Walk & sketch in the park- The Exhibition

This exhibition presents a selection of work made by participants during the walk&sketch workshops this summer see.

David Aspin, Jim Thompson, Janna McDonald, Tina Enlander, Elizabeth Geary, Jim Reilly, Qing Wang, Jude Parkinson, JM, John Mather, John Fitzpatrick, Ciara Slevin, Jolene Hagen, Joanne Fitzpatrick, Charles Ludlow, Mo Macauley, Georgia, Peter Terek, Georgia McKeown, Thonas Knox, Lorna Marjanovic, Pawel Kozub, William French, Flor Spaans and Jean Jing. Plus unkown or anonymous artists that either did not put names on work or who joined the sessions on the day or spur of the moment.

Ends 30 November 2018

This exhibition presents a selection of work made by participants during the walk&sketch workshops this summer see.
Walk & sketch in the park was a series of free walking and sketching events held during June- September in Belfast parks. This was the third time artists Cilla Wagner and Sharon Kelly organised this project which is very popular and often oversubscribed.

With this presentation a link is made between the outdoor creative activity with our project space, bridging the gap between dedicated hobby, creative leisure activity and serious art production. It also opens and exposes the work to a wider audience, who might be inspired to give it a try as well.

Background

Walk and sketch in the park was a series of 8 free walking and sketching events in 7 of Belfast's city parks during this summer. Participants were invited to join artists Sharon Kelly and Cilla Wagner for a gentle walk through the park with regular stops to sketch, draw or watercolour at various locations. Participants were supported and encouraged by the facilitating artists to observe and visually translate the world around them by using materials provided at the event (pencils, charcoal and wet media such as watercolour and pen/wash). Sketches were made by observing the surrounding landscape in the immediate park and natural world (flowers, plants and trees) and any architecture of the park (gateways, buildings, bridges). Views from the parksl also provided subject matter for sketching.
The facilitating artists provided artistic support and encouragement so that participants felt able to try sketching at their own pace.

SUNDAYS 3- 5pm

17 JUNE   BOTANIC PARK, BT7 1LP
01 JULY BARNETTS DEMESNE PARK, BT9 5PB
22 JULY SIR THOMAS AND LADY DIXON PARK, BT17 9LA
29 JULY   VICTORIA PARK, BT4 1JT
12 AUG WATERWORKS, BT14 6NG
26 AUG ORMEAU PARK, BT7 3GG
02 SEPT CAVEHILL COUNTRY PARK/BELFAST CASTLE, BT15 5GR
09 SEPT   BOTANIC PARK, BT7 1LP

The programme is funded by Belfast City Council.