In association with Schumacher College, Transition Town Totnes ARTS is delighted to present Lynne Hull a Colorado based eco artist, who will be giving an evening talk 4th June and masterclass 8th June.

Using the concepts of "acting locally" and "inhabiting our place" Lynne will be encouraging us to explore our own contribution to this place through her talk and masterclass.

Masterclass: Walking the Talk: Art and ecology projects in Totnes, what next..?
Sunday 8th June, 10 – 3pm, Bogan House, Totnes, £30 (£25 concessions).

As part of a local workshop on eco-art, artist Lynne Hull will lead a morning walk and afternoon workshop around Totnes, on Sunday 8th June, 10 – 3pm.

We will look at ideas for reducing global warming and our carbon footprints and strategies for creating change toward sustainability within our community.  We will be examining community infrastructure and  systems, local wastes and hazards, natural resources, city planning and greening.
All are invited to participate. The walk will follow Lynne’s slide talk Wedneday 8th June, 8pm, Schumacher College,  “From Lascaux to last Week”.

After the walk the workshop will convene as a planning and discussion session to generate ideas on how to create needed changes and how art can be a part of those actions. Time permitting we will also looking at  creating proposals, finding partnerships, and fundraising.
For more info: See the Transition Town Totnes web site or contact Janey Hunt 01803 865 006. For booking contact Transition Town Totnes 01803 867358. Participants are asked to meet at Birdwood House, High Street, Totnes promptly. 

We will be outside for some of the time so wear appropriate clothing. To book the workshop please send a cheque to Transition Town Totnes along with your name, contact details and email address.

Lynne creates sculpture installations as wildlife habitat enhancement and eco-atonement for human impact. Seeking to mend western civilization's split between human and non-human nature Lynne Hull confers on the human artist the role of curator of the Earth's living art gallery.

“I am increasingly aware that the greatest challenge faced by other species is the need for change in human values and attitudes toward conflicting rights, wants, and needs. Science daily offers new information, but do bar graphs and statistics lead to wisdom?

It has been the venue of artists, poets, philosophers to create new myths, revise the stories, encourage the shifts in attitude we must have for all to survive in the long range. I hope my work offers models for equitable solutions. "


She has worked in 8 countries and 14 US states with a wide variety of wildlife agencies and communities. In the American West Lynne continues to work with state wildlife departments, the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and National Park Service. “I prefer direct collaboration with wildlife specialists, environmental interpreters, landscape architects, and local people for design integration. The artworks function in the temporal gap between the time reclamation of damaged sites begins and the time nature recovers.”

Lynne is teaching on the Schumacher College short course Creating Nature: Art in the landscape, May 26 – June 6, along with Susan Derges and James Marriot.

More information : www.totnes.transitionnetwork.org; www.eco-art.org;
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