Project Title: Art Comes Naturally
Applicant: Faceless Arts
Grant Awarded: £1999
Project Summary:
Art Comes Naturally was a project and collaboration between, Faceless Arts and award winning environmental artist, James Brunt.
The project aimed to re-introduce nearby green spaces to their neighbouring communities and encourage families, children and young people to spend time outdoors by enjoying being creative together.
During Autumn 2016,Space to Create,an 8m diameter pop up creative activity dome was erected, in 5 different parks/public open spaces for two days. The green space sites that expressed an interest in being involved included:
Dearne Valley Country Park, Barnsley, focussing on wildlife
Thurnscoe Memorial (Flower) Park, focussing on social heritage
Elsecar Park & Reservoir, focussing on industrial heritage and wildlife.
Waterloo Kiln & Pottery Pond, Wath on Dearne informed by the industrial heritage of the Dearne Valley Potteries
Broomhill Park, Old Moor, focussing on wildlife
In the Space at each of these sites,the project teamdelivered a day of workshops with primary schools and a weekend family event day. On the family event day, visitors were also able to spot our 9ft tall Giant Heron Walkabout character performance.
Project Status: Complete
This film was made at the end of the project at Elsecar Park and shows how the team enabled and encouraged children to connect and be creative with nature and their local green spaces.