event will be included in a Quay Arts exhibition in the Learning Curve Gallery, called ‘Cityscapes and Villagescapes’, which opens on 28th July and will be showing until 14th August. The Jubilee Stores is fully accessible. Some free parking is available for workshop visitors next to the Jubilee Stores We were thrilled to meet hundreds of visitors during last year's Open Weekend events and we're  looking forward to welcoming everyone again this year. You will find information about Quay Arts at www.quayarts.org.  For details of Open Weekend 2010 please go to www.london2012.com http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/news.php?view=4 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT We celebrated Open Weekend on the Isle of Wight with Quay Arts again this year, on Saturday 25th July, with a day of free hands-on activities, performances and workshops. In the Seminar Room we held craft demonstrations and activities throughout the day. Visitors tried marbling on silk and paper with Sarah Falber and were able to ask Martin Swan about the painting he worked on during the day, which is also in our exhibition currently showing in the Rope Store Gallery.  Melanie Swan showed felt making and Zoe Kennard demonstrated her wire and bead work.  During the morning, Matt Splatt ran a very popular circus skills workshop in the Theatre followed by another interactive workshop led by Leigh Hofmann who, in association with Independent Arts, presented Soundbeam and Arkaos. This exciting and interactive tool allowed participants the opportunity to create both music and moving images. Between 2 and 3pm, Luke Kennard gave a poetry reading and workshop in the Rope store Gallery.  Luke joined fellow Pegabovine comedy writers and performers Matt Johnson and Tom Wateracre in the Theatre for their comedy writing workshop from 3-4pm.  David George and the Utility Films crew recorded the day’s events and we’re delighted that the Isle of Wight Council’s Youth Connexions service funded signing language interpreters who were available throughout the day. We took our activities to Havenstreet Steam Railway in the evening for families and friends of the Isle of Wight branch of the National Autistic Society and on Sunday we were at Naturezones, where we held our performance and activities 'en plein air' in the peaceful meadow setting.  We were delighted to welcome green travellers who used the footpath and cycle track to reach us.  We had a wonderful weekend, with hundreds of visitors to our events, and we're looking forward to having some film clips to show you soon You can also find our event on the map on the London 2012 website which you can view at www.london2012.com http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/events.php?view=12 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Learning Curve Gallery exhibition, Quay Arts, 31st October - 24th November 2009 Textile and landscape: Inspired by Sow:Sew. We will be working with Isle of Wight parents and carers from the National Autistic Society. The exhibition in the Learning Curve Gallery at Quay Arts, the island's community Art Centre in Newport, will show work from felt-making and textile workshops. The workshops will grow from the experience of the Sow:Sew exhibition at Quay Arts by internationally renowned textile artist, and guest tutor, Jeanette Appleton. The Learning Curve project will continue to develop throughout the Sow:Sew exhibition from a range of workshops drawing inspiration from nature and other work featured at Quay Arts. Working in collaboration with the Isle of Wight Branch of the National Autistic Society. http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/projects.php?view=4 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Exhibition 2: Learning Curve Gallery, Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight Working in response to Quay Arts first No Man is an Island exhibition (Inside Outside Artists Moving On) and to Jeanette Appleton’s Sow:Sew exhibition in their Michael West Gallery, we've been holding a series of felt making and textile workshops open to parents and carers.  Working in collaboration with Quay Arts and the Isle of Wight Branch of the National Autistic Society (NAS), we were delighted to have a weekend workshop with Jeanette Appleton when Sow:Sew opened.  Some of the weekend's work is included in our exhibition in Quay Arts Learning Curve Gallery, which is ‘growing’ throughout our 'Textile and Landscape' exhibition. We have new pieces in the Learning Curve which are a response to the other exhibitions.  We made a wall hanging decorated with flowers made from recycled clothes and pieces of felt, a reference to the Rope Store felt flower hanging and to Jeanette's installations.  We still have our Knitting Nancy, which visitors are adding their stitches to, and our wildflower bed has undergone a conversion.  Looking at some of the themes in Jeanette's exhibition and our interest in recycling, we now have a seed bed with a difference!  Our own felt pods hang over a seed bed covered with felt made from recycled plastic bottles.  The 'plants' which are emerging from the seed drills are formed of old plastic bags and scraps of fabric When the exhibition opened, children helped to design the interactive installations to give a glimpse of an alternative world where all that grows is plastic and there is no need for water.  We left seeds for visitors to make faces from and old water bottles form a fountain decorated with plastic tubes and fabric flowers.  Dropping seeds into the bottles reminded us of the sound of dripping water. *Workshop courses comprise 4 sessions Workshop 1: Tuesday mornings, 10am-12:30pm September 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th Workshop 2: Thursday afternoons, 2-4:30pm October 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd Special weekend course: October 24th–25th. NAS families: weekend workshop with internationally renowned textile artist, Jeanette Appleton. Workshop 3: Tuesday mornings, 10-12:30pm November 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th Thursday 19th November: Drinks reception and exhibition finale at the Learning Curve Gallery, 6-8pm November 24th Learning Curve exhibition closes *Workshops are held at the Jubilee Stores, Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight. http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/events.php?view=6 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT The first exhibition of our Project opened at Quay Arts, the Isle of Wight community Arts Centre, on Saturday 5th September in the Rope Store Gallery. Visitors can see what we've been working towards since our Project started earlier this year, with the range of crafts we've introduced to the exhibition families, on our Gallery page.  These include felt-making, marbling on silk and paper, simple printmaking, exploring colours in nature through paint and textiles and learning about meadowlands. Our exhibition Open Evening at Quay Arts was on Thursday 8th September, between 6 and 8pm. The Isle of Wight MP, Andrew Turner, opened the event and we were delighted to welcome our many visitors.  As well as our drinks reception we had performance and interactive displays for our visitors to enjoy. Jamie did a brilliant dance routine, his sister Lily sang, accompanied by Ruby on guitar, and Luke Kennard gave a poetry reading.  Angela Hewitt brought a display of the work of Naturezones and Leigh Hoffman brought the amazing Soundbeam for people to make music with.  We hope to have some short film clips available for you to view soon. http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/events.php?view=4 Sat, 5 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT This will be the first exhibition of our Project, in the Rope Store Gallery at Quay Arts, the community Arts Centre for the Isle of Wight based in the Island's capital town, Newport. We're showing a core exhibition by some of the Isle of Wight artists and craftspeople who took part in Quay Arts 'Inside Outside' exhibition in 2004. We all live with autism in our families, as well as other so-called 'hidden disabilities' and once again we will be welcoming others to share our creative lives. We started our work with a fantastic group visit to the Cass Sculpture Park, Goodwood and we're working in collaboration with Naturezones, a wildlife reserve and education centre. Drawing inspiration from nature, and the way we live, the central collaboration brings together work by all the families. The exhibition will grow as it travels across the South East as part of the No Man is an Island regional Project. Working with the National Autistic Society and other community groups, we'll be working to achieve our aim to reach a grand finale in London in 2012! The 'Inside Outside Artists moving on' exhibition will be held in the Rope Store Gallery, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight from 5th September to 10th October 2009. There will be an open celebration evening with poetry, comedy and other entertainments at Quay Arts on Thursday 10th September from 6-9pm. The No Man is an Island Project is funded by Awards for All and SEEDA. http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/projects.php?view=3 Sat, 5 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Photography based activities for young people and Lead Artists working towards a Dimbola Lodge exhibition in January 2010 http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/events.php?view=2 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Quay Arts is hosting a free Open Weekend event with No Man is an Island on Sunday evening, 25th July celebrating the creative life of Newport Quay.  There will be music by the hugely popular Island band The Gramophone Party and an up and coming Island act from Acoustic Originals . The group of young musicians will be invited to have their first experience of performing at Quay Arts, as a support band, and No Man is an Island will be sharing interactive work from our exhibitions, inviting visitors to help us knit our way to London by adding a stitch with our giant Knitting Nancy!  We will also feature our Open Weekend 'challenge'  to the public to 'Make a Face for London 2012', to be included in our Seed Bed project. Quay Arts will be open from 7:30pm to 10pm and the event will be held in the Mingehella Theatre and the Quay Cafe.  The event is free but due to seating restrictions, entry is with tickets which will be available from Quay Arts reception in July. For further information about Quay Arts go to www.quayarts.org and for information about Open Weekend events, see www.london2012.org http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/news.php?view=8 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT On Sunday 26th July: We'll be taking our Isle of Wight Open Weekend event to Naturezones, the wildlife reserve and education centre, between 11am and 4pm.  There will be a chance to see how our project links with nature and to try your hand at craft activities.  We will also have open air performances and activities for everyone to try between 12 and 2pm.  The award winning poet Luke Kennard will join us with Matt Johnson, fellow Pegabovine comedy writer / performer.  Matt Splatt will be showing circus skills for visitors to try and Leigh Hoffman will bring  the Soundbeam and Arkaos.  We hope everyone will join in and try their hand at performing and also take the opportunity to walk around the meadow and woodland at Naturezones. This is a nature reserve and wildlife centre so please note that, to preserve the sanctuary, Naturezones ask that visitors don't bring dogs with them.  If you do need to bring your dog, please keep it on the lead at all times. Parking is available for those who need to travel by car, but space is limited.  As part of our green agenda, Naturezones and we would encourage visitors to travel by bus; you can walk along the footpath or cycle along the nearby cycle track which passes close to the wildlife centre.  Naturezones is at the Barn, Birchmore Lane, Blackwater, Nr Newport, PO30 3BN.  You can find Naturezones on our Links page if you want more information. You can also find our event on the map on the London 2012 website which you can view at www.london2012. http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/events.php?view=3 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT We will be holding an Exhibition for the Isle of Wight Island Games Association in the Competitors Village, Shanklin, Isle of Wight for the 2011 Island Games. http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/events.php?view=8 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT We took part in the first Open Weekend event at Quay Arts and Naturezones in 2008 and here are some memories of the events. You can see photos of this year's Open Weekend in the Gallery as well. http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/gallery.php?view=42 Sun, 6 Sep 2009 12:11:40 GMT We took part in the 2009 Open Weekend, with Quay Arts on Saturday and later joining the Isle of Wight branch of the National Autistic Society open event at Havenstreet Steam Railway in the evening. We also took our event to Naturezones on Sunday, which included a chance to join open air activities and perfomance. We'll have more photos in future so please do visit this Gallery again http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/gallery.php?view=46 Sun, 6 Sep 2009 12:28:23 GMT Quay Arts is hosting a drinks reception for the 'Inside Outside Artists Moving On' exhibition on Thursday 10th September from 6-8pm.  We'll be marking the start of our installation,  which we'll be adding to during the course of the exhibition.  For our exhibition open evening on Thursday, we'll have poetry, performance and interactive activities and the event will be opened by Andrew Turner, MP for the Isle of Wight.  http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/events.php?view=10 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Photography by a group of young people is shown in an exhibition with the work they inspired by artists working in other media http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/gallery.php?view=52 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:51:12 GMT Bristol artist Sarah Falber led several workshops showing us how to use marbling inks. Everyone made stunning marbled silk and papers. A great success! http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/gallery.php?view=41 Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:03:57 GMT Tabitha Fedden gave us an introduction to simple printmaking. We practised intaglio and relief printing on papers and on silk.. http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/gallery.php?view=45 Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:15:51 GMT The Rope Store Gallery group started their exhbition work with an inspiring visit to Cass Sculpture Park, Goodwood. http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/gallery.php?view=43 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:34:21 GMT Between early September and late November we will run a series of  felt making and textile workshops leading to an exhibition in the Learning Curve Gallery, Quay Arts.  This inlcudes a weekend workshop with internationally renowned textile artist Jeanette Appleton.  These will be for parents, grandparents and carers and we will be working in collaboration with Quay Arts and the Isle of Wight Branch of the National Autistic Society (NAS).  We hope that the craft skills we're bringing will be fun for all the family to share at home together and continue to develop when the courses end! The workshops will be held at the Jubilee Stores (Quay Arts), Newport and there is additional information on the Textile and Landscape Exhbition page. Workshop 1: Tuesday mornings, 10am-12:30pm September 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th Workshop 2: Thursday afternoons, 2-4:30pm October 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd Special weekend course: October 24th–25th. NAS families: weekend workshop with internationally renowned textile artist, Jeanette Appleton. Workshop 3: Tuesday mornings, 10-12:30pm November 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/events.php?view=9 Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT On Tuesday 23rd June, I flew to Guernsey with Tim Johnson, a fellow artist from the Isle of Wight, to attend the Art and Island conference in Guernsey.  The conference coincided with a series of talks by Wendy Lawson, the Australian author of many fascinating books on autism, hosted by the Guernsey Branch of the National Autistic Society.  'Art and Islands' was the 6th annual conference of the Small Islands Cultural Research Initiative (SICRI) and the theme was 'Art, Islands and Islomania'.  It was a great opportunity to learn more about the culture of island communities around the world and to make links with the international community.   The conference included a wonderful evening visit to Herm Island to see the Anthony Gormley sculpture and, before we left on Friday, we had the amazing chance to watch Andy Goldsworthy creating a temporary beach installation called 'Sand Stones'.  Images of the installations and conference are included in the Gallery. I was delighted to be able to attend one of Wendy Lawson's talks while I was on Guernsey and to meet some of the National Autistic Society (NAS) Branch members.  These few days were a great opportunity to build links with the Channel Islands and the international community, which we're looking forward to developing. http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/news.php?view=9 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT We're developing our portfolios of colours and textures in nature at the Naturezones Wildlife Reserve and Education Centre. The work is in a variety of media including paint, textiles and photography. We're also growing some meadow flowers as part of our Project. http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/gallery.php?view=39 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:44:35 GMT We learnt about meadow plants at Naturezones and potted some for our exhbition. We recorded the meadow colours in paint and in felt. Dick converted an old bed and Melanie made a felt bedspread up, adding pieces we made in the felt-making workshops. We felted the bedspread and Melanie laid the plants in it. We had lots of help from young visitors to the exhbition who watered them for us! http://www.nomanisanisland.org/http://www.nomanisanisland.org/gallery.php?view=49 Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:04:35 GMT