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Meetat the back entrance

of Whitworth Art Gallery

from 1.15 pm.

Please wear sturdy shoes for

walking in rough grass. Bring

suitable clothing for the weather

conditions (sun hat and factor

cream, waterproof jacket).

WELL GO INSIDE IF IT RAINS A LOT

There will be a break to make use

of the toilet and caf facilities in

Whitworth Gallery.

Materials will be provided but

bring a camera, sketching things

and protective gloves if you wish.

Tuesday 5 July 1.30 pm4.30 pm

Contact Lin Charlston if you have questionslincharlston@btinternet.comGo to Eventbrite for your FREE ticket:

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TAKE THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY TOCONNECT WITH PEOPLE AND PLANTS

WHILE WEAVING GRASS AND WEAVING

STORIES.

o Encounter grass in new ways.

o Respond to natural materials.

o Listen to the plants.

o Share stories.

o Create and participate in an

outdoor pop-up exhibition.

VALERIA VARGAS

Education for Sustainable Development

Co-ordinator and PhD researcher at MMU

LIN CHARLSTON

Practice-based PhD researcher at

MIRIAD, Manchester School of Art.

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Further Information

The aim of this workshop is to explore the sense of identity and agency of human beings in our

responsible, adaptive individuality and to forge links between the human and non-human

"community". Participants will investigate the different features of the Colombian bag Mochila

Arhuaca, which has special cultural significance, and experience a 'wildspace' in Whitworth

Park. We will think about symbolic meanings and artefacts as shelter intertwined with

participant-led narratives as we weave natural materials with our hands.

Valeria Vargasidentifies herself as a member of the Colombian culture. Valeria has a multi-

disciplinary background and explores transdisciplinarity daily. She was introduced early in life

to indigenous practices in the Amazon mainly related to crafts and music. She has extensive

experience of living amongst unfamiliar cultures to her. Although she has produced and sold

sculptures and worked in academic settings, she does not consider herself an Artist, a

Designer or an Educator. She does not consider herself a Musician or a Curator. She

considers herself a Human, a part of Nature and a born inquirer.

Valerias research is in Education for Sustainable Development and organisational change in

Higher Education Institutions. Her focus is indigenous thinking in her home country of

Colombia, and ethical and ecological issues related to cultural shifts and well-being.

Lin Charlstonspractice-based research develops the concept of the multimodal book as

an artistic means of investigating plant agency in processes of growing and making.

Lin has been working with the book form since 2000 when she gained MA Book Arts with

distinction at Camberwell College of Arts. The focus of her books and her present research is

the relationships between plants and people, and how these are affected by commodification

and anthropocentrism. Lin proposes that appreciation of the aesthetic, instrumental and

intrinsic values of plants might be enriched through an awareness of plant agency in simple

everyday encounters of making and growing.