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2nd March - 2nd June 2019
The Bursary Awards are given annually by the Royal Society of Sculptors to a small group of talented early career sculptors of any age or nationality, with or without formal training and working in any style of media. The Awards are designed to support sculptors in the transition from study to professional practice.
Read MoreRuben Salgado Escudero Solar Portraits
22nd March – 12th May 2019
Solar Portraits
Denis Okiror (30) began using solar lights at his barbershop in Kayunga two years ago, he says most of his customers prefer to visit him in the evening. Electricity is a rare luxury in Uganda. The portrait was set up using solar lights as the only source of illumination.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS - 1st March 2019 at 5pm
Fully funded 6 week summer residency opportunity with thanks to the generous support from the Brian Mercer Trust is now open for applications.
This opportunity is for emerging artists based in the North West and will culminate in a showcase exhibition at the end of the residency.
For more information and how to apply please follow the link https://grizedaleresidency.artopps.co.uk/
Saturday 9 March 2019 Booking Essential
Read MoreThe Tree Charter Pole was carved by Simon Clements in 2017 with poetry by Harriet Fraser to represent each of the 10 Principles set out in the Charter for Trees, Woods and People. It was installed along the Millwood Trail here at Grizedale.
Read MoreThe Tree Charter Celebratory Walk will be at Grizedale on 24th November 2018 starting at 10.30am until 1.30pm.
Read MoreImages of hand printing wood showing all its natural beauty and mystery.
Read MoreRUUP by Birgit Õigus a co-commission between Forestry Commission England and Lakes Alive Festival. Celebrating 50 years of Art in the Forest. This piece is one of the integral pieces to be installed at Grizedale as part of the 50th Anniversary programme.
Read MoreEarth Photo is an innovative new international photography competition and exhibition developed jointly by Forestry Commission England and the Royal Geographical Society. The project reflects the organisations’ common interest in enabling a better understanding of the world around us through our complementary disciplines of the Environment and Geography.
Photography has a profound national and international influence and that a picture is worth a thousand words; images continue to influence public understanding of the world around us and convey meaning and emotion beyond the barriers of language.
Earth Photo’s main objective is to reveal the story behind the pictures: informing, entertaining and engaging audiences of all kinds and encouraging conversations to begin about their subjects. Earth Photo will enable the viewer not only to appreciate a single or group sequence of images, but also to understand the ‘back story’ to a picture.
If A Tree Falls in A Forest is an artistic investigation based upon the well-known philosophical thought experiment regarding the observation and perception of reality. The exhibition combines contemporary art & design with cosmological research.
Read MoreLumen Studios will present a series of works inspired by the naturally dark skies of Grizedale Forest. Lumen is an art collective, focused on themes of astronomy and light.
Read MoreAn exhibition of illustrations exploring the ancient legends, stories and mythology of the forest, looking at the feelings the forest evokes in us and the effects on our wellbeing.
Read More24th May - 23rd September 2018
The Forestry Commission has teamed up with the Royal Society of Sculptors to create a new exhibition as part of Grizedale Forest’s 50th Anniversary of Arts and Culture in the forest.
Since 1968 artists have been drawn to Grizedale to create beautiful pieces inspired by this special place. Known for its internationally renowned forest sculpture collection, Grizedale now hosts a free rolling programme of contemporary exhibitions in its gallery set in the heart of the Lake District forest.
The ‘Inspired by Nature’ exhibition includes work from nine artists using a range of media - from pine needles to marble, bronze and wood. All the works presented have been inspired by nature in some way.
Featured artists include Sadie Brockbank, Linda Johns, Neil Ferber, Jeremy Turner, Anna Gillespie, Diane Maclean, Janne Malmros, Gerry Judah and Julian Wild.
28 April 2018
Gain a new insight into the history, uses and physical properties of wood, and learn all about the dark art of steam-bending solid wood into impossible looking shapes, including twisting, splitting and 3 types of compression strap. We will be bending 10 different species as well as seeing how thick a piece we can bend on the day! Everyone gets to take part during the 2 hour teaching session and there will an optional making session afterwards when you can make your own unique sculpture, steam-bent pot or lampshade to take home. This is transformational afternoon, with a talk, slideshow, practical seminar, plus live experiments. come along and you will never look at a tree in the same way again!
Teaching session 1pm - 3pm. Making session 3pm - 5pm. £25
Book at learnsteambending.com
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12 Feb 2018
Come and join us to plant trees around the new treefold:centre sculpture in Grizedale Forest, and celebrate the completion of the sculpture with the artists, Harriet and Rob Fraser of somewhere-nowhere.
treefold:centre was built in summer 2017 as part of the sculpture collection at Grizedale Forest. It is one of three treefolds in Cumbria that have been created by artists Harriet and Rob Fraser as a legacy of The Long View and a marker of the UK Tree Charter.
More information and register for a place at eventbrite.co.uk
5 February - 20 May 2018
Balance, Stack, Play is an interactive exhibition inviting everyone to be an artist. Audience members are asked to balance, build and construct their own sculptures using Kayt Hughes signature wooden blocks, to create their own sculptural form.
Visitors are asked to photograph their creations and upload to social media. A winning sculpture will be selected from the entries to be scaled up to create the latest sculpture for Grizedale’s world famous sculpture collection.
Kayt Hughes is a contemporary artist from Manchester, who graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 2015 and was awarded the Woon Prize for Painting and Sculpture. Solo exhibitions include “My Five Year Old Could Have Done That” at Gallery North and “It May Not Be Perfect But It’s Mine” at The NewBridge Project. This exhibition has been kindly supported by the Arts Council England, PLANT and 3rd Dimension.
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Wednesday 17th January, 13.30pm-17.30pm
Career Start Up Workshop is part of a series of Business development workshops and events designed by the Crafts Council to provide makers with skills to strengthen their business development and promote their work successfully.
Find out about how to turn your making into your brand and a business tool. Two established makers will provide insight into their business and give valuable advice on their experiences setting up their businesses.
Booking essential. Early bird tickets available until 15th December 2017. More information and tickets are available on the Crafts Council Website
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9 January - 13 May 2018
This exhibition shows the development of Charlie Whinney’s practice over the last ten years from architect – designer to pure sculptural practice and his continued passion for investigating man’s relationship with nature through his work.
Charlie’s 2017 piece Mountains we Made will also be celebrated as the latest addition to Grizedale’s world famous forest sculpture collection. This piece, made of steam bent wood grown in Grizedale, was a co-commission by the Forestry Commission, Lakes Culture and Lakes Alive as a response to the announcement of the World Heritage Status.
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18 October - 31 December 2017
This exhibition by photographer Joseph Wright features a series of images created at a Cubby's Tarn. Part biographical in nature, Joseph takes inspiration for this series from the working life of the late John Cubby MBE, former Forestry Commission Chief Wildlife Ranger and family friend.
This man-made tarn was known to be a favourite location in the forest for John. It was later renamed Cubby’s Tarn in dedication of his memory and recognises the significant influences John had on advancing wildlife management techniques worldwide over his 35-year tenure with the Forestry Commission at Grizedale.
Over a number of years Joseph developed an intimate level of understanding of the tarn and surrounding woodland through repeated visits, to create a quiet and expressive body of work that explores the ‘spirit of place'. The photographs also shows us the regenerative effects of nature after forestry activity, and gives voice to those that manage our forests for future generations and their predecessors that passed before.
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2017
This new piece of artwork, entitled ‘Mountains We Made’ by Cumbria-based artist Charlie Whinney, has been specially commissioned by The Forestry Commission England, Lakes Culture and Lakes Alive in response to the new World Heritage inscription for the Lake District National Park. The designation was for its ‘cultural landscape’.
Mountains We Made is created from a series of ten steam bent sections of wood. The oak for the sculpture has been sustainably sourced from Grizedale Forest in the Lake District. The sculpture is designed for people to walk along. The wooden sections are inspired by and echo the forms ofthe ten highest peaks in the Lake District. Embedded with words that are taken from Lake District maps, viewers are encourage to follow the pathway through this new cultural landscape. Mountains We Made is currently touring to a number of venues and arts events including Brockhole, Lakes Alive and will be returning to Grizedale to become part of the permanent collection in January 2018.
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