Grizedale Forest
North England Forest District
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Grizedale
Cumbria LA22 0QJ
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11 Feb - 29 April 2012, Visitor Centre, Grizedale Forest, Cumbria
JVA on Tour Jerwood Encounters: TERRA tours to Grizedale Forest
The exhibition of contemporary sculpture that recently wowed audiences at London’s Jerwood Space will go on show in the heart of one of the Lake District’s most popular locations, and the place of its conception, the Forestry Commission’s Grizedale Forest .
The exhibition of contemporary sculpture that recently wowed audiences at London’s Jerwood Space will go on show in the heart of one of the Lake District’s most popular locations, and the place of its conception, the Forestry Commission’s Grizedale Forest .
TERRA will run at Grizedale from 11 February - 29 April 2012 . The exhibition has been developed and curated by Hayley Skipper , Curator – Arts Development and Antony Mottershead, Arts Development Assistant of Forestry Commission England and was commissioned by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation for Jerwood Visual Arts .
The exhibition brings together artists whose work explores or is in some way inspired by the natural world or phenomenon, and our intrinsic relationship to these landscapes or events. Jonathan Anderson’s spectacular Dark Star, brings to mind a galactic explosion and was created using coal dust; Luke Jerram’s Tohoku Earthquake is a hauntingly beautiful representation of the seismographic data from the earthquake that devastatingly struck Japan last March; and the Owl Project’s Sound Lathe innovatively creates music using traditional green wood working technology.
Edwina fitzPatrick – who is currently completing a PhD with Glasgow School of Art in collaboration with Forestry Commission England at Grizedale Forest – also features in the exhibition with her Arboreal Laboratory, as does Anne-Mie Melis with Are Your Petunias Actually Transgenic? Both represent the artists' research based practice and indepth work with scientists in their respective fields.
Hayley Skipper comments: “ TERRA is a really exciting opportunity to explore a wide range of approaches to contemporary sculpture practice by artists from across the UK. In different ways each of the artists uses the gallery to explore our wider relationship to the environment. It is fantastic that we have had the opportunity to commission new sculpture especially for the exhibition through working in partnership with the Jerwood Charitable Foundation. We are delighted that this Jerwood Encounters exhibition will be the first to tour from the Jerwood Space in London. The unique sculpture programme in Grizedale Forest is both the inspiration and context for the exhibition .”
Established in 1977, Grizedale is the UK's first forest for sculpture. In October last year two major new works were launched at Grizedale Forest as part of Art Roots Grizedale, a wider programme of new commissions, which will reinvigorate sculpture in the forest. TERRA is part of the ongoing programme and will be on display in the Yan building and Archival spaces linked to the Café in the Forest.
The Forestry Commission is the largest provider of countryside recreation in Britain with responsibility for over one million hectares (2.4 million acres) of forest, woodlands and open countryside. The forests today are managed for conservation, wildlife, landscape and recreation as well as providing a valuable source of timber. www.forestry.gov.uk/northwestengland
Jerwood Visual Arts is a contemporary gallery programme of awards, exhibitions and events at Jerwood Space, London and on tour nationally. Jerwood Visual Arts promotes and celebrates the work of talented emerging artists across the disciplines of drawing, painting, sculpture, applied arts, photography and moving image. A major initiative of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation. www.jerwoodvisualarts.org
Jerwood Encounters are one-off curated exhibitions, which provide artists and artist curators with new exhibition opportunities and the chance to explore the issues and territories in the borderlands between the main disciplinary fields of the Jerwood Visual Arts programme. Previous exhibitions in the Encounters series have included Passing thoughts and making plans (4 November – 13 December 2009), For the sake of the image (3 March – 1 April 2010) and SHOW (16 March – 21 April 2011).
The Jerwood Charitable Foundation is dedicated to imaginative and responsible revenue funding of the arts, supporting emerging artists to develop and grow at important stages in their careers. The aim of their funding is to allow artists and arts organisations to thrive; to continue to develop their skills, imagination and creativity with integrity. They work with artists across art forms, from dance and theatre to literature, music and the visual arts. www.jerwoodcharitablefoundation.org
Antony Mottershead is a DCMS Jerwood Creative Bursary recipient at Grizedale Forest through host organisation the Forestry Commission. The DCMS Jerwood Creative Bursaries Scheme is a pilot programme that acts as a springboard to launch talented recent graduates into careers in the arts through providing paid, supported placements with a host of renowned organisations working across art forms in England. The Scheme is supported by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Arts Council England (ACE) and managed by the Jerwood Foundation and Jerwood Charitable Foundation. For more information visit: www.jerwoodcharitablefoundation.org/creative-bursaries
Eva Ullrich Fresh Glimpses
11 Feb - 27 May 2012, Cafe in the Forest, Grizedale
Eva Ullrich recently graduated in painting from The Glasgow School of Art and was selected for the RSA New Contemporaries Scotland, 2012. She is currently based in her hometown, Kendal. She has a playful approach to making work and is interested in the inherent qualities of paint. This becomes a platform with which to create images derived from the memory of specific places. This exhibition includes new transparent paintings on glass supported by the Brewery Arts Centre.
"Eva is an inspiring new artist whose paintings are already receiving attention across Scotland because of their unique vision. We hope the special qualities of the Grizedale venue and its forest location will take Eva's work in exciting new directions." - Richard Foster - Chief Executive Officer, Brewery Arts Centre
