Kurt Jackson's artworks of reflected, captured light show his obvious love for the wild ecology of the UK's favourite coastline and have made him one of the country's most respected art activists. Arts Editor GARY COOK learns more.
… The Arts Interview: Give bees a chance says environmental artist and trained zoologist Kurt Jackson Gary Cook Ecologist Arts Editor | 1st August 2016 Comment Arts …
Lesley Hilling is a core member of Human Nature - a group of 30 like-minded artists aiming to change the way people think and act about the natural environment through their work. GARY COOK visits her London home and studio to learn more
… The Arts Interview - The 'real' Lesley Hilling Gary Cook Arts Editor | 28th November 2016 Comment Art Recycle Environmentalist Human Nature …
Marmite. Barry Manilow, Nigel Farage and wind turbines. People either love them or hate them with rarely anyone on the fence. But Deon Reynolds' atmospheric turbine photographs might just buck that trend and persuade even rabid climate deniers to acknowledge their beauty, writes
GARY COOK
… The Ecologist Arts Interview: Photographer Deon Reynolds … Gary Cook | 2nd September 2016 Comment Art Photography Environmental Activism … just been added to Nevada Museum's Center for Art and Environment, fine art photographer …
After decades of travelling the globe documenting environmental issues, UK photographer Edward Parker has turned his lens closer to home with a new book on the Ancient Trees of the National Trust. He talks to Arts Editor, GARY COOK
… The Arts Interview - Edward Parker, Environmental Photographer Gary Cook Arts Editor | 4th November 2016 Comment Arts Trees National Trust Photography …
The curator of the new Force of Nature exhibition in London's Art Pavilion tells our Arts Editor, GARY COOK, that from the beginning of human history, and in every culture, nature has played a vital role in creative expression
… Gary Cook | 17th March 2017 Comment Nature Art Exhibition Artworks Creative Expression The Natural World … new Force of Nature exhibition in London's Art Pavilion tells our Arts Editor, GARY COOK, …
Wildlife artist Rachel Lockwood is in creative lockdown preparing for her new exhibition called Wilding. Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY COOK went to her North Norfolk studio to talk paint, animals and other environmental matters
… The Ecologist Arts Interview: UK Wildlife Artist Rachel Lockwood Gary Cook | 28th September 2016 Comment Rachel Lockwood Arts Artist Wildlife Flora Fauna Conservation …
Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY COOK meets an artist determined to put plants centre stage with her new Leafscape project which includes a new exhibition this month and a crowd-funded book
… The ARTS Interview: Botanical Artist, Jess Shepherd Gary Cook | 1st February 2017 Comment Arts Botany Environment Plants jess shepherd.jpg Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY COOK meets an artist …
Exhibition and fundraiser calls for immediate climate action.
… The art of activism Marianne Brooker | 18th September 2019 News Friends Of The Earth Change Makers … calls for immediate climate action. The Art of Activism is a multi-artist exhibition and fundraiser for Friends …
In its purist form, drawing is marking down the junctions of observed lines. The Ecology Movement does the same thing - joining up the dots of our under-strain, but interlinked environment to create forceful arguments, writes Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY COOK
… Expressing environmental concerns through the artist's pencil and paint Gary Cook Arts Editor | 13th June 2017 Comment Ecology Environment Art Conservation cook_gary_re-emergence_lr.jpg …
Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY COOK, meets a UK-based artist/musician whose unique 'soundscapes' capture the other worldly genus loci of the natural world - its sacred sites and hidden gems
… The ARTS Interview: Soundscape Artist, Matthew Shaw Gary Cook | 23rd March 2017 Comment Arts Nature SSSI Sacred Sites matthew shaw …
Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY COOK, visits a new exhibition showcasing the plight of the British bee - those species already sadly lost and those on the verge of extinction
… UK Artists showcase the plight of the disappearing British bee Gary Cook Arts Editor | 7th July 2017 Comment Bees Conservation Endangered Extinct The Arts newman.jpg Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY …
… Covid Marianne Brooker | 20th July 2020 News Arts Poetry Climate Thought Leaders Reading … poets have been appointed by climate activist arts organisation Cape Farewell to engage with … Covid-19 and climate change. Supported by Arts Council Emergency Funding, the Siren …
What does it mean to create art in the context of climate crisis? How do we create sustainable, engaging, and critical performance acts and spaces? Birkbeck’s Centre for Contemporary Theatre hosted a one-day symposium to explore the connections between theatre and ecology, reports MARIANNE BROOKER
… What does it mean to create art in the context of climate crisis? How do … disaster. This question warrants an urgent rearticulation, as last week’s ‘Creative … defiantly – happening in climate change: our art occurs in its heat, its airs, its force, …
Major retrospective exhibition devoted to the work of celebrated Brazilian photographer and activist Claudia Andujar to open in January 2020.
… Andujar Yanomami Indigenous Brazil Galleries Art Culture International … extraordinary contribution to the art of photography as well as her major role … the dual nature of a career committed to both art and activism. The exhibition's first …
Entrances to National Portrait Gallery blocked by performance activists, preventing guests from entering the gallery.
… from entering the gallery. A group of thirty artists, performers and activists arrived at … and chained themselves to gates to prevent party guests from entering the building, others … You can read the fake programme here . Live art Meanwhile, a group of portrait artists and …
Portrait artists echo call for National Portrait Gallery to act on climate emergency.
… 2019 News BP.oil National Portrait Gallery Art Culture Change Makers cagw-2.jpg Portrait artists echo call for National Portrait … over its controversial oil sponsor, BP. Artist Gary Hume - one of BP Portrait …
Ash trees are under severe threat. Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey's latest artwork aims to celebrate and protect our arboreal heritage. GARY COOK reports
… Ash to Ash: a new artwork reimagines the history of trees Gary … 2018 Comment Ash Trees Forests Woodlands Art ackroydharvey_ash_to_ash_with_artists_c_manuel_vason_resized.jpeg Ash trees … Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey's latest artwork aims to celebrate and protect our …
The Green Party's new 'Green Creates' exhibition runs from 19 to 24 October at Hoxton Arches, London showcasing the work of the likes of Ralph Steadman, Grayson Perry, Gavin Turk, Andy Goldsworthy, Lesley Hilling and Craig Jones. Their donated pieces on the theme of 'Green Voices' will be auctioned to raise funds for the party. GARY COOK takes a preview
… The 'Green Creates' exhibition invites Green 'artist' voices to shout about their concerns Gary Cook Arts Editor | 8th October 2016 Ethical Living Art Environment Green Green Party Ralph …
Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY COOK, discusses a new exhibition focused on the plight of British Ash - a home for over 1000 other species
… trees Gary Cook | 5th October 2017 News Cook Art Ash Tree Environment Dieback Dutch Elm 405428.jpg Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY COOK, discusses a new … celebrating the tree by 11 nationally-known artists and photographers will be held at the …
Public sector must stop funding climate change say Welsh organisations.
… 2019 News Wales Fossil Fuels Friends Of The Earth 41603080750_855453897f_o.jpg Public … seven well-being of goals. Friends of the Earth Cymru, the Future Generations … Pension Funds, the new Wales Pension Partnership, the Assembly Member Pension Scheme …
Trees, a new exhibition in Paris, explores our intimate and at times devastating knowledge of plant life through art and science.
… | 10th July 2019 News Trees Paris Exhibition Art Thought Leaders … devastating knowledge of plant life through art and science. The exhibition Trees , 12 … – 10 November 2019, gives voice to numerous artists, botanists, and philosophers who, …
Our Arts Editor, GARY COOK, travels with his sketchbook to one of the last remaining wilderness places on Earth - Antartica - and returns home humbled by the experience
… South Gary Cook | 17th May 2017 Comment Antartica Artic Conservation Wilderness Fishing Naturalists gary_cook.jpg Our Arts Editor, GARY COOK, travels with his …
The newly formed Cultural Renewal Taskforce must embed environmental practice at the heart of its strategy.
… must embed environmental practice at the heart of its strategy. Leading cultural figures … embeds environmental practice at the heart of its strategy. A letter sent by Julie’s … Merriman of The Horniman Museum, Louise Stewart, CEO of Alexandra Palace, Richard Mantle, …
… Gary Cook | 2nd July 2021 | Comment Music Art Resurgence & Ecologist atimg_327_22_1.jpg … the joy that natural sounds can evoke. This article first appeared in the Resurgence & … is precisely what makes Australian artists Sonia Leber and David Chesworth’s new …