Conservation
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BluehouseArt
has now gathered quite a portfolio of exhibitions and out'stallations
in association with several organisations and charities working in conservation,
in Great Britain and Europe, and continues to work on new projects to
promote further awareness of environmental issues with the wolf as a symbol
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WOBURN SAFARI PARK 'Where Wolf Met Bear' (to be completed Summer 2007).
This ambitious project runs in conjunction with a 2year MA Photography research degree; as we transform the space (an under-used indoor picnic area) to create an educational wolf-related installation combining imagery and stories relating to Canadian wolves and bears and the Rocky Mountain environment, the Iberian Wolf of Northern Spain, myths from the Scottish Isles and current issues in the Polish wilderness.
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Since 2001 performance artists from The Faerie Village of Twlyth (members of The Art Organisation) have come together to promote the opening (or closing) of each wolf related exhibition with their ever-progressive theatre performance of 'Wolven Tales'
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DRUIDSTONE ART PARK 2005 The exhibit 'Totem' a series of large scale imagery of British Wildlife, was mounted along the woodland trail during the summer season. Druidstone, Blean, Kent, provides hands-on educational opportunities for visitors and families to enjoy the magical experience of the ancient woodlands and its wildlife.
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RESIDENTIAL ART AT WILDWOOD 2001 - 2004 This project began as a study of a family of European wolves and a season of public talks about that study at the park; progressed to an out'stallation along the woodland trail, several public exhibits in the Community linked to Bluehouse's regeneration ethos, invitations to participate in The Canterbury Festival, several Herne Bay festivals, The Whitstable Oyster Festival, and The Broadstair's Folk Festival, a series of postcards and imagery for sale to raise funds for Wildwood in its earlier days - prior to establishing itself as a charity and in support of important small mammal conservation and breeding programmes that were happening at the time, a weekend of public art, another - even bigger - out'stallation and an evening of picnic theatre and the first performance of 'Wolven Tales', and the production of wolf howl greeting cards.
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TOTEM - British
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WildARTwood
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A Family of Wolves |
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A Family of Wolves imagery printed in The Bluehouse Darkroom with the support of Slater Crosby Photographic •
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THE HIGHLAND WILDLIFE PARK This was a study of a pack of wolves during winter 1999/2000 and was part of a three year BA hons Creative Arts degree at Cumbria College Art and Design.
Edinburgh Zoo Gallery June 2000 in association with Janet Lambert colour imagery sponsored Eastern Exhibition and Display
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WOLVES AND HUMANS FOUNDATION (formerly The Wolf Society of Great Britain and now a registered charity supporting wolves in the wild and issues relating to wolves in the wild)
Throughout all these projects Bluehouse has liased with the Foundation who have used donated imagery in their quarterly newsletter and more recently for their upgraded website. |
BluehouseArt has previously produced exhibitions to promote wolves at the INVERNESS MUSEUM 2001/ INVERNESS MUSEUM 2002 in association with The Wolf Society (as was) • |
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MORE INFORMATION ON ANY OF THE ORGANISATIONS MENTIONED FOLLOW THIS LINK |
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Wolf Howls a series of 8 greeting cards that combine distinctive monochrome images of wolves, with interpretations of ancient myths, depicting a moment from history when the wolf was thought a hero: an animal to be revered.. the cards are available to purchase online or by mail order. UNITED KINGDOM £8.00 + 65pence P&P EUROPE..€11.60 + €1.20 P&P UNITEDSTATES..$16.00 + $2.40 P&P Available wholesale -UK only - to organisations who would benefit from profits made from retail sales (10 sets of 8 cards - 80 cards) £47.25 (inc P&P) 59pence per card Monies raised from sales support wolf-related conservation projects |
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