LEADSCAPE Walk and Drawing Workshop

ACA Allenheads Contemporary Arts

Join us for a fun, informative day of walking and getting creative at the LEADSCAPE Walk and Drawing Workshop on April 27th!

ACA Gallery

Join Carole McCourt and Steve Cousins on a fascinating walk of discovery across the Leadscape of the North Pennines and experience how the geology of the area has dictated the valley’s mining heritage and how it still affects the way we live today.This circular walk starts in Allenheads Village and will meander around the fells taking in some breathtaking views whilst revealing hidden remnants of the industrial heritage.We encourage you to bring your mobile phones or cameras and sound recorders to collect evidence of your findings and experiences on the walk. We will provide you with mini sketch pads and pencils. All your resulting media will feed into the workshop back in the gallery. The workshop will focus on making drawings, including the special technique of metal-point, demonstrated by Carole. All art materials provided.The walk will be at a slow comfortable pace, taking up to 2 hours to cover approximately 4 miles. It will allow plenty of time for conversations and getting up close to details. Bring snacks and drinks for the walk and a packed lunch for back in the gallery, or treat yourself to lunch or cake at the local Hemmel café. Wear suitable attire for all weather and rough terrain.This event is part of the CONNECT project supported by Newcastle University Business School.It is underpinned by research exploring the value of real-life encounters, bringing people together through stimulating experiences to explore, converse, sense and create. Creative outcomes will be presented at an exhibition at ACA Gallery in July.Thanks to support from Killhope Lead Mining Museum and Newcastle University Business School, tickets for this event are free. Numbers are limited to a small group of 12 people so please book if you are committed and let us know as soon as possible if you need to cancel so we can offer your place to someone on the waiting list.Carole McCourt is an artist interested in ‘noticing the unnoticed’ with walking and drawing at the core of her practice.Carole forensically researches the environs of remote areas and looks at how the physical and emotional surroundings such as geology, botany and ecology can contribute to making the stories and histories of a place accessible.The results are often multi-media installations which can include drawing, printmaking, digital and found objects.Steve Cousins is a creative, earth scientist tour guide.He is a passionate communicator and expert story teller of Earth History through experiential activities. He combines geology, heritage and arts to inform and inspire.

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