PLANTING FOR THE PLANET @ NEW ADELPI ATRIUM
19 October - 16 November 2022
New Adelphi Atrium, University of Salford, Salford / Monday – Friday / 9AM – 5PM / Plan you visit here
Artist-in-residence Gwen Riley-Jones has been working with the University of Salford Art Collection since 2021, using the Collection as a starting point to engage with young people about what matters most to them.
For one of her projects, Gwen spent time with youth environment group Action for Conservation, in partnership with RHS Garden Bridgewater, and together they explored how art and creativity can help communicate issues around climate change. They used used socially-engaged photography practice and sustainable plant-based printing methods to produce a series of images originally shown at the RHS Garden Bridgewater site in Summer. The photographs on display were taken by group members exploring their own relationships to natural environments; and the green tinted portrait images are made using spinach juice instead of ink, on recycled paper.
Gwen has also been working with groups of young people in partnership with Salford Youth Service, together they have explored wellbeing and ways of using photography and nature to connect and feel better. The second set of images were produced by young people who identify as LGBTQ+ on Salford Pride during Youth Week in August 2022.
To find out more about Gwen’s residency projects, click here.
Image: Gwen Riley Jones and Action for Conservation
New Adelphi Atrium, University of Salford, Salford / Monday – Friday / 9AM – 5PM / Plan you visit here
Artist-in-residence Gwen Riley-Jones has been working with the University of Salford Art Collection since 2021, using the Collection as a starting point to engage with young people about what matters most to them.
For one of her projects, Gwen spent time with youth environment group Action for Conservation, in partnership with RHS Garden Bridgewater, and together they explored how art and creativity can help communicate issues around climate change. They used used socially-engaged photography practice and sustainable plant-based printing methods to produce a series of images originally shown at the RHS Garden Bridgewater site in Summer. The photographs on display were taken by group members exploring their own relationships to natural environments; and the green tinted portrait images are made using spinach juice instead of ink, on recycled paper.
Gwen has also been working with groups of young people in partnership with Salford Youth Service, together they have explored wellbeing and ways of using photography and nature to connect and feel better. The second set of images were produced by young people who identify as LGBTQ+ on Salford Pride during Youth Week in August 2022.
To find out more about Gwen’s residency projects, click here.
Image: Gwen Riley Jones and Action for Conservation