All are invited to keep the *Week of Sustainability* going with a Mobile Print Studio workshop led by Curator Rachel Grant from Aberdeen’s Peacock & The Worm, to convene Monday, March 23, 1-2:30 p.m, @79 Makerspace, 79 North Street. Come out and learn about the nexus of sustainability and printmaking while trying your hand at screenprinting. The event is supported by Net-Zero Press, @79 Makerspace, and Center for Contemporary Art, University of St Andrews.
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Net-Zero Press x @79 Makerspace POP UP, Monday March 23, 1-2:30 p.m. – Fill in form
About the workshop facilitator
Peacock & The Worm (P&W) is committed to establishing Community Print Education initiatives across Aberdeen, both at primary education venues and community run spaces. We run the ‘Mobile Print Studio’, which can travel on public transport or bike offering a range of printmaking techniques in community settings.
Rachel Grant (she/her) works as the Curator at Peacock & the worm in Aberdeen, an open-access print studio and contemporary art gallery. Peacock & the worm expands the idea of printmaking beyond fine art to include artists ephemera, books, posters and badge making – inviting artists across disciplines and increasing the communities of people coming together around print. Rachel is also responsible for environmental sustainability in the organisation a role which allows her to draw in her curatorial interests in energy, post-extractive practice and climate justice into the organisation in experimental and different ways. She Chair’s Co-hort E, a Visual Arts, Craft and Design Working Group that grew out of Springboard 2022, organised by Culture for Climate Scotland. The group aims to make our working practices ethical and sustainable, aiding the transition of our organisations and the wider sector towards Net Zero. She is also part of the Curatorial Ethics Network.
About Net-Zero Press
In histories of art as in contemporary practice, we rarely consider where ink wiped off a printing plate ends up or how reams of trial proofs get recycled. When we celebrate end products of creation, we silence and conceal the flows of waste to which all making inevitably contributes. This project, based at the School of Art History, University of St Andrews and led by Dr Ruth Ezra, aims to work with community stakeholders, educators, and practitioners across the printmaking landscape of Scotland to “start from trash” as we trace waste flows in print shops and act on these data to propose strategies for making studio spaces (from classrooms to open-access workshops) less toxic and more sustainable.
https://netzeropress.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk