Overview of the exhibition. The ‘Wilderness for the mind’ exhibition brought together the works of 31 artists from the Wilderness Art Collective, highlighting the connection between nature and mental wellbeing at the strange and unprecedented time of Covid-19 lockdown. Our courageous, experimental, explorer artists whose life experiences inform their works vary in extremity in their desire to connect fully with nature: wild swimming, mountaineering, sailing and parascending. During lockdown, many of the artists have found new sources of inspiration in their local environments.
The exhibition ran from 12 June - 3 July and was accompanied by a programme of behind the scenes interviews, studio visits and artist demonstrations.
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Featured artists: Abigail McDougall, Anne-Laure Caruth, Anthony Garratt, Caroline Ross, Catalina Christensen, Catherine Greenwood, Clare Dudeney, Felicity Flutter, Hannah Scott, Helen Jones, Helen Oakman, Geraldine van Heemstra, Laura Williams, Louisa Burnett-Hall, Louisa Crispin, Louise Ann Wilson, Louise Pallister, Lucy Devenish, Luke Walker, Michael Freedman, Sam Gare, Nickolai Globe, Peter Geraerts, Polly Bennett, Sam Peacock, Sax Impey, Simon Hitchens, Sophie Mason, Stephen Bennetts, Tessa Lyons, Trish Lock, William Bock
Curated by: Clare Dudeney, Geraldine van Heemstra, Catherine Goodman and Simon Hitchens.
Exhibition site: Wilderness for the Mind
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