This month sees us running our next two school sessions, postponed from the Spring due to Covid-19. Myself and Andover Trees United‘s current Education Officer Emily Roper, will be working with Appleshaw St Peters and Portway Junior Schools, following on from the sessions that Becky and I ran earlier in the year. These sessions willContinue reading “Starting Up Again: Ash Tree Stream Emerges from Lockdown”
Tag Archives: Covid-19
Sharing the Learning at Portway Juniors
It’s been lovely to see that even in semi-lockdown the children at Portway Junior School have been using our free online resources (Identifying Ash Trees and Making Art with Ash Trees) to inspire more creative learning with their local trees. Thank you to teacher Alex Walker and her colleagues for sharing these images with us,Continue reading “Sharing the Learning at Portway Juniors”
Looking for Ash Trees in Abbotts Ann
Thanks very much to Alex Marshall, who contacted me with these photographs of Ash Trees that she and Wendy Davis located, with the help of the Identifying Ash Trees blog post. ‘Wendy and I have been inspired by your AshTreeStream blog posts to go out and look for ash trees in Abbotts Ann. We wereContinue reading “Looking for Ash Trees in Abbotts Ann”
Art with Ash Trees: Drawing by Jo Beal
As schools closed and the Ash Tree Stream exhibition was postponed (see more here), the participatory element of Ash Tree Stream temporarily moved online, with two free downloadable resources to get you all involved – Identifying Ash Trees and Making Art with Ash Trees. We are asking people to identify an Ash Tree near whereContinue reading “Art with Ash Trees: Drawing by Jo Beal”
The Ash Looks Back
While the school sessions are postponed and some activities have gone online, I’ve been quietly working away, researching and developing my own artwork ready for the exhibition (now scheduled for October instead of July). The Ash Looks Back is the title I’ve come up with to describe this body of work. I decided when IContinue reading “The Ash Looks Back”
Covid-19: Making Some Changes to the Project
In light of the current situation with Covid-19 our plans for school sessions running through to June, and an exhibition in July at CAS (Chapel Arts Studios), unfortunately won’t be possible. Happily though, Arts Council England have approved our proposal for a few changes to the project, meaning that we can hang on to ourContinue reading “Covid-19: Making Some Changes to the Project”
Free Resource: Making Art with Ash Trees
Following on from my last post on Identifying Ash Trees, I’ve put together a free downloadable resource with suggested arts activities to carry out with or in response to your own local Ash trees. As before, please do share your experiences, photos and artworks with us, either on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram using the #AshTreeStreamContinue reading “Free Resource: Making Art with Ash Trees”
Starting Out in Abbotts Ann
Thank you to Maija Liepins who has been the first person to get in contact following the publishing of our Identifying Ash Trees guide. All words and images below are by Maija. If you’d like to share your own experiences of Ash Trees, please download the guide and share any photographs/artwork with us using theContinue reading “Starting Out in Abbotts Ann”
Free Guide: Identifying Ash Trees
With the Covid-19 lockdown and school closures we wanted to support people to get out (on their one walk or cycle ride a day) and start to identify Ash trees growing in their local area. Whether you have an Ash tree in your garden, on your street, or in your local park, we’d love youContinue reading “Free Guide: Identifying Ash Trees”
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