A collective of 10 artists creating work together using film, visual arts, music and fashion The Nest Collective is a small army of thinkers, makers and believers living and working in Nairobi. Together they explore their troubling modern identities, re-imagine … Continued
By Levana Saxon On Beautiful Trouble “Often such little small cultural experiments open up space and possibility for the bigger changes to happen. The real seeds for revolutionary changes can grow in artistic practices.” John Jordan In Sum When seeking to … Continued
By Greg Foyster on Eureka Street You’ve probably come across a version of this guilt trip: when there’s so much injustice and destruction in the world, and so little time to change it, isn’t art a trivial indulgence? It’s a false dichotomy, … Continued
Artist Anandi Cronje and her daughter Lisa Gerber collaborated quite spontaneously – Anandi, rather than reprimanding her, allowed Lisa to draw onto the same paper than Anandi’s work in progress. Resulting in something so profoundly beautiful that I just … Continued
Artist & illustrator Quentin Horn shares: Felix (our Son) is obsessed with picking up “treasures” it started with glass on the beach and now wherever we go, he is picking up and cleaning public spaces. Needless to say, we have a … Continued
Clothes-peg spectacle arm My daughter when she was 18 months old was sitting on my lap at my desk when she grabbed my glasses and viciously twisted them while smiling at me, breaking off the arm and bending it to … Continued
A recent paper has revealed yet another ecological function fungal spores may provide, other than the passing of genetic information to subsequent generations. Maribeth Hassett and her team found that airborne spores released from higher fungi can actually kick start the cohesion … Continued
From: Art and endangered species: eye candy, or action? by Dustin Welbourne “…National Geographic magazine has been publishing brilliant wildlife pictures since 1906, and publishing articles about endangered species earlier still, yet problems persist. In the November 1900 issue of National Geographic John … Continued
“My work explores the relationship between order and chaos throughout all scales of the universe. The chaotic profusion of the natural world seen in the chaotic structure of tree branches, the structure of my lungs, the veins under my skin, … Continued
we all depend on biological diversity it’s the web of life our health, our wealth , our survival
You might have seen the video of the little puffer fish creating sand mandalas on the ocean floor. If not, have a look now >> Here’s another animal – this time from the avian realms: Some are called catbirds, gardeners, … Continued
To attract a female the Puffer Fish (Tetraodontidae) spends about a week creating – maintaining it 24/7 so the currents don’t destroy it – a Sand Mandala of about 2 meters in diameter. The little puffer fish is only about … Continued
It’s time for a food revolution in Africa! Currently, in Africa more than 200 million people are undernourished and approximately 33 million children go to sleep malnourished and hungry every night. “Overcoming poverty must become an act of justice” and … Continued
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This course started only three days ago, you can still join! What you’ll learn Core scientific observational skills Field drawing and sketching techniques Concept sketch development Composition for natural history illustration Form, proportion and structure essentials Drawing and rendering techniques … Continued
New work created by Patrick Tagoe-Turkson in his characteristic technique, while on residency in Japan in July 2018 View more at patricktagoeturkson.com
cyanotype on fabriano paper approx. 25cm in diameter www.chloeobermeyer.com
About 30 people braved the icy sea breeze on Saturday to take part in the beach cleanup that forms part of the annual International Coastal Cleanup, initiated by the Ocean Conservancy, coordinated by John Kieser from PlasticSA and WESSA’s Eden … Continued
written by Ken Gie / As at March 2015 SAVED BY THE STROKE OF A PEN 1986 – A stretch of land North of Caledon Street, (12 hectare, later expanded by about 9 hectare), now occupied by the Garden Route Botanical … Continued
I attended the recent Pen & Stone workshop by Heleen de Haas, at Aswater / Die Letterhuis, situated between Klaarstroom and Prince Albert in the Karoo. And what an experience it was! Not only did I learn, play and rediscover … Continued
“Based on its history, it is understandable that environmentalism may be seen as a movement reserved for a privileged minority. However, today, it should be a daily practice for everyone, not only the dark greenies who build their own off-the-grid tiny homes … Continued
Memento Mori (2018) “My work is a meditation on the skull and reflects my interest in the notion of memento mori – the Latin phrase meaning ‘remember, you will die’. My fascination stems from my experience of processing my own mortality. This subject, … Continued
From the Tankwa Artscape website: Art Camp will be from Friday 24 May to Monday 3 June 2019 We invite ephemeral land/nature artists, installation artists, performance and sound/spoken word artists and combinations of the above to apply for Tankwa Art … Continued
This September thousands of people is participating in hundreds of actions across five continents in a global mobilisation of distributed actions in our towns and cities, universities, places of worship and community spaces to drive climate action within our communities … Continued
TreeSisters exists to elicit collective responsibility for planetary restoration at the grass roots level with a focus on women and tropical reforestation. We are growing a global network of women who donate monthly to fund the acceleration of tropical reforestation as … Continued
A collection of alternative, no-waste, ethical gift ideas Gift a tree or tree ring with GreenpopPlant a tree in honour of the person!www.greenpop.org/gift-trees Give the gift of experience with a Veld and Sea workshop voucher.Valid for up to 6 months … Continued
Serial Killer IV Monotype by Emma Kielczynska Materials used monotype of dip-dyed found waste objects pressed into cotton paper. Size W:46cm x H:71cm x D:0.1cm (paper size, unframed) Edition 1 of 1, signed The impact that our consumerist society … Continued
For a morning of art-making at the Garden Route Botanical Garden in George, South Africa, Nico Voges and Ingrid Nuss joined me to play around with materials found at the nursery of the gardens:
Catching the Wind. Strijdom van der Merwe. Echigo Tsumari Triennale, Japan, 2018. View a video of the artwork on facebook >>
edited by Heather Davis and Etienne Turpin Taking as its premise that the proposed geologic epoch of the Anthropocene is necessarily an aesthetic event, this book explores the relationship between contemporary art and knowledge production in an era of ecological crisis, … Continued