Arts and creativity events at this year’s Festival of Nature
24th May 2022
Get inspired and unleash your creative side with nature during this year´s Festival of Nature. Join in with some wonderful arts events including wildlife drawing, writing and reading.
Draw Along with Lauren Cook [ONLINE]
When: Saturday 11 June 1 - 2pm
Where: Online
Grab your colouring pencils and a sheet of paper as we get creative with PhD student and wildlife artist Lauren Cook. Learn how to draw a carpenter bee with Lauren and discover more about the wonderful lives of our pollinating pals with a guest expert.
More information: https://www.bnhc.org.uk/festival-of-nature/festival-of-nature-livestreams/
'Forget Me Not' In Conversation with Sophie Pavelle
When: Sunday 12 June 2 - 3pm
Where: Framework, 35 King Street, Bristol, BS1 4DZ
Join writer and science communicator Sophie Pavelle as she shares readings and stories from her brand-new book Forget Me Not: Finding the forgotten species of climate-change Britain.
More information: https://www.citizenticket.co.uk/events/festival-of-nature/forget-me-not-in-conversation-with-sophie-pavelle/
Gathering Moss: Using creativity to tackle climate change
When: Monday 13 June 1 - 2pm
Where: Online
Gathering Moss, the process of collaborating across continents and the fascinating ideas behind the artworks. The discussion will also explore the power of blending art and activism from the perspective of early career creatives, and how our panellists are using their creativity to tackle climate change.
* Please note this is an 18+ event
More information: https://www.bnhc.org.uk/festival-of-nature/festival-of-nature-livestreams/
Nature Content Creators Evening
When: Monday 13 June 6.30 ‐ 9pm
Where: Watershed, 1 Canon's Road, Bristol, BS1 5TX
Are you interested in the power of podcasts, filmmaking, writing or illustration to engage with audiences? This event will explore the various content being created by science communicators through workshops and talks, this will be a chance for people to showcase their work and meet likeminded people in an evening of networking.
The biggest part of the evening is networking, reconnecting face to face, and sharing ideas to invigorate new activities. We’ve deliberately chosen to host this event at the Watershed who have great food, and a great bar!
More information: https://www.citizenticket.co.uk/events/festival-of-nature/nature-content-creators-evening-at-watershed/
Nature Writing Workshop with Moving Mountains [ONLINE]
When: Monday 13 June 7 - 8pm
Where: Online
Unleash your creative side in this nature writing session hosted by Louise Kenward. The workshop will explore the themes of chronic illness and physical disabilities, and the connections to the outdoors.
More information: https://www.citizenticket.co.uk/events/festival-of-nature/nature-writing-workshop-with-moving-mountains/
Art in the Garden at Redcatch Community Garden
When: Tuesday 14 June 10 - 12pm
Where: Redcatch Community Garden, The Pavilion, Redcatch Park, Broadwalk, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 2RD
Join this free Green Social Prescribing Art in the Garden taster session run by Redcatch Community Garden. Open to all adults.
More information: https://www.citizenticket.co.uk/events/festival-of-nature/art-in-the-garden-at-redcatch-community-garden/
Dark Ecologies: Art and Poetry at Nightfall
When: Tuesday 14 June 7.30 - 9.30pm
Where: Glass Studio, St George's, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR
Join environmental historians Andy Flack and Alice Would, Bristol City Poet Caleb Parkin and audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde to explore darkness in their work and its connection to the more-than-human.
More information: https://www.citizenticket.co.uk/events/festival-of-nature/dark-ecologies-art-and-poetry-at-nightfall/
Sketch & Stroll sessions at Weston General Hospital and Bristol Heart Institute
When & where:
Wednesday, 15 June, 12 - 2pm, Weston General Hospital, Grange Road, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4TQ
Wednesday 15 June, 4 - 6pm, Woodland Walkway, Bristol Heart Institute, Terrell Street, Bristol, BS2 8ED
Sketch and stroll session hosted by Arts & Culture Programme, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. Drop in anytime between 4 - 6pm with a sketchbook and drawing materials.
More information:
https://www.citizenticket.co.uk/events/festival-of-nature/sketch-and-stroll-session/
Create Together with Nature taster session
When: Friday 17 June 11 - 1pm
Where: Coleridge Road Community Allotment, Bournville, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, BS23
A free taster session at Coleridge Road Community Allotment with Create Together. Unleash your creativity through therapeutic art and craft activities, including making a nature mandela and painting a bird box.
More information: https://www.citizenticket.co.uk/events/festival-of-nature/create-together-with-nature-taster-session/
Reclaiming the wild: Smashing the middle-class norms and conventions in nature writing
When: Thursday 16 June 1 - 2pm
Where: Watershed, 1 Canon's Road, Bristol, BS1 5TX
Join acclaimed nature writers Niellah Arboine, Natasha Carthew and Anita Sethi as they discuss what it means to be working-class nature writers. Together, they highlight the importance of authentic voices, give readings from their latest works and discuss the barriers working-class writers face when entering the world of publishing.
More information: https://www.bristolideas.co.uk/attend/reclaiming-the-wild/
WOODS by Clarice Lima (In Between Time)
When: Friday 17 June 3.30pm & Saturday 18 June 12pm and 2pm
Where: Bristol City Centre
In the heart of Bristol’s busiest shopping district an international troupe, alongside 40 brilliant Bristolians, will create a forest with their bodies as they simultaneously stand on their heads. This forest lives as long as the strongest headstand as audiences watch it grow and fall.
More information: https://inbetweentime.co.uk/whats-on/woods/
Some People Climb Up with Sylvia Rimat (In Between Time)
When: Saturday 18 June 10am, 12pm, 2.30pm
Where: Leigh Woods, Bristol
A sensory adventure into the depths of the forest plus an encounter with the metaphorical forest of our brain, this activity explores our interconnectedness with the land on which we walk. Local artist Sylvia Rimat’s app guides us through the forest, off the beaten path and encourages us to experience this ancient woodland via all our senses.
More information: https://inbetweentime.co.uk/whats-on/some-people-climb-up/
SLOWMO - Instant Dissidence (In Between Time)
When: Saturday 18 June 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm
Where: Bristol City Centre
For one day only, Bristol’s stories dance through its streets. Instant Dissidence journey to their Bristol destination across land and sea this spring and summer ahead of IBT Wildness, travelling through Cyprus, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and France. As they take the slow path towards Bristol they collect stories of people they meet on the way and turn them into dances.
More information: https://inbetweentime.co.uk/whats-on/slow-mo/